What’s Cookin’: Pagliacci a National Top 10 Pick?

pagliacci%20exterior%20350.JPG We’ve spoken highly (sparking some debate) of Pagliacci as our place for pizza by the slice—at least locally. But imagine our surprise while reading a recent USA Today and seeing the Queen Anne location listed as one of the country’s “10 great places for solo diners to pull up a chair.” (The article was put together in celebration of National Singles Week, which started Sunday.)

Bar Boulud in New York City with its charcuterie bar seating or round tasting table? Yes. Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House in Lynchburg (TN) with its large communal tables? Yes. The Queen Anne Pagliacci? Huh?

Yes, per the article, Pagliacci has tables close together and one small row of counter seats. So does McDonald’s. If we’re wanting solo dining in Seattle, we’re thinking of the counters at places like Steelhead Diner or Crush. Also the communal tables at places like Sitka & Spruce and Salumi. Pagliacci’s fine enough for chowing on some cheese slices, but it’s not a place where we’d go to chew the fat with strangers.

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By Jay in Food on September 23, 2008 9:30 AM

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velo

How utterly random

dawdler

to be fair - the article wasn't about good places for "singles" to meet people.

it was for "solo dining". i.e. eating alone.

i actually find Pagliacci to be a great place when i just need to grab a quick lunch solo. lots of seating, casual, great food, mellow atmosphere.

i don't really know why it would make a national Top 10 - but it's kind of a silly category anyway.

ozmafan

pagliacci pizza is brilliant, delicious, and addictive in my lifelong northwesterner opinion, but its pizzerias conducive to meeting other singles? doubtful. it's pretty rare to find someone eating alone, i think, especially at the queen anne locale. but yay! pagliacci mentioned in usa today!