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sararevell
sararevell
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Marco’s Supperclub: Mellow Dining in Belltown

  • July 23, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by sararevell from London, United Kingdom
There’s a multitude of dinner and drinking places along First Avenue with the busier weekend places concentrated mostly between Virginia and Vine. If you’re looking for drinks and action, you’ll probably be attracted to Amber, The Apartment, Tia Lou’s and Del Rey. If you’re looking for gourmet food then Flying Fish and Cascadia will be more your style. But if you’re looking for a quiet, decent quality, reasonably priced meal then I can definitely recommend Marco’s Supperclub on First between Wall and Vine Street.

Set back just slightly from the street, Marco’s is a deep, dark restaurant that glows in candle and fairy lights. The tall host kindly took our umbrellas and showed us to a table in the middle of the room. Our party of five was surrounded by a couple of birthday parties and a handful of couples who were enjoying some alone time in window seats.

The menu at Marco’s wasn’t huge but covered all diets: fish, pork, chicken, kobe beef, duck, and tofu. There were also a few specials, one of which was seared halibut, which was a big hit with a couple of people at our table. We started off with one of their specials for an appetizer, a small group of vegetable dippers, which were very thin and similar to potstickers. In addition to this, the staff kept up with a regular flow of complimentary bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

They only have a few wines by the glass and the Malbec I ordered was so incredibly smooth that I ordered two during the course of my meal. My husband ordered a Mojito, which was a little more disappointing as they overloaded it with ice.

For the main course I ordered the Sesame Crusted Tuna, two generous slabs of tuna alongside a mild and colourful tomato-miso vinaigrette. This was served with thin green and yellow Chinese beans and some very flavourful lime leaf rice. The beans were buttery and delicious and the rice was tangy but not too overpowering and went perfectly with the fish, which was light and tender. Besides the halibut, other dishes ordered at our table were the Kobe Beef and Garlic Crusted Chicken, which were also enthusiastically received.

Whilst we desperately wanted to try something from their dessert menu, we were all full up and didn’t want to ruin the experience. I do plan to go back one night though and get a seat at the bar (which was full that night) for wine and dessert. The tiramisu, crème caramel and promise of home baked cookies sound too tempting to pass over for too long a time.

We reluctantly left the shelter of Marco’s and ventured out into the rain. The great food, understated service and mellow atmosphere had made me feel at once at home and far removed from the usual weekend craziness in Belltown.

www.marcossupperclub.com

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