Circling Back to Circa

E and I are constantly in W. Seattle. We absolutely love that neighborhood. If the commute off the W. Seattle bridge wasn't so miserable, we'd probably live there. As it is, we are just a ten minute hop to nearly all it has to offer. We frequent a ton of restaurants in the area, and one of our hands down favorites is Circa in the Admiral district. It is a cozy little neighborhood joint right down the street from the Admiral Theatre. It doesn't seat too many so there is sometimes a wait but it is well worth it. The service is warm and friendly, and the food is excellent. I always go into Circa with an open mind and I listen to all of the specials and pore over the menu, but I inevitably order the grilled skirt steak. The dish comes with a lovely Asian style BBQ sauce, mashed potatoes, and whatever fresh veggies they're cooking up that day. I usually ask for a side of gorgonzola cheese to fold into my hot mashed potatoes so that it melts into a blob of utter savory deliciousness.



Circa also has a chocolate cake that E dreams about. It is one of those dense chocolate on chocolate type dealies that is served warm with a smattering of powdered sugar and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. I'm not a dessert kind of girl. Now, I'm not an appetizer kind of girl either. I'm of the opinion that nothing is worth consuming if it competes for room in my stomach with beef. So, sadly for E, we don't order this dessert very often. But anytime we go to Circa with normal people who do eat dessert, she almost always gets them to dig in with her. No one ever regrets it.