And believe me, Thais are floored when they learn peppers came from the New World. They think they invented them!
Delancey’s in Ballard is doing serious, NY style pizzas in Seattle. Try it before claiming there’s no good pizza in Seattle.
Speaking of the peninsula, I hear that there very good and very authentic Mexican food in Forks (but no vampires).
A New York Pizza Place in the Maple Leaf neighborhood had decent pizza, but I haven’t been there since it changed hands.
If you want to do a road trip to Whidbey Island, Village Pizza in Langley (another place I admittedly haven’t been to in a while) had the best NY-style I’ve tried in the area.
I’m hoping to make it to Delancey one of these days.
Being on the eastside, Ballard and the peninsula are road trips lol I know Papa John’s isn’t great… the one near where I live is “ok.” I haven’t tried Pagliacci’s and cannot take the way it’s mispronounced. I’ve known other folks who didn’t care much for it.
I’ll certainly keep Whidbey Island and Forks in mind for a weekend trip! Thanks Hunter and sjc.
I realize there are exceptions to the not liking hot in the Seattle area. But, generally speaking, it IS difficult to find spicey 
Haven’t tried 'em, actually. :smack: Oughta rectify that asap.
Guadalajara’s on 45th just east of Stone Way is good and can be quite spicy. You might have to ask for really spicy, but they will accomodate.
My tolerance has slipped in the last few years, but I can still appreciate a good hair curler.
This thread is reminding me to pick up some Tabasco… for my popcorn.
You know what else Tabasco is good on? Chicharrones!
I found the Mexican grocery, and alas… they have no chicharrones. It was suggested that I might find a carniceria in Burien, but it’s in the wrong direction for me. I hiked from one end of the Market to the other, and back again. And back again. No joy. Don & Jon’s said they never even get the skin, let alone cook it.
Still, as long as I’m down here, I may as well try that Turkish place; right? Stood in line for a few minutes before I noticed the sign that said ‘no credit cards’. (I’ve been lazy about going to an ATM.) Hiked on down toward Cutter’s. Didn’t see anything on that block, so I went back to Pike. Didn’t see anything I wanted, so I thought about an oyster po’boy with Tabasco from Bayou on 1st. They don’t do oyster po’boys for take-out. (Had to get back to the office, y’see.) Ended up getting a jalapeño burger to go from The Blarney Stone.
But no chicharrones to be found. 
Something I’ve gotten fairly hooked on lately is sriracha sauce. Man, there’s nothing that stuff’s not good on.
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I just realised I typed US instead of New World. Thanks for not making an issue out of that. 
As for spicy here in Seattle, I gotta admit I haven’t found anything that stands out (didn’t really in Missouri except for BWW), mostly because since we moved we have not had that many chances to eat out, in Seattle even less (I live in Tacoma actually). In Seattle I’ve eaten out only a handfull of places : The Crab Pot, a Brazillian place (Ipaena or something similar), a Moroccan restaurant, and Ivars on the waterfront.
I’ve craved some decent Wings for some time (I usually got Blazing at Buffalo Wild Wings and asked for extra Blazing sauce on the side rather than Bleu Cheese or Ranch dressing), but there is a serious dearth of wings here.
There is a place with at least mildly hot wings (Wingers sucks) nearby called “The Alehouse” (64 or so beers on tap too).
I’ve often asked for it “Thai Spicy” or “As hot as you care to make it” when ordering takeout Thai though, and it is pretty weak IMO, but tasty so I never complain.
Mostly my wife and I eat Pho, Thai, Sushi (they have the conveyor belt sushi places here!! OMG), and The Alehouse or a microbrewery called BJs),
There’s a mexican butcher in Redmond I’ll take a gander there.
I don’t really eat wings but a lot of people wear by The Wingdome there are a few locations aropund the city.
Wow. I really can’t recommend that place. It was OK when it was still The Ragin’ Cajun and Danny Delcambre was there, but not so much now. For a po’boy around there I’d go to Matt’s in the Market, or maybe the VI for the muffaletta.
Holy Sweet Jesus!!!
Papa Johns!!! Pagliacci’s!!! People, that’s not good pizza, that’s “I’m drunk and it’s 2 AM” pizza.
Downtown-ish - check out Piecora’s on Capital Hill. Great NY style pizza. www.piecoras.com
Downtown Bellevue - Topolino’s - Awesome NY style with a capital A-W-E. www.topolinopizza.com
U Village - Delfino’s - Top notch Chicago style deep dish. www.delfinospizzeria.com
(I got nothing for the spicy portion of this thread.)
A bonus for Seattle downtowners… I had no idea about this, but after looking at their locations, it seems that Topolino’s Pizza has a location on Capital Hill right behind the reservoir.
Gracias!
I can’t really recommend it either, but I was running out of time and wanted to head back to the office. (Of course I eventually said ‘Screw it!’ and went to order that burger.) I had an oyster po’boy there once; and it was pretty mediocre, but edible. (Had one at Frontier Room once. They’ve never been to New Orleans either.)
I’ve been wanting to try the muffuletta at VI, but they don’t do take-out and I generally prefer to take short lunches. Last muffuletta I had was at Frank’s on Decataur in New Orleans. That was 17 weeks, 6 days ago. (But who’s counting?)
Never heard of Pagliacci’s but Papa John’s isn’t even regional Seattle food. It is like recommending Chilis or Applebees.
The Rock wood-fired pizza is good. They also make their own beer apparently, which is surprisingly good. They have this drink called the bucket, something like 36 oz of some froofy drink like a Long Island Ice tea (though more sweet than strong). The limit is 2 per customer, lol. It actually comes in a plastic sand bucket with a little shovel, and you can keep it.
The atmosphere is rather unique as well (well, obviously rock themed), my favorite is Guitar chandelier.
Pizzicato is the first place we ate in Portland. Very good gourmet pizzas. Serious Pie is the place up from Dahlia in Seattle. We thought it was okay.
I’ve lived in Seattle my whole life and can’t really weigh in on the availability of spicy food because I don’t like it either. I swear, for some reason the tortilla chips they serve at Mexican restaurants always start to taste spicy to me after a while! Even without salsa. I can’t figure out why that is (I’m not excessively sensitive to spicy foods normally, just on the sensitive side).
But a good Mexican restaurant to me is Jalisco’s. Oh, and there’s one called Todo Mexico that I love.
As for pizza, I’m surprised that people think Seattle has no good pizza. It’s good to me anyway. There’s a place called Pizza Ragazzi in the U district that I really like. Now I really want to know what “good” pizza from other places tastes like…