| Off Alley | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| City | Seattle |
| State | Washington |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°33′27.5″N122°17′6.5″W / 47.557639°N 122.285139°W |
| Website | offalleyseattle |
Off Alley is a restaurant in Columbia City, Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]
Off Alley is a restaurant on Rainier Avenue South in Columbia City, Seattle. Eater Seattle has said the restaurant serves Pacific Northwest "bistro food". [2] The menu changes often and has included chilled tomato soup, turnip with rabbit heart, lamb tongue with wax beans, [3] eel and farro, pork and prune pate, air-cured bison, and fried lamb's brains. [4] Off Alley also operates as a wine bar. [2] [5]
Established in August 2020, [6] the business is operated by chef Evan Leichtling and partner Meghna Prakash [7] in a space which previously housed La Teranga. [8] In 2021, Heather Haddon of The Wall Street Journal wrote, "Off Alley began requiring diners to show proof of vaccination in late July. Co-owner Meghna Prakash said customers have generally been supportive but online backlash is taking a toll. Off Alley has received negative online reviews from people who haven't dined there, and she has been called discriminatory, Ms. Prakash said." [9] In 2023, the pop-up Street Catz was held in the space during April 5–9. [10] Off Alley implements a 20 percent service charge, as of 2023. [11]
Off Alley was included in The New York Times ' best restaurants list in 2022. [12] [13] Brett Bankson of Eater Seattle said the business "is about as personal as restaurants get" and wrote, "Off Alley is a rare spot that concocts a synergy between wine and food, where menu decisions are in the service of educating guests and celebrating producers." [2] The website also included Off Alley in a 2023 list of 38 "essential" Seattle restaurants. [7]
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