Tappi

Amazing food, quality ingredients prepared with skill and love. Incredible pizza, wonderful wood fired steak, cooked to perfection. Great wine list. Do not miss this place if you are in the area.

You must have the cuscino with the works — different and delicious! The fire-​roasted tomatoes are easily the best cooked tomatoes that I’ve ever eaten. Reasonable prices for the food and nice relaxed ambiance. So good we made an effort to come back to town a second night so we could eat here again.

Some of the best Italian food I’ve ever had, and I’ve been fortunate to try quite a bit! My Mom had the special (pea risotto) and I had the pasta al diavolo. Both were outstanding: perfect texture, wonderfully seasoned, and just really tasty flavors. Ambiance was lovely; they had a great jazz duet playing that night which was very pleasant and not too loud. So glad we found this spot while visiting nearby Winthrop; we are already planning another visit on our next trip to the area!

What a great find! I had a recommend from a friend for this restaurant. We went this past weekend. The food is amazing! Everything is fresh and homemade. They buy local produce and meats whenever possible. That is a huge plus in my book. The house made «Emily’s sauce is amazing. It was on the «pillow bread” – we got the tomato & goat cheese. Yum! I got a pizza – it was a thinly sliced ham & pear with arugula. It was very tasty and good. The restaurant is on the smaller side so reservations might benefit you inside of walking in. It is casual attire and yummy food. Can’t go wrong there. Bön Appetite!

great place to dine we really enjoy their pizza just a great place to go in the methow valley!!!

This is a frustrated diner reluctantly taking a shot at what is obviously a loved local business. We ate at Tappi, last night and had high hopes for an amazing dinner and experience, but it all came across very average — not bad, not great, but just OK. It was 100 degrees outside and pretty darn warm inside and the place was pretty full at 7:15. We were given a lovely table for two and the server was always prompt and available. But, we either got caught in an unexpected rush, or it is normal for food to arrive 70 minutes after arriving. In either case, it is not acceptable to us and we won’t risk repeating. The owner did something interesting — he apologized to one table, but not to ours. I am not sure what to make of that.
How about the food? Again, it was OK, not great, but we are totally spoiled in Seattle with a wealth of amazing pizza, and quality Italian food is in every neighborhood. So, for Twisp, this is probably a 4 star Italian food experience, but measured against all Italian restaurants in the Northwest it sits squarely in 3 stars. And, with the wait, it would be approaching two stars, but I don’t want to drive people away from this place. You should try Tappi, and think about going for a very late seat when it is not slammed, or, maybe the owner will read this and step it up a bit. I did notice he has a lot of distractions at the over — many local friends bending his ear, and it would be heard to get product out to diners promptly if you are catching up on the local goat cheese gossip.

Hands down amazing, some of the best food I’ve had in a long time. My wife and I came up a couple of weeks ago from San Francisco to visit a friend for her wedding. The reception dinner was help at Tappi’s.
From the start start to finish every dish was fantastically seasoned and perfectly prepared. For appetizers we have the pizza bread balls w/​sauce prepared in a cast iron skillet. We also had plates of chunked cheese, asiago or parmesan, I’m not sure, that were drizzled in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The final appetizer was a thin-​crust garlic pizza bread. For dinner we had arugala pesto pasta, and steel head trout. Each was full of flavor and cooked to perfection.
While each dish was delicious, I specifically want to call out the steel head trout. I’m not sure the last time I had fish that good. Very fresh, not overly seasoned and cooked so the fish was still full of moisture. I had to go back and grab a second piece!
I would highly recommend this place if you ever get the chance!

Quite possibly the most delicious pizza we’ve ever eaten and the cuscino (pillow bread) with chevre was heavenly, as was the mixed green salad with house made balsamic. This was the perfect pre-​race dinner before the Sun Mountain 50k. Can’t wait to go back!

I had dinner with my girlfriend and her son last week at this wonderful little place.
The staff was extremely friendly, especially the owner/​chef, John.
We had the pillow bread with tomato and chevre. It as absolutely wonderful. I will get this starter every time I come back.
For our entrée’s we had a steak salad and two of the pizzas. They were all outstanding.
This will be a stop we make every time we are in town.

This place was awesome. We were looking for something special for our last night on vacation, and we found it. Small place in Twisp where everything comes out of a wood fired oven. The cuscino with chèvre and tomato was absolutely amazing. My Daughter had a pizza and we enjoyed a local greens salad.

A wonderful dining experience! I was excited to eat there while visiting the Methow. I was looking for somewhere special to celebrate my sister’s birthday. We walked in without reservations because it was a Monday night, and they were able to accommodate us, but I think we almost missed out. I would suggest a reservation in the future. I had the ¾ lb. wood fired burger with gorgonzola and salad, served on their incredible pillow bread. Hands down, the best burger ever ever ever! My sister had one of the wood fired pizzas, with fresh tomato sauce, olives, capers and anchovies– also incredible. For dessert we shared the flour less chocolate torte. A good sign you’re in a fabulous restaurant is hearing the praises from just about every patron in the place. Couples on each side of us had both come from Seattle and had been there before. Our server was amazing and informative. The chef comes around and checks on his guests, which is a nice touch. Twisp is a wonderful place to visit, and this makes it all the better! Can’t wait to go back.

