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Holiday Drinking Guide 2011

Which watering holes are open Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day? We got on the horn to find out.

Posted by: Stephanie Rubesh on Dec 16, 2011 at 08:52AM 7 Comments

BALLARD
Hazlewood will be open on both Eves but not Christmas or New Year’s Day.

Jolly Roger Taproom is pouring pints till 6 on Christmas Eve.

Macleod’s Scottish Pub will be open Christmas Eve.

The Matador is open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day but not on Christmas.

Moshi Moshi Sushi will be closed Christmas Eve and Day and open New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Portalis Wine Bar will be closed all four holidays but retail will stay open from 11 to 6 on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Conner Byrn will open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day (from 8 to close), New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.

The Noble Fir will be open Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.

King’s Hardware is open all four days! Christmas Day things get underway later (at 7pm).

BELLTOWN
Five Point Café is open all four days, too.

Rob Roy is closed only on Christmas Day.

The Virginia Inn is open on Christmas Eve until the bartender decides he wants to go home; Christmas Day it’s shut. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are a go.

BELLEVUE
Chantanee Restaurant and Naga Lounge is open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve till 9.

CAPITOL HILL
Barrio is closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but peddling tequila New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Café Presse will serve until 2 on Christmas Eve, close on Christmas Day, and open on New Year’s Eve and Day.

Canon will be open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve (if you want dinner for the latter you need to arrange tickets).

Elysian Brewing Company will be open till 5 on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve but closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Liberty Bar is open all four days.

Ditto Linda’s Tavern, with lights going on at 5pm on Christmas Day.

The Redwood is open for regular business on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and open from 6pm–2am on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

The Saint will open only for New Year’s Eve.

Smith is open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.

The Tin Table is open every day but Christmas.

Tommy Gun will open on Christmas Eve for $6 shooters of Jameson. New Year’s Eve it’s open as well.

Sun Liquor will be open all four days.

Vermillion is open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day.

DOWNTOWN
Art Restaurant and Lounge is open all four days.

Pike Brewing Company is pulling a half day Christmas Eve (11–5) and a full one for New Year’s Eve. Christmas and New Year’s Day the brewery is closed.

Zig Zag Café is closed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day but is cocktailing as of 7pm on Christmas. Regular hours on New Year’s Eve.

EASTLAKE
Cicchetti will be open for New Year’s Eve.

Zoo Tavern will be open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day. Christmas? “Probably.”

FIRST HILL
The Fireside Room at the Sorrento Hotel is open all four days and is throwing a dance party on New Year’s Eve.

The Hideout is open all four days but is opening later (at 8pm) on Christmas Day.

FREMONT
Brower’s Café will be open New Year’s Eve.

George and Dragon Pub is open all four days (opening at 4 on Christmas Day).

The Red Door is open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Years Day.

GREENWOOD
Gainsbourg will open all days but Christmas.

PHINNEY RIDGE
The Park Pub will be open until 10 on Christmas Eve, closed on the day itself, and then open for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day drinking.

Sully’s Snowgoose Saloon will be open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.

MADISON VALLEY
Bottleneck Lounge will be open on Christmas Eve serving housemade eggnog, closed Christmas Day, open New Year’s Eve, and closed New Year’s Day.

QUEEN ANNE
Canlis will be open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, but closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Hilltop Ale House will be open on Christmas Eve from 11 to 4, closed on Christmas Day, and open on New Year’s Eve till 10. It’s regular hours on New Year’s Day.

Tini Bigs Lounge is open for craft cocktails and food all four days, with a New Year’s bash involving both Bigs and neighboring Hula Hula in the cards.

UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
Big Time Brewery will be open until 6 on Christmas Eve, closed on Christmas Day, and open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

WEST SEATTLE
Beveridge Place Pub is open all four days, with a late opening on Christmas (6pm), a laid-back party on New Year’s Eve, and a Barrel Age Beer Bonanza on New Year’s Day.

Elliott Bay Brewery and Pub will be open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve until around 8 (or until people leave). The pub will be closed on Christmas and open on New Year’s Day.

Did we miss any?

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Rob Roy’s Alcohol-Fueled Advent Calendar

Count down to Christmas with 24 days of holiday drinks…and a little bit of fire.

Posted by: Allecia Vermillion on Nov 30, 2011 at 12:25PM 0 Comments

The blue blazer, being poured by legendary bar man Jerry Thomas.

Some advent calendars contain chocolate or Bible verses; others involve cups of flaming whiskey. You’ll find the latter at Rob Roy, where bartenders have organized a spirited advent calendar that starts tomorrow. Look for a different seasonal drink each day in December, leading up to Christmas Eve.

This decidedly adult advent countdown was the inspiration of Andrew Bohrer, who will be posting each day’s drink recipe on his Caskstrength blog (if you haven’t read his barman’s holiday gift guide yet, go check that out too). Rob Roy’s Bryn Lumsden set up the calendar and got everyone organized.

What’s the point of all this? Per Bohrer, it’s a chance to redeem all those holiday drinks that nobody orders because they are often poorly executed, or achingly sweet. “I wanted to give everybody a free pass for a day to order something they couldn’t ever get or order in a bar,” he says. The drinks will be a surprise each day, but Bohrer predicts a mix of holiday classics and wintry originals from him, Lumsden and Anu Apte. About a quarter of the drinks will be hot, including the Tom and Jerry, recently resurrected over at Vito’s, and a “Spanish coffee amnesty day.”

On December 24, the alcoholic equivalent of that really giant culminating piece of advent-calendar chocolate is the blue blazer, a beverage that involves flaming cups of whiskey and a high probability of setting one’s self on fire. It’s a favorite feat for Bohrer, who says the process requires only a steady hand and a tolerance for, you know, being set on fire.

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