Downtown Seattle - Belltown's Cascadia Restaurant,
2328 1st Avenue, Between Bell & Battery Streets,
was recently featured on The Food Network with "Giada's Weekend Getaways" when she visited Seattle. Giada had the Mini Burgers and Cascadia's signature cocktail, the Alpine Martini, so when my friends came to visit me the last weekend of January...that's where Jacquie wanted to go for Happy Hour. We ordered the Mini Burgers (nice and rare), Alpine Martinis, fries in a cone and Iced Tea (Rich declared the best he's had) Our server told Jacquie that ever since the episodes began airing, the place has been packed at Happy Hour (5 to 7) with people wanting to experience the shows' menu.
The crowds are undeterred by the scaffolding obscuring the entrance while the facade is undergoing some work, so prepare to be "undeterred" if you go!
Mmmmm... The Alpine Martini is sublime with the Douglas Fir Sorbet "snowball" speared with a sprig of fir floating in the glass.
If you are a Belltown resident you may want to join Chef Kerry Sear on a Summer Saturday morning to have a "Chefs Tour" of Pike Place Market, even if you aren't a Belltown resident what a great way to spend a Seattle Saturday morning!
LOL! : )
Well, it did not sound that appealing to me at first, but we were there to try and it was really excellent. The Alpine Martini has the the Douglas Fir (type of pine tree) sorbet snowball floating in it which gives you the flavor of being in the woods having a cookout burger...and these minis are very thick, rare chopped beef! Okay, so the woods are really at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite and not roughing it in a tent!