Seattle has lacked an authentic and consistently good italian restaurant over the years. Finally, there's Volterra. Almost as authentic as you're going to find in Italy and the owner/chef, Don Curtiss, buys as much of his produce from local farmers. I know he buys his organic eggs from one of the local farmers who has a stand at the Ballard Sunday Market. They make most of their pasta from scratch too (using the abovementioned organic eggs). I've got to give Volterra kudos for striving to use fresh and organic (whenever possible) ingredients that they can get their hands on. My husband and i eat there almost twice a month because there's a wonderfully comforting quality about their food.. Try the roasted chicken -- it's unbelievable.
They've also got a great sunday brunch that most people haven't discovered yet.
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