Fearless Critic restaurant review
Seattle
Branzino
Creative Italian in a space with just the right amount of Belltown glitz
Branzino had barely collected its first round of fawning reviews when original chef Ashley Merriman answered the siren’s call of Top Chef. That was a bummer, but her replacement, Quinton Stewart, who worked at Tilth and also under Merriman, has plenty of experience following the tenets of local, seasonal cooking.…
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