Cornelly
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The popular wood-fired pizzeria serves an excellently executed chicory Caesar that's virtually earned its own cult following, with crisp romaine, red onions, and radicchio toosed in a creamy garlic anchovy dressing, and showered with fluffy pecorino romano and craggy sourdough breadcrumbs. The refreshing bitterness of the radicchio is an ideal foil for slice after slice of pizza.
Capitol Hill
Delancey
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and Dino's Tomato Pie
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The famed "Jersey salad" found at Brandon Pettit's establishments hearkens back to his memories of childhood pizza parlors in the Garden State, piled high with lettuce, shredded red cabbage, grana, croutons, and a vinegary Italian-ish dressing.
Ballard, Capitol Hill
Moto Pizza
The self-proclaimed "odd pizza" purveyor just rolled out delivery service and added two new salads to its menu to round out your meal: a Caesar with lettuce, breadcrumbs AND croutons, Caesar dressing, shaved parm, and lemon and a Caprese with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, balsamic, olive oil, fresh basil, and celery seasoning.
Edmonds, Belltown, West Seattle
Stevie's Famous
This spot in Burien and Beacon Hill has accrued tons of hype for its naturally leavened pies and even won Seattle Times' recent city-wide pizza smackdown, but I'd argue its perfect Caesar salad is worthy of praise all on its own. Stevie's takes fresh baby gem lettuce and tosses it with just the right amount of dressing, with crispy sourdough crumbs and a dusting of grana. Their chop salad also evokes classic pizzeria side salads with shredded romaine, diced cucumbers, chickpeas, pickled peppers, roasted cherry tomatoes, briny green olives, fresh mozzarella cubes, ribbons of salami, and red wine vinaigrette and can be modified to be vegetarian or vegan.
Burien, Beacon Hill
BONUS: B-Side Foods
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Okay, so B-Side isn't a pizzeria, but their tangy "pizza salad" definitely merits a mention simply because it's so pizza-adjacent. Featuring mixed greens, mozzarella pearls, tart fermented cherry tomatoes, pecorino, house dressing, and crunchy breadcrumbs, it's like all the best flavors of pizza crammed into a tangle of textural delights that you'll want to eat on repeat.
Capitol Hill
Four Pizzerias in Seattle with Perfect Salads
Come for the Slices, Stay for the Leafy Greens
September 4, 2024
You know what's one of the best, yet underrated, parts of going out for pizza? The salads, which tend to be zesty, punchy, and fresh to balance out the heaviness of molten cheese-covered pies. I was first introduced to the concept of "pizzeria salad" via cookbook author Julia Turshen's excellent recipe and have since found some favorites around town—here are a few salads that pair perfectly with a slice but are also good enough to enjoy by themselves.