New Places to Drink
Beer and wine to go with your bivalves.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Oct 18, 2011 at 10:52AM
To follow up on a post from several weeks ago, the Taylor Shellfish shop in Melrose Market is now pouring beer and wine.
Manager Kevin Bartlett says three vinos are on offer, as is beer from Pike Brewery. In a few weeks he’ll stock more—“I’m still working out the kinks,” he explains. He mentioned suds from Elysian, for example.
With the booze comes new hours: the shop stays open until 10pm on Friday and Saturday. But Bartlett says you can sip whenever, even when the shop opens at 10am.
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The oyster emporium will feature wines from a carefully selected list of bivalve-friendly bottles.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Sep 30, 2011 at 10:04AM
Need something to wash that sucker down? Taylor Shellfish is about to add wine and beer to its list of offerings.
Photo: Taylor Shellfish Farms via Facebook
Fans of Taylor Shellfish Farms’s charming new Melrose Market shop have been looking forward to the day when they can order up a wine or beer with their dozen Virginicas or Mediterranean mussels.
That day will soon be upon us.
“Pike Brewing’s ale and stout will be offered for sure,” says Taylor founder and famed oysterman Jon Rowley. “We might just go with one oyster wine and one crab wine to start off.”
The wines will be picked from among those on this list. Rowley creates this list by assembling a group of judges each year; the chosen ones spend hours sipping wine and slurping oysters, scoring the bottles based on how well they pair with the succulent bivalve bounty of the Pacific Northwest.
Rowley says it will likely take a few days to get the accounts set up, so stay tuned for the exact date when the alcohol will start flowing. Meantime, you can enjoy Taylor’s sea-plucked fare with a glass of wine next door at the equally charming Bar Ferd’nand.
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Look for him in the Melrose Market, early in the week.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Aug 27, 2010 at 08:44AM
Jay Kuehner, straining at Sambar.
Jay Kuehner —the man behind the elegant drinks at Ballard’s Sambar —has a second gig on Capitol Hill.
He’s been manning the bar at chef Matt Dillon’s Bar Ferd’nand in the Melrose Market.
Kuehner says he and Dillon have wanted to collaborate for years and he even talked about building a bar in the attic of the Corson Building. (How cool would that be?)
Bar Ferd’nand, which you’ll find in the market’s main corridor between Marigold and Mint and Calf and Kid, is mostly a wine and small plates bar, though Kuehner says he recently invested in some amaros. In other words, you won’t be able to experience the full range of his drink-mixing talents like you would at a fully stocked bar, but who cares? Everyone likes Jay Kuehner, go talk to him about strega and semillon.
Look for him at Melrose Market on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. (Ferd’nand is closed on Mondays.)
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