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Mon-Thurs 11:30am–10pm
Friday 11:30am–4am
Saturday 9am–4am
Sunday 9am–10pm

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"I first met "D" at work. We knew each other for a few years and we were committed to other people. Eventually, things fell apart with our partners. One day, in early spring of 2001, "D" and I had met for an appointment and when we finally looked into each other’s eyes it was magical. Just like the corny things that you here about …We decided to go out dancing in Seattle one night … our first date. After a great and very fun evening dancing at Pioneer Square we ended up here at the Trat. The food was delicious! We ordered chicken piccata and had a great conversation with the food server. When I look back at that evening, it was enchanted. Now, whenever we get a free moment and we’re in Seattle we make a point to spend a moment at the Trat."

"Way back in 1980 my husband and I weren’t married. In fact our dinner at the "Trat" was one of our first official dates. We were fairly poor at the time and couldn’t afford to eat out often. We loved our little Italian restaurant as we could actually afford a romantic evening out. So here we are on our date. We order wine and then some more wine. Those little glasses can be quite devastating. For some reason I felt compelled to order the chioppino I’d never had the dish before, but I was quite sure that it was very sophisticated and clearly demonstrated a lot of class. After all-I was on a mission to impress my date. The dish arrives in all its glory, brimming with fresh seafood.
As I stare into my dates eyes- I crack a crab leg and watch it (to my horror) slither out of my hands and rest underneath the table beside us. Unwilling to let my dinner go- I head to floor on all fours and chased the leg from between the legs of a complete stranger. My date and I married anyway and we still take our kids here and smile at the memory." - Karen

"My name is Timothy J. and this is my Trattoria Mitchelli Story. It all began last March when my girlfriend Sara and I came to see the dinosaurs at the Burke Museum and later have dinner at the Trattoria. The extinct beasts in the museum however were tragically upsetting since this was the last night I had to spend with her before I shipped off to Kosovo with my army unit. Later that night we came to the Trattoria Mitchelli for a nice romantic dinner and I told her no matter how long I was gone I promised her I would come back for her. And in the candlelight we drank red wine and kissed. My deployment to Kosovo turned out to be longer than expected and half way through, Sara was called to the Persian Gulf with her air force squadron. When I returned after four months her phone was turned off and I could not get an answer of when she would come back. Forlorn I went with my friend Rick to Trattoria Mitchelli vainly hoping to see her there but no luck. We had dinner and I told Rick my sad story and he had wine glass after glass. Vicariously drowning my sorrows. Eventually he insisted on driving home. So I convinced him to stay there and tell me about his part in Henry V which was playing at the university…. and with one hand holding a wine glass and the other holding the script he gave a one man performance of Henry V. We relocated to the Trat and at about 4 in the morning he started referring to Henry as Fergusson and soon after …his face sank into a plate of linguini. And at that very moment Sara walked through the door having just returned from the gulf. I gave her the biggest kiss in trattoria history and she gave us a quiet ride home. The End"

"My boyfriend John and I came here to eat one night. He is the boy that I am in love with but scared to tell him. I want to tell him but I am not sure how he will react. So we came here eat and it just confirmed how much I love him. Hopefully he will tell me the same."