Boca Argentine Bakery & Pizzeria

A new Seattle pizza, lunch and bakery spot on Capitol Hill.  Great sandwiches, pastries, desserts, salads, and of course, pizza.

“The medialuna is what I was missing” from childhood, says Casas-Beaux, in full raconteur mode. “In Argentina, we don’t eat the eggs, we don’t do bacon.” After he emigrated from Italy to a coastal town south of Buenos Aires, childhood mornings (or his midday breaks from school) involved two medialunas and an espresso.

Breakfast, coffee, lunch, dinner, beer and wine!

And pizza…

The fugazzeta is another souvenir from Casas-Beaux’s upbringing. Consider it criminal Seattle had to live this long without our own outpost for Argentina’s signature pizza, born of the country’s Italian ties. Its thick, fermented crust and edges of caramelized cheese date back to the 1890s but are very on point for 2022 pizza culture. On top: oceans of gooey mozzarella italia, olive oil, and the lightest of caramelized onions. That’s it. Maybe a decorative sprig of oregano.

“The pizza weighs like two and a half pounds,” exclaims Casas-Beaux. It also bears a striking resemblance to Detroit-style pies. It’s pizza greatness, best consumed inside Boca’s languid cafe