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


