Meet Michela
Pasta is a religion for Michela, learned from her mother at home in Torino and her grandmother at the family’s olive orchard in inland of Naples. After Tartaglia’s sabbatical year in Seattle, it also led to a new life, as local produce and pristine seafood replaced the classics texts of her academic career. In 2018, she opened Pasta Casalinga, a casual lunch counter, using simple recipes that embrace local culture and reflect Michela herself: rooted in Italy, passionate about the Pacific Northwest, and, above all, fun.
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Pasta Casalinga
Pasta Casalinga features housemade pasta in rustic dishes that spotlight Pacific Northwest ingredients. Cook and owner Michela Tartaglia’s playful creativity and deep Italian culinary roots showcase seriously good food, without taking anything too seriously.
The lively lunch counter, perched over the Atrium in Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market, uses the same seasonal, local produce, seafood, and meat as sold in nearby stalls.
Michela weaves elk into ragù and dresses spaghetti alla chitarra with local sea urchin, keeping Pasta Casalinga’s small menu exciting. Though dishes change every few weeks, the unique mix of Italian style and local flavor stays the same – as does the signature lasagna.
Opening Hours
Mon – Sun
11am > 4:45pm
Cookbook
Michela Tartaglia, the cook and owner of Seattle’s Pasta Casalinga, cooks like she assembles an outfit: using her natural Italian style to pick things that reflect her colorful personality. In Pasta for All Seasons, she shares vivid stories and creative recipes that combine her Italian culinary heritage with the Pacific Northwest’s bounty.
Pasta for All Seasons
Dishes that celebrate the flavors of Italy and the bounty of the Pacific Northwest
22.95$
