So, the real message here is if you open a restaurant a block away from the offices of the Stranger, and recognize the staff, you will get a great review from Ms. Clement. Noted!

No, the message is that this place is awesome. 'Cause it is.

@#1 Go in there and see for yourself. The place has a great atmosphere, truly delicious food and the staff is very helpful and totally friendly. It's aisle my favorite new place in a long time on Capitol Hill and I've lived up here for a very long time. Don't be smarmy and cynical without actually checking it out.

IT IS THE BOMB.

In a crowd of annoyingly loud bars on that block this is a super classy and casual place for people who actually live in the neighborhood to go get a drink. I love it.

There are truly no proprietors or even humans on earth friendlier than Miki and Yuki. Yuki will come out from behind the bar to give you a HUG just because she's happy to see you. People, this is so rare and lovely.

I used to work a block from Bang Bang and can attest that their breakfast burrito was the only thing that could cure my hangovers. I would be THRILLED if I could get one on the hill. As it is, Petti Rosso's bagel sandwiches will handily suffice.

Pettirosso is/was awesome. It is the Joe Bar of Pike/Pine (only now with booze!) in it's laid-back friendliness. I go here nearly every day.

I like the fact that you can have long conversations with the staff at Pettirosso. If you don't like that sort of thing or don't have time for the almost European eating and drinking time-scales - go somewhere else.

So don't fuck this up for us and turn it into another loud and annoying crust-infested Linda's or Mario's where the beleaguered staff has high turn over and have to be shit heads just to survive the onslaught.

Wow. I used to go there almost every day in 2001/2002 when I worked in the 1201 E Pike building.
It's amazing to see the transformation this has made.

This spot is one of my favs.