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May 23, 2012
Wine Wednesday
Washington Gets Fifth Master Sommelier
The Metropolitan Grill’s Thomas Price got some fancy new bling today when it was announced he had passed the exceptionally rigorous Court of Master Sommeliers master’s exam. The gold pin he’s now...
By Julie H. Case
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Sep 29, 2011
Bartender Shuffle
Bartender Jared Scarr Joins the Canon Crew
Sazerac sipper Jared Scarr is a favorite at First Hill throwback Vito’s. And while he’ll continue to work at that lowlit lounge, he has also begun to mix drinks at Canon alongside Nathan Weber...
Thumbnail for - Why Can’t Every Bar in Seattle Put Out a Proper Gin and Tonic?
Aug 4, 2011
Very Important Questions
Why Can’t Every Bar in Seattle Put Out a Proper Gin and Tonic?
Speaking very generally—and with the understanding that exceptions are always the rule—there are three types of bars in Seattle, as far as cocktails are concerned: 1. Cocktail bars where you can...
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Jun 1, 2011
Behind the Bar
Five Questions for the Bartender: Thomas Bondesson
  Thomas Bondesson grew up in Sweden. When his parents transplanted the family to California he discovered the joy of being a bus boy, eventually moving behind the bar. “I have worked every style...
By Jessica Voelker
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Jan 13, 2011
Behind the Bar
Five Questions for the Bartender: Michael Kostin
Michael Kostin’s first restaurant job—which he secured at age 16—was as a dishwasher at a Bellevue restaurant. The next year he joined the navy and became a nuclear chemist on a submarine...
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Oct 11, 2010
Oeno Files
Is Keg Wine The New Normal?
The new iteration of The Local Vine on Capitol Hill has been garnering attention for offering two keg wines by the glass, and as Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report, um, reports, Bottlehouse...
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Aug 1, 2010
Tricky Booze Words
A little while ago, I started collecting difficult-to-pronounce cocktail vocabulary—mostly words I myself mispronounced until some kind soul gently corrected me—with the intention of aggregating...
Thumbnail for - Five Questions for the (Visiting) Bartender