Seattlest: Dishin’: Via Tribunali and Pizza Memories

mattwright

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:54:03 -0800

I was planning on going here with my young son (18months at the time). I called them, and spoke to a rather rude woman.. I asked if they were OK with kids, and got "yeah, we love kids, but we don't have highchairs or anything like that, and we are a small space, so it is best they stay seated". That is fine, but a pizza place should be more family friendly than that. I have no problems obviously with a place not wanting kids there, but don't say you are OK with kids, if you make it impossible to take some there.

Katelyn

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:01:22 -0800

I've always had good service experiences at Via Tribunali, even when I was there with my un-hip family. That said, we didn't ask for any substitutes, so I'm not sure what their policy is on that. At Cafe Presse one day, I asked for cheese and the jambon cru on my baguette and was told that the chef DOES NOT serve cheese with jambon cru, only with the regular ham, so if I wanted that combination I would have to order the cheese on the side. I thought that was hilarious, was not offended at all, and put the cheese on my fancy-ham sandwich myself (I've had the jambon cru by itself and it's delicious, but I wanted cheese too that day, damnit)... still, my American, suburbs-raised sensibilities LOL @ the chef trying to educate me as to the ways of the proper ham and cheese sandwich by way of making me violate the sacred cheeseless jambon cru with my own hands.

jessejb

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:23:28 -0800

^yikes Ive gone to the Cap Hill location a few times and everything has always been superb.

Matt G1

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:03:33 -0800

I live close by, but haven't been back after bad service. They're a little too self-important for their own good. Sample conversation from that night: "My father would just like prosciutto and salame." "I'm not sure we do substitutions. I'll have to ask the chef." (10 minutes) "I'm sorry, we can't do substitutions. The quattro stagioni has both of those." "My father doesn't like mushrooms. Can you just take off the mushrooms?" "I'm sorry. The chef doesn't like to do substitutions." First - he isn't a chef. He's putting items from little buckets on dough and cheese. Second - what do you mean you can't do substitutions? It's a pizza.