places to go: Salumi

i dont have a ton of time to write my exact thoughts and feelings on this place, but frommer's review sums it up pretty well:

Frommer's Review
"For many folks, salami is a guilty pleasure. We all know it has a lot of fat, but it tastes too good to resist. Now, raise the bar on salami, and you have the artisan-cured meats of this closet-size eatery near Pioneer Square. The owner, Armandino Batali, who happens to be the father of New York's famous chef Mario Batali, makes all his own salami (as well as traditional Italian-cured beef tongue). Order up a meat plate with a side of cheese and some roasted red bell peppers, pour yourself a glass of wine from the big bottle on the table, and you have a perfect lunchtime repast in the classic Italian style. Did I mention the great breads and tapenades? Wow! If you're down in the Pioneer Square area at lunch, don't miss this place (even if there's a long line)."

the breads werent so great, but they had a wonderdul, traditional beed/spinach canalloni. suprisingly NOT heavy for a canalloni. and the meat&cheese plate is NOT to be missed oh, and i totally agree with the glass of wine. they had some pretty dang drinkable table wine. they DID have a good vegetarian sammich along with their other sammiches. one of the people in our party got said sammich and was very pleased with roasted balsamic veggies, but thought the bread was a let down (most of us thought the bread was a let down though.) i'de definately eat there again...

**sorry for no photos. hotel wireless is the suck.**