Cascina Spinasse Blog

As is our wont on New Year’s Eve we serve two menus: one celebrating the year just passed and one looking forward to the year ahead. If you’re dining with us Saturday night, you’ll have your choice of either menu, with optional wine pairings, described below:

2011

Cipollini stuffed with potato and tuna with smoked steelhead roe and beet

*2010 Roero Arneis—Vietti

**2009 Roero Arneis—Bruno Giacosa

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Carne cruda with Capezzana olio nuovo and crumbled egg yolk

2010 Langhe Bianco—Paolo Scavino

2009 Ruché— Il Vino dei Padri

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Tajarin with sugo d’arrosto

2009 Langhe Nebbiolo—Giorgio Pelissero

2009 Langhe Nebbiolo—-Azelia

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Rabbit braised in Arneis with taggiascha olives

2007 Barbaresco—Produttori del Barbaresco

2005 Barolo “Cannubio”—Damilano

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Bombolini with black truffle salt and meyer lemon cream

2010 Moscato d’Asti—Cascina Santuario

$75.00 per person

Optional wine pairing at two levels:

*add $35.00 per person

**Sommelier’s choice:  $50.00 per person

2012

Marinated spot prawns with fennel, meyer lemon, parsley and mint

*2010 Roero Arneis—Vietti

**2009 Roero Arneis—Bruno Giacosa

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Capunet stuffed with foie gras, pig’s trotter and veal breast

2009 Dolcetto d’Alba— Sorí Paitin

2009 Ruché— Il Vino dei Padri

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Borlotti bean cappeletti with ginger broth

2009 Langhe Nebbiolo—Giorgio Pelissero

2009 Langhe Nebbiolo—-Azelia

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Pork cheeks with spiced chestnuts and bone marrow

2007 Barbaresco—Produttori del Barbaresco

2005 Barolo “Cannubio”—Damilano

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Dark chocolate semifreddo with housemade torrone and blood orange

Cocchi Barolo Chinato

$75.00 per person

Optional wine pairing at two levels:

*add $35.00 per person

**Sommelier’s choice:  $50.00 per person

Happy New Year! Here’s to a prosperous 2012!

Please note that Spinasse and Artusi will be closed from Saturday, December 24 to Tuesday, December 27 and from Sunday, January 1 through Thursday, January 5, 2012 for a post holiday respite. Back open on January 6 for your dining pleasure!

We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

We’re thrilled by our mention in the November issues of Seattle Met and Seattle magazine.

Seattle Met featured our pasta on the cover and on the Table of Contents page, and reviewer Kathryn Robinson said, “Spinasse’s food is “impeccably, consistently thrilling,” enthuses Robinson, warning “Careful who you come with. In this dim light behind these lace curtains, beneath these wrought-iron fixtures, romance will ensue.”

Sous chef Carrie Mashaney was included on Seattle mag’s Next Wave of Tastemakers list, calling out her incredible work in both savory and pastry dishes, which we think is pretty cool.

Photo courtesy of Seattle magazine.

After compiling over 10 million reviews from users between 10 million reviews between September 2010 and August 2011, OpenTable has released their list of the Top 50 Restaurants for Foodies.  And we made the list! Thanks, foodies!

Click on for the rest of the list.

Celebrate fall’s arrival with a special menu offered the entire week of September 18th through September 24th.

With an ode to local eggplant at the height of the season, Jason, Carrie and culinary members will be creating a delicious 4-course menu that will highlight this fabulous veggie in the starring role, including a starter, a pasta, and a meat dish. $50 per person plus tax and gratuity with an optional wine pairing available.

Menu includes:

Marinated eggplant with mint and anchovy

Eggplant caramelle with gorgonzola piccante fonduta

Crispy pork belly with roasted eggplant puree and cherry tomatoes

Marinated melon with sorbetto

Don’t delay, click here to make a reservation or call us at (206) 251-7673.

This August, we’ll be celebrating our third year on Capitol Hill! Join us for three weeks of special menus available August 7th, August 14th and August 21st.

Each week Jason, Carrie and team will be preparing a different, four-course tasting menu that will showcase our guest’s favorite dishes from the past three years and offer up some adventurous new ones.

Cost of the Anniversary Dinner menus will be $50 per person + tax & gratuity. A special wine pairing option will be available. Stayed tuned on this blog to find out the special menu of the week. Don’t delay, make a reservation at (206) 251-7673 or at online here.

Hey Capitol Hill Block Party revelers! Show your CHBP ticket at Artusi on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for some delicious discounted cocktails!

Enjoy a Bambi Warhol (Aviation Gin, 360 Vodka, Cocchi Americano, orange bitters & citrus peel) or Grappa Sour (Grappino, lime, salted Muscavado syrup, Angostura Bitters) for $4 (both regularly $8) and keep the party rolling on into the night!

We were mentioned in “Sea and Symphony,” Stinson Carter’s article on Seattle for the Wall Street Journal where he outlines the best places to go while visiting our fair city.

“Throughout the city, quiet blocks have come to life with new eateries, drinkeries and upscale shops. The south side of the Capitol Hill neighborhood—in parts an urban no-mans land a decade ago—is now a stomping ground for artsy Seattleites of every age. Hipster haven Cha Cha Lounge is just steps from the indie Elliott Bay Book Company (in a new industrial-chic location), Paris-inspired Café Presse and eclectic, nuovo-Italian eatery Spinasse.”

For the complete article, click here.