(Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

El Diablo calls (Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

A remarkable six-month flourish of food and drink activity at E Pine and Summit is complete Thursday as a Capitol Hill-nostalgia soaked finale is ready for its debut.

Bar Tango opens today, joining siblings Double O’ Burgers, Cantina del Sol, and Uncle Dom’s Italian Kitchen in the complex of bar and restaurant space at the corner.

El Diablo is back.

CHS reported here on the plans for Dom’s and Bar Tango as the final pieces of the Pike Street Hospitality Group’s puzzle filling in the building left vacant by last year’s closure of Mezcaleria Oaxaca.

In June, the group’s Double O’ Burgers debuted in the complex’s walk-up window below new rooftop bar Cantina del Sol.

The Vito’s and Machiavelli-inspired Uncle Dom’s opened earlier this month as “a love letter to friendship, community, and the neighborhood’s past red-sauce joints, many of which have shuttered.”

Capitol Hill nostalgia is also on the menu at Bar Tango.

Travis and Carrie Rosenthal’s 2006 purchase of Capitol Hill’s much-loved tapas and date night spot Tango on E Pike was the start of a neighborhood food and drink journey that has grown into the Pike Street restaurant group behind favorites including Rumba, Inside Passage, Agua Verde, and HoneyHole.

The original Tango closed in 2019.

Now the Pike Street Hospitality Group’s whirlwind of activity has created  “one of Capitol Hill’s most dynamic culinary destinations,” the company says.

It has also summoned the spirit of Tango and its legendarily decadent El Diablo dessert. The new Tango comes in “a refreshed, more intimate form” in a cozy space next to Uncle Dom’s with a “horseshoe-shaped bar, well-crafted cocktails, and tapas made for sharing.”

The cocktails and tapas joint is being led by bar manager Christofer Moustakas, formerly of Canon, and general manager Leann Jensen, most recently of The Carlile Room.

(Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

(Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

(Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

(Image: Kristopher Shinn Photography)

“The menu offers modern nods to Tango classics including bacon-wrapped dates, queso azul, and Spanish meats and cheeses alongside Spanish wines, sangria, and handcrafted cocktails,” the announcement says.

Bar Tango will also feature more echoes of the original with Sunday night music beginning October 26th including spanish guitar from André Feriante who also played in the old days on E Pike.

The new space is also decorated with art by Seattle tattoo artist David Tupper “which once adorned the walls of the original restaurant.”

“We want Bar Tango to be a place that helps keep this corner of Capitol Hill alive at night,” Travis Rosenthal said in the announcement. “People can grab a bite, share a drink, and feel part of the city, whether you’re coming from the Convention Center or live up the street.”

Bar Tango and its siblings can be found at 422 E Pine. Learn more at bartangoseattle.com.

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