Fresh Pasta Lunches at Il Corvo

Three visits in less than a week might mean I have a problem, but Il Corvo has easily become my new favorite lunch spot.

Tucked behind the stairs on the Pike Street Hillclimb, sharing a space with Procopio Gelato, Il Corvo serves up 3 hand-made pasta dishes daily.  The rotating antipasti menu includes house-cured meats, marinated olives, and breads baked in a friend’s wood-fired oven.  Chef Mike Easton rolls and extrudes each pasta using his collection of machines, including antique pieces directly from Italy.

The pasta dishes are $9 each and antipasti are just $2 (cash only).  A liquor license is on the way and the patio seating is the perfect spot to enjoy a glass of Italian wine on a sunny afternoon.  My tasting excursions this week have included cavatelli with heirloom tomatoes and asparagus, fettucine with squid ink butter and chili pepper, and lasagna with herbed bechamel…each one equally delicious.

Il Corvo
501 Western Avenue, Suite 300 (inside Procopio Gelato)
Seattle, WA 98104

Check out the daily menu on the restaurant’s blog and Twitter feed.
Open Monday through Friday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm