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

Awesome Edible Collaborations

So, Anything Going On February 5?

Don’t miss these great food events just because they fall on Super Bowl Sunday.

01/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Article

That’s Amaro

Mike Easton of Il Corvo works with Capitol Hill’s Oola Distillery to bottle and sell amaro.

01/25/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Seasonal Booze

Vito’s Resurrects the Tom and Jerry

Sample this hot drink of decades past between Thanksgiving and the new year.

11/17/2011 By Allecia Vermillion