WAITSBURG, Wash. – A celebrated restaurateur closed his West Side hustle to set up shop in an idyllic southeast Washington town – and word is getting around far beyond Walla Walla County. Bar Bacetto, ...

A small-town eatery in southeast Washington was listed Wednesday as a James Beard Award semifinalist for best new restaurant. Bar Bacetto, an Italian restaurant for ages 21 and older, specializes in ...

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Mike Easton, one of Washington State’s most acclaimed restaurateurs, is opening an Italian place in Waitsburg called Bar Bacetto. Bar Bacetto opened in 2022 ...

In late June, four-time James Beard Award nominee Mike Easton announced a big pivot, closing his acclaimed Waitsburg restaurant Bar Bacetto and opening Bacetto’s Detroit Style in nearby Walla Walla.

Celebrated chef Mike Easton and his wife Erin Easton, whose restaurant Bar Bacetto was nominated in January for Best New Restaurant in America by the James Beard Foundation, will open a pizzeria in ...