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wine-country character. Start your meal with the spinach salad or the oysters
dusted with panko breading (Japanese-style bread crumbs). Entrees include lots
of intriguing dishes with sauces made from cream and a variety of wines and
liquors. The hoisin-ginger-glazed pork loin and the salmon baked in Riesling-
lime sauce are two good bets. In summer, try to get a table on the patio. Lots
of local wines are available by the glass.
1129 S. Second St. & 509/522-4777. Reservations recommended both lunch and dinner. Main courses
$6-$10 lunch, $14-$20 dinner. AE, DISC, MC, V. Tues-Sat 11am-2:30pm and 5-9pm.
Grapefields FRENCH Riding the Walla Walla wine wave, this casual
bistro, wine bar, and wine shop is the ideal spot in town for a light meal. The
menu is thoroughly Gallic, with lots of small dishes that are perfect for accom-
panying a glass of wine. Be sure to get an order of the olive cake, a sort of sponge
cake embedded with olives and served with aioli. If you're looking for something
to accompany a robust red wine try the flank steak with blue cheese-thyme
butter. The daily specials menu sometimes strays from French (for example,
coconut-curry soup) and there's also a daily pizza special. Oh, by the way, the
wine list here has lots of wines from outside the immediate vicinity, in case you
want to expand your horizons.
4 E. Main St. & 509/522-3993. Main courses $6-$12. AE, MC, V. Tues-Thurs 11am-9pm; Fri-Sat 11am-
10pm; Sun noon-6pm.
Paisano ITALIAN At this casual Italian restaurant in downtown
Walla Walla, small-town sophistication prevails. The menu includes well-prepared
Italian classics, but you'll also find non-Italian fare, including chicken or vege-
tarian curry and maple-glazed meatloaf. We like to start a meal here with the
black-olive pâté, which you can spread over grilled bread. If the pesto ravioli
shows up as the ravioli of the day, be sure to order it. It's creamy yet not too rich.
Out front, there's a sidewalk cafe area complete with a low fence topped with
flower boxes. The wine list features plenty of local wines. At press time, there
were plans to add a wine-tasting room.
26 E. Main St. & 509/527-3511. Reservations recommended. Main courses $16-$23. MC, V. Mon-Sat
11am-2pm and 5:30-8 or 8:30pm.
Whitehouse-Crawford Restaurant NORTHWEST Housed in what
was once a woodworking mill, this stylish restaurant has brought a touch of
urban sophistication to remote Walla Walla. The menu is as creative as you'll find
anywhere east or west of the Cascades and changes daily. Start out with the warm
spinach salad, which here comes with smoked trout and grilled onions. You can
count on reliable preparations of grilled beef tenderloin as well as smoked pork
tenderloin. Anything with the brick-oven flatbread is another good bet, as are, of
course, any dishes with Walla Walla sweet onions. There are plenty of excellent
wines available and many can be ordered by the glass. If you don't have the deep
pockets necessary to eat in the main dining room, you can dine in the wine bar.
55 W. Cherry St. & 509/525-2222. Reservations highly recommended. Main courses $12-$28. AE, DISC,
MC, V. Wed-Sun 5-9pm.
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4 The Palouse: A Slice of Small-Town Rural Washington
Dayton: 33 miles NE of Walla Walla, 62 miles E of Tri-Cities, 129 miles SW of Spokane
Between Walla Walla and Spokane lie the rolling Palouse Hills, which are among
the most productive wheat lands in the nation. Before the settlement of the
region by whites, Native American peoples had discovered that the Palouse, as
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