ITALIAN FOOD HAS DEEP ROOTS in Seattle, from the immigrants who built a community in Rainier Valley a century ago to its influence on our modern Northwest culinary ethos—simple, seasonal, and grown close by. From red sauce to rustic pasta, Tuscan to tasting menus, here are our favorite Italian spots in the city. (If you’re looking for pizza, we made it a whole other, glorious thing.)

Salumi

New owners apply their MBA backgrounds to growing the cured meat phenom, which began as a tiny family-run Italian deli in the late ’90s. The roomy shop in Pioneer Square is now backed by a production facility in Kent; the mole and finocchiona salami sold in grocery stores go by a new brand name, Coro.