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Il Terrazzo Carmine

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Michael Gojan

Forty years in the same Pioneer Square alley is not an accident, and Il Terrazzo Carmine has earned every one of them. The room itself, accessed through a vintage lobby or a courtyard out back, sets an elegant tone without being stiff, which is part of why it has become the place locals bring people for special occasions. The pastas are the heart of the menu, made in-house and executed with the kind of consistency that only comes from decades of doing the same thing well. Seafood dishes rotate with what is fresh, and the wine list reflects a restaurant that has had forty years to get it right.