Salare ("to cure" in Italian)[1] has been described as a contemporary American restaurant with upscale Southern cuisine.[2] The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle says the restaurant offered farm-to-table "with influences from all over".[3]Eater Seattle called the food an "Italian-French-African-Southern blend".[4] Salare's menu was influenced by the chef's African American culinary heritage.[5] The restaurant served jerk chicken, goat curry, and trout escovitch.[6]
Eater critic Bill Addison included Salare in a 2016 list of the 21 best new restaurants in the U.S.[9] The business earned Jordan a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Northwest in 2018.[10]