Terrific meal — salad with tasty dressing, wood oven bread with fabulous texture and roasted tomatoes, homemade pasta, simple and tasty lemon tart.
Service was super friendly including chef/​owner despite place being busy on a Monday night.

What a delight to come across this warm & friendly restaurant on a rainy night in Twisp. It was the only restaurant still open at 8pm on. Saturday night. The joint was jumpin. We were seated at the bar, where the pizza was being baked in the brick oven and the dishes were receiving their final garnish. We wanted to order everything we saw, it all looked mouthwateringly good. We settled on the pillow bread with roasted tomatoes (heaven) and rigatoni with chicken & sausage. Hearty, flavorful comfort food. The house red, a Sicilian Rosso, was smooth and fruity. A real treat in a tiny mountain town. The laid back live acoustic guitar performance enhanced our pleasant evening even more.

Fantastic food and great atmosphere! Do make a reservation for summer weekends. Do order anything cuscino, aka pillow bread.

Wow, where to start.
We made reservations and found that some of the tables are «community» style seating; you share the table with other guests. That usually is fine, and in this case it was.
Immediately walking through the door, you’re transported from a small Washington mountain village in to a rustic, cozy Italian restaurant. The owner is manning the pizza oven making delicious pizza pies. The night we were there a local musician was tastefully guitar strumming.
The wait staff was personable, friendly and knowledgeable. They were there when you wanted them, but not bothersome.
The wine selection was mostly Italian reds, so that was good. The house was a delicious 87 point red.
We loved our order of cuscino ‘pillow’ bread, they serve it a variety of ways; with the traditional olive oil and balsamic, or combo of cheese and tomato. This is one of the must try appetizers.
I tried the lamb shanks special– it was falling off the bone, over a bed of polenta and white beans caramelized in the pizza oven. The missus had an incredible pizza with garlic, anchovies and olives. It was memorable.
Dessert, we tried their flourless brownie, so rich and delicious!

Who knew! In a small town I did not expect this. Had a wonderful puff bread app and then a delicious stewed meat. Everything was simple, rustic and fantastic.

And the puff bread with tomato sauce – absolutely fantastic! John uses the dough that he flattens for pizza, but allows it to ‘puff’ for the breads, served with his tasty tomato sauce it is a meal by itself!
I also love the polenta with an egg on top – and the Italian wines.
Best in the valley.
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One of our favorite Seattle restaurants is The Pink Door. Being one-​quarter Italian, I know that lasagna and cheese driven pasta is only part (a small part) of the Italian food story. The Pink Door does it right, and we were pleased to learn about Tappi in Twisp, where we dined last Friday.
Having skied (yes, there’s plenty of snow now in the Methow for cross-​country skiing) for several hours on Friday and earlier days, we were in the mood for some serious and tasty food. John was ready for the task.
My wife ordered the special squash pizza, and claimed it was the best squash she’d ever eaten in her life (which is saying something since we love squash). The squash was buttersweet from Carlton and it was tasty. The other woman in our party ordered the ribs, which were fall of the bone variety and sufficient for her to enjoy for dinner the next day. The other man in our party ordered the Venetian beef, which I’d thought about ordering but I didn’t want doubles, good to share different foods, etc. That Venetian beef as served with polenta, generous portion, and wonderful. I looked up a recipe for it and learned that, according to one website, Venetian beef is cooked for hours in several cups of wine. I can believe it.
I ordered the lamb shank with white beans. Again wonderful. I had enough beans leftover to heat up the next morning, and mix with an egg. I liked it so much I went to the market after we got home and bought a couple shanks myself to try out a couple different recipes.
We had the Barbaresco Nebbiolo with the food, a lovely selection. A jazz trio added musical fun to the evening. Playing 1920s-​40s jazz, they were enthusiastic and very good.
I’d even come here solo, and just sit at the bar. Service is excellent and attentive.

Some of the best saltiest Italian you’ll find in methow. John the owner is incredibly friendly and cooking simple pastas; pizza; lasagna etc. Whether traditional or not be prepared for food to be over salty and liberally dosed with Olive oil. Service was excellent and atmosphere very cozy.

We return to Tappi every year while in the Methow Valley on our ski vacation. John Bonica is wonderful host and he hires great staff. The smells are intoxicating as you arrive. The wood fired oven cooks up lovely pizzas and caramelizes the tops of other dishes. The dishes are simple and rustic Italian fare, but done quite well. John loves good wine and keeps great selections available.
My only ding would be that, as a person trying to avoid dairy, gluten, and eggs, my choices are pretty limited. I ended up with the rib eye with salad (which was, by and large, delicious, albeit the raw side of medium rare), but I had skied a fair bit that day and I needed an appetizer/​starter, but none were available to my limited diet, other than the salads, one of which came with my dinner. Perhaps some marinated olives?
Our daughter enjoys chatting with John at the bar by his workspace. John is very gracious and seems to really enjoy people, including kids.