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One Night Only: Tommy Gun Extends Happy Hour, Discounts Drinks

The new-ish Capitol Hill bar breaks out the bargains on Friday, July 8.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jul 07, 2011 at 10:47AM 0 Comments

The taps at Tommy Gun

Photo: Tommy Gun via Facebook

Tommy Gun is the Capitol Hill bar from the folks that brought us Bottleneck Lounge. If you haven’t been yet, no time like the present. And by present I actually mean future. But near future.

You see, tomorrow, Friday, July 8, Tommy Gun will be extending happy hour until 8pm in honor of its new cocktail menu, which debuts the same day.

And the bar is also discounting all 10 drinks on this new menu by $2. This discount joins the regular HH bargains—$3.50 well drinks and draft beers. (Under normal circumstances, HH runs Monday through Friday from 5pm to 7pm.)

Presiding over the cocktail team at Tommy Gun is bartender Sean Johnson. He and his colleagues have created a list that includes nice things like mole bitters and red wine floats. I confess I have not had the chance to partake, but it looks like a good opportunity has just presented itself.

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Tags: Happy Hour, Capitol Hill, New Cocktail Menus, One Night Only, Tommy Gun

One Night Only: Golden Beetle Extends Happy Hour

…and presents its summer cocktail menu.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jun 14, 2011 at 10:44AM 0 Comments

Photo: Lucas Anderson

Bargain at the Beetle: Golden Beetle extends HH this Thursday.

Okay don’t get too excited. Golden Beetle is only extending its happy hour until 7pm on Thursday, June 16th, so you still have to get there kinda early. But typically the menu only runs from 5-6pm and then again from 10-11pm, so this is your chance to try those $3 snacks (chicken wings, herbed falafel, za’atar-enhanced French fries) in a more leisurely manner.

Maria Hines’ Market Street restaurant recently opened its outdoor patio. Weather permitting, that may be the spot to sip on one of the cocktails from the new summer menu—geeks: I’ve provided it in full below because I love you. All drinks are $10.

Now, here’s that menu:

Cypress Cooler
Vodka, Mint Shrub, Soda

Two O’Clock
Gordon’s Gin, Gran Classico, Grapefruit, Pink Peppercorn, Cucumber Dry Soda

Wandering Gethsemane
Olive Oil Infused Gin, Black Pepper Syrup, Lemon, Dill

Hammock Dazed
Voyager Gin, Arak Razzouk, Watermelon, Cilantro

Pegu Club #2
Gin, Angostura, Lime, Simple Syrup

Burn Notice
Novo Fogo Aged Cachaca, Cointreau, Pineapple, Chili

Choppy Waters
Linie Aquavit, Ramazzotti, Celery Bitters,
Old Seattle Lager

Swashbuckling Sangaree
Flor de Caña Aged Rum, Simple Syrup, Lemon,
GB Spice Bitters, Port

Kirsch Sour
Bulliet Bourbon, Kirschwasser, Cherry

The Old Razz
Ransom Old Tom Gin, Ramazzotti, Cardamom

GB Perfect Summer Manhattan
Russel’s Reserve 6yr Rye, Punt e Mes, Dolin Blanc, House Orange Bitters.

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Tags: Happy Hour, Ballard, One Night Only

One Night Only: Seattle Bartenders Jim Romdall and Anu Apte Head to Olympia

If you’re there, head to Swing Wine Bar and say hello.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on May 19, 2011 at 12:07PM 0 Comments

Photo: Andrew Waits

Anu Apte holding a lemon, dreaming of Olympia.

Traveling to Olympia? Live in Olympia? On Thursday, June 2 from 8 to 11pm, two of our Seattle bartenders, Jim Romdall and Anu Apte, will be guest bartending at Swing Wine Bar.

The occasion is another in a never-ending series of parties for Left Coast Libations by Ted Munat, a very well-celebrated book that features b-tenders from up and down the West Coast and a recipe from each of them.

Jim Romdall was the bar manager at Vessel before that closed and now he’s behind the bar at Rob Roy. Anu Apte owns the Rob Roy. They are both nice and make good drinks.

Say hello!

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Tags: Seattle Bartenders, Bartender Roadtrip, Olympia, One Night Only

One Night Only: The Suffragette at Poppy

A cocktail that celebrates women’s suffrage and supports women in media.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Nov 08, 2010 at 11:52AM 0 Comments

Oh the women! The ladies will ride into Poppy tonight to celebrate women’s suffrage and support women in media.

Do you know what today is?

Why, it’s the hundredth anniversary of womens’ right to vote in Washington State.

If you had a proper education and/or you watch Boardwalk Empire, you know that the women’s suffrage movement came out of the temperance movement. It was the same ladies who fought for prohibition that eventually won women the right to vote. Thus it is somewhat ironic to celebrate suffrage by drinking booze.

Veronika Groth, bartender at Poppy, is aware of the irony. With the Suffragette, she chooses to embrace it. The cocktail is a mixture of gin, pear eau de vie, yuzu juice, and simple syrup with a pear slice for a garnish. If you order one today, half of what you pay for it will go to Reel Grrls.

Cheers to chicks.

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