The 38 Best Restaurants in Seattle | Eater Seattle
"It’s difficult to overstate how ambitious Archipelago is. It’s not just a Filipino fine dining restaurant, it’s the only place in the city where each course comes accompanied by a short speech from a staff member that connects the dishes to some element of local or Filipino history, foregrounding the political undertones of a dinner that usually go unsaid. The miracle is that all of this is pulled off without it seeming pretentious or jarring. It helps that the team led by husband-and-wife owners Aaron Verzosa and Amber Manuguid are exceptionally welcoming. They’ll do things like ask each guest how hungry they are before serving the last savory course — perfectly cooked steak — ensuring no one feels the need to stop for a burger on the way home (a stereotype of fine dining restaurants). The tiny restaurant’s 12 seats are normally booked out months ahead so pay attention to when reservations drop in order to score a seat. Good for: Intimate dinners with one or two people (getting a full table here is hard)." - Harry Cheadle
