Shift Change

New Owners at Mike Easton's Il Nido

Cameron Williams and Katie Gallego take over the restaurant inside the historic Alki Homestead, as Easton heads to Waitsburg to focus on Bar Bacetto.

05/03/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Swerves

The New Il Nido Opens for Reservations

Mike Easton made his name on casual pasta lunches. Now, he's writing a blueprint for how fine dining might work in the colder era of Covid.

09/10/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Feature

A Life Extruded: Mike Easton and the Alki Homestead’s Path to Il Nido

When the chef reshaped his career he couldn't have known he'd share his destiny with a century-old log cabin and dining icon rising from literal ashes.

10/22/2019 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Kyle Johnson

Pasta Hacks

The Trick to Getting a Reservation at Il Nido

Good news for night owls.

06/25/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Mike Easton's Il Nido Is Here

The chef behind Il Corvo turned a West Seattle landmark into a destination for handmade pasta, and perhaps a drink or two.

05/20/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Mike Easton Looks to Spring, Ben Paris Returns (Kinda)

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

02/01/2019 By Jaime Archer

OMG

Il Corvo's Mike Easton Will Open a Restaurant in West Seattle

Il Nido will serve the sort of "truly handmade pasta" that isn't feasible at mega-busy Il Corvo.

09/10/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Best Italian Food

Mike Easton's Guide to Pasta

The chef behind Pioneer Square pasta temple Il Corvo breaks pasta into four categories—handmade, extruded, laminated, and stuffed.

01/26/2017 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Sara Marie D’Eugenio

Noodlecraft

Mike Easton Closes Il Corvo Pasta Studio

The year 2016 was a cruel mistress right up until the end.

01/03/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Mike Easton and Jim German’s Walla Walla Restaurant Opens Today

Passatempo Taverna houses rustic Italian food, damn fine cocktails, and terrifically local wine.

09/22/2016 By Rosin Saez

Food Lovers Guide

Il Corvo Pasta Studio: The Egg and Flour Atelier

At Il Corvo’s new retail spin-off, Mike Easton makes his pasta intentions known.

06/23/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Yep, Mike Easton's Il Corvo Pasta Studio Is Here

His former pizzeria is now a pasta shop.

05/25/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Curiouser and Curiouser

Pizzeria Gabbiano "Closed for Reimagination"

Does this have anything to do with his pasta shop plans?

03/21/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Food & Drink Events

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: December 2–8

The week in which: Christmas dinner gets a Sicilian twist, SMooCH holds a benefit concert, and we celebrate aquavit all week long.

12/02/2015 By Agazit Afeworki

Coming Soon (Very Soon)

Mike Easton's Pizzeria Gabbiano Opens Next Week

The chef behind Il Corvo brings pizza by the kilo to Pioneer Square.

08/07/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Cleanse? What Cleanse?

Dinner Coming to Juicebox

Local chefs will be contributing to a series of weekly thematic dinners at the juice bar, and the lineup is pretty impressive.

01/16/2014 By Chelsea Lin

Coming Soon

Mike Easton to Open Pizzeria Gabbiano Next Spring

Il Corvo's chef-owner has a new Pioneer Square project in the works—one that involves meters of Roman-style pizza.

12/03/2013 By Chelsea Lin

Revamps

Il Corvo's New Location Opens Today

The pasta hideout on the Pike Hillclimb now has a proper Pioneer Square address to call its own.

01/07/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon (Very Soon)

Il Corvo Returns for New Year's Eve

The crazy-popular pasta shop opens officially January 7 in its new space. Sneak a preview as you ring in the new year.

12/18/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Revamps

Il Corvo to Move Into New, Larger Pioneer Square Location

The popular pastaria will close November 30 to prepare for the move.

11/26/2012 By Christopher Werner and Allecia Vermillion