"Seattle has needed a serious Italian deli like the light rail needs to finish its Bellevue-to-Seattle connection already. Enter Bottega Gabriele in Pioneer Square. As an importer of tangy-spicy ‘nduja, you’ll find their homemade spreadable salami stuffed between springy focaccia rectangles, along with other excellent stuff like mortadella, dolce sardo, lemon-dressed arugula, and purple olive tapenade. All that—plus bossa nova elevator music and employees that speak fluent Italian—makes for a lunch that’s equally exciting and chill." - Aimee Rizzo