Feeling hungry yet also incapable of making up your mind? Sounds like you might be in the mood for tapas! Tapas are a fixture of Spanish cuisine, and you can order to share, hoard, eat as a light meal, or enjoy as a feast. In a state brimming with good food, the flexibility of this dining style is its strength; it’s truly a choose-your-own-culinary-adventure! If you’re curious about the best tapas-style restaurant in Seattle, check out my go-to, The Harvest Vine, where head chef Joey Serquinia prepares Spanish standards like paella to mouth-watering perfection.
Located in the picturesque Madison neighborhood, a couple minute's walk from Lake Washington, this quaint restaurant is a local favorite.
The cozy interior serves as the perfect fox-hole on drizzly, overcast days. In sunnier weather, The Harvest Vine offers outdoor seating within earshot of the sleepy Madrona sidewalk traffic, surrounded by vibrant flower pots.
With over 24 habit-forming entries on the current dinner menu, diners will have a harder time narrowing down their choices than they will at finding something they're in the mood for. But tapas-style dining celebrates such indecision! You'll find your plates are scoured clean by the end of your meal, regardless of whether you ordered a bit more than initially planned.
Save room for dessert! My date-night cheat code at The Harvest Vine is to order sweets exclusively. It's my personal conviction that no romantic outing can be a snoozefest when you're eating dessert for dinner.
Before pursuing a culinary career, owner Carolin Messier got a little sidetracked and studied to be a physician. Luckily for us all, she came to her senses and embraced her passion for food, which she traces back to a coconut-covered, bunny-shaped cake she baked for her family when she was eight.
When executive chef Joey Serquinia arrived in 2008, so did the secret spice. Since he assumed the kitchen's helm, The Harvest Vine has gone from strength to strength. One of Serquinia's specialties is paella. It's worth checking ahead to see if this classic entrée is on offer, as it isn't always available.
Hungry but unable to choose? Tapas-style dining is a fabulous invention for the indecision-prone like me. At other restaurants, the eater who changes their order three times is a headache. At The Harvest Vinenear Lake Washington, they have a superpower! Explore Basque cuisine at this fantastic local spot and develop your own approach. Are you a one-of-everything dilettante? A bite-before-cocktails connoisseur? A dessert-for-dinner innovator? There’s no better place to find out than at the best tapas-style restaurant in Seattle!
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