branzino

Her generosity doesn’t dissuade her subordinates from icing her out of group conversations and taking advantage of her kindness by ordering expensive branzino at lunch under the name, you guessed it, “Mrs. Table.”

And they have this really good grilled branzino that, if you get it to go, they give it to you in a pizza box.

Their Seattle concept is inspired by the drinking culture of their homeland; expect many shared plates, from a fried branzino with chili sambal, chimichurri, kimchi cucumber and an onsen egg fish sauce, to twists on classics, like the cabbage rolls with pork velouté and coriander oil.

With a bigger kitchen in Kirkland’s historical Webb Building, Donnelly will run an expanded menu: Dungeness crab with fried garlic, whole roasted branzino, sesame-crusted yellowfin tuna and an oyster bar.

Her Liberian and Ghanaian menu features her signature rice and peas dish, waakye, and her branzino attiéké.