Ballard Pizza Co.: Where's the Beef?
Ethan Stowell As pseudo foodies, when we heard that Seattle restaurant heavy weight and Food and Wine’s 2008 Best New Chef , Ethan Stowell (owner of the former Union, Tavolata, Anchovies and Olives, Staple and Fancy and How to Cook a Wolf) was going to expand his empire and lay claim to the title of King of Ballard, it was like anticipating the release of the summer’s new blockbuster movie (any good ones coming out this year?). More exciting than a new restaurant offering was the humble nature of the concept at Ballard Pizza Company . There was new found respect for an established chef and James Beard Nominee taking his self taught Italian cuisine to a more basic level, pizza and beer. Simple= good. After a few weeks of being open (we wanted to make sure some of the new kinks had been worked out) we ventured in on a Monday after work to check out the highly anticipated opening of the first of three new, basic concept restaurants Ethan is ...