Seattlest Dines: Etta's

This Seattlest is wary of Restaurant Week, for reasons mentioned before. But I’m warming up to the idea of Restaurant Week lunch.

That $25 dinner is a deal, but throw in some drinks and you’re probably spending $100 anyway. Lunch doesn’t give restaurants the plentiful booze sales to shore up the losses on food, but $15 for three courses truly feels like a value and it’s a great way to fill some gaps in your dining history. Crowds are genrally thinner too.

Take lunch at Etta's, Tom Douglas's viewriffic spot near Pike Place Market. Appetizers, entrees and desserts were well-executed and offered up a window into the menu's strengths at a place that I might never have got around to visiting otherwise.

Sadly, just a handful of restaurants offer a Restaurant Week lunch. Three-course portions were dainty, but you certainly walk away full.