Trattoria Cioppino, Green Lake’s new Italian restaurant, has recently updated their menu.
The north Green Lake restaurant opened for business on May 31, 2011 in Lakeside Plaza (7900 East Green Lake Dr N), across the street from the Green Lake wading pool.
Chef and co-owner Riccardo Simeone says that he perfected his timing and recipes over the month of June and debuted the new menu during the first week of July.
The appetizer list now includes Crispy Calamari with Prawns, Zucchini, and Granny Smith Apples; Lemon-Butter Prawns; Prosciutto and Marinated Fig Crostini; and a Portobello Mushroom and Crab Patty.
Watermelon Salad with Aged Ricotta and a Raspberry Dressing and a Portobello Mushroom Sandwich with Spicy Strawberry Jam and Goat Cheese are offered at lunch.
A section of the menu is devoted exclusively to pastas made in house, including a variety of raviolis, Spinach Gnocchi with Prawns and Bottarga and a Duck Ragu Cavatelli.
“I was finally able to source some good organic flour and perfect my recipes,” Simeone says in a press release. “The soft opening allowed me to experiment with my pastas and try out new techniques.”
“Home made and inventive pastas are a passion for the chef,” the press release reads. “He constantly strives to find new combinations of flavors that marry well on the dish. He makes Cavatelli, multiple flavors of gnocchi, as well as raviolis on a marble-topped workspace in his kitchen. He is working with a local craftsman in designing a new table where he can make pastas in the dining room during the daytime. In the near future, he will sell pre-packaged pastas that he has created for people to take home and cook themselves. Along with his signature marinara sauce, one will have the option of enjoying dinner at Trattoria Cioppino or taking Trattoria Cioppino home with them.”
Free-range chicken, beef tenderloin, veal porcini and chicken marsala are also on the menu, as well as Cioppino, a seafood stew made with clams, mussels, calamari and other seafood in a tomato broth.
Desserts are made in house and include tiramisu, a seasonal crème brulee, and cheesecake.
Trattoria Cioppino is open Tuesdays through Sundays. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner is available from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. A “FP/HP” (full portion/half price) promotion is offered from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The restaurant can be reached at (206) 526-7900 or contact [at] cioppinoseattle.com.
