What to post that hasn't already been posted? The Black Bottle's concept works. Extremely sharable food with the emphasis on understatement -- it's the mood of our restaurant times, I guess. Cool with me. The menu is laidback to the point of being convenient to the kitchen staff but when you use fresh, tasty ingredients, no need to fuss. My only fault with this style is the delivery rate -- slow down, you move too fast. We experienced an 8-plate pile-up as all of our selections arrived simultaneously leaving us gulping down our chow in a near-panic to clear the decks. Clearly, Black Bottle has its good stuff prepped and ready to roll -- and who am I to suggest they change such a good thing! So you might want to plan your order in waves. In a place so casually cool, somebody has to take charge. It might as well be you.--J
Black Bottle Gastro-tavern
1st & Vine
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Time: 7:00ish
Mood: In need of comfort, Belltown style
Wine: white with longest name on list
Starters: spicy shrimp, chilled artichoke, tomato flatbread, marinated portabello, chicken laub gai
Entrees: see starters
Dessert: gelato-stuffed chocolate cake
Tags: uptown, seattle, restaurant, review, blackbottle
2 comments:
The Seattlest had a wonderfull review of Black Bottle. It looked so good that I made sure to go. I love it.
8bit Jake
Yup -- here's their review
Make no mistake -- we love Black Bottle, too. Didn't even mention how great it looks inside. If you were ever in the Two Dagos, you won't believe what was hiding underneath all that chilli burger grime!
BTW, Seattlest's chow blogger has her own site if you wanna get even closer to the action.
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