Most residents eagerly welcome a new restaurant to their city, especially if it offers new and interesting cuisine. Dining-in can be particularly enjoyable when you have attentive wait-staff that cater to your every need or hosts whose mission is to ensure that their restaurant becomes one of your favorites. Whether you live in the area or are planning a visit to Richland, Washington, take a look at the mouthwatering online menus of these recently opened restaurants before choosing which to try.
Fat Olives opened in Richland in April 2010 and serves Italian cuisine. They are open seven days a week and provide dine-in as well as take-out services. Hand-tossed, Neapolitan-style pizzas are their specialty, but you may also consider trying their Mama Rao's Chicken--roasted chicken with fresh lemon and oregano--or the Catalan Seafood Stew. There are also several soups, salads and sandwiches available. Be brave and try their Black Hole Caesar Salad.
Fat Olives
255 Williams Blvd.
Richland, WA 99354
509-946-6404
fatolivesrestaurant.com
Mezzo Thai Tapas has been serving MSG-free Thai cuisine since 2009. Open seven days a week, they provide dine-in as well as take-out and catering services. Dinner dishes include northern Thai-style pork, Sukho Thai, which includes steamed vegetables in a coconut cream sauce along with pepper and garlic chicken, and a vegan and vegetarian assorted dinner plate. The restaurant also hosts live music events and provides cooking classes and a Thai language and cultural orientation class.
Mezzo Thai Tapas
94 Lee Blvd.
Richland, WA 99352
509-946-0024
mezzothai.com
If you're on a budget, Sakura Chinese and Japanese Restaurant may be just what you're looking for. Open since 2008, most menu items come in under $10. Appetizers include fried chicken wings, crab rangoon, coconut shrimp and barbecued spare ribs. They have a wide range of soups and salads including miso soup and avocado salad. Combination plates range from shrimp with Chinese vegetables to moo goo gai pan to chicken with lobster sauce. Combination plates are served with pork fried rice and your choice of either egg drop, wonton or hot and sour soup. If you like sushi, Sakura's extensive menu will make your decision-making that much more difficult. There are options for a la carte sushi, a wide variety of rolls and sushi appetizers. As of 2010, Sakura allows online ordering and is open seven days a week.
Sakura Chinese and Japanese Restaurant
130 Keene Road
Richland, WA 99352
509-628-8602
sakurarichland.com
Katya's Restaurant & Wine Bar has been serving diners in Richland since April 2005. A dine-in restaurant, it offers a regional wine collection of more than 200 wines. Starters include crab cakes, hazelnut goat cheese and spinach-artichoke dip. Main dishes include seared sea scallops, chicken marsala, coconut-almond prawns and filet mignon. Katya strives to be environmentally-conscious and as such does not use hydrogenated oils or genetically-modified products in the preparation of its food. The restaurant also purchases produce and meats from local sources.
Katya's Restaurant & Wine Bar
430 George Washington Way
Richland, WA 99352
509-946-7777
katyasbistro.com
