Best Pizza in Seattle: Serious Pie

Most foodies wouldn’t think of visiting Seattle and not hitting Pike Place Market. But what’s a tourist going to do with mounds of mushrooms, fishermen’s fresh catch and piles of produce? After ogling over the country’s oldest open-air market, head two blocks north for a proper lunch of the city’s best pizza. Tom Douglas is probably Seattle’s best-known chef, with six restaurants and a couple cookbooks under his belt. While he counts this pizzeria as one of those notches, you’re not likely to spot the guy sweating over the wood-fired oven. What you will find is a healthy wait, so order a couple of locally brewed Pike Kilt Lifters to pass the time. Once you’re seated, the reward is a swollen-edged pizza, lightly charred in all the right places and carefully dressed with toppings like buffalo mozzarella, roasted chantrelles and housemade pancetta. The best of the bunch gets ribbons of guanciale (think intense bacon) and pungent dandelion greens, with an over-easy egg smack dab in the middle. The breakfast of champions.

Photos: Courtesy of Serious Pie