"When Il Nido founder and pasta genius Mike Easton moved to astern Washington in 2022, he sold the West Seattle restaurant to executive chef Katie Gallego and manager Cameron Williams. The restaurant hasn’t missed a beat: The daily fresh pastas here are still painstakingly made textural marvels that achieve the just-right sauce-to-pasta ratio (enough to be present and flavorful without overwhelming the pasta itself). The can’t-miss menu still changes with the seasons; the summer bangers are Dungeness crab mafaldine with paprika butter and charred shishitos, corn and lobster mushroom cavatelli, and bucatini boosted with guanciale and sungold tomatoes. And can you ever go wrong with a tagliatelle in a beef and pork ragu? (You cannot.)" - Eater Staff, Mark DeJoy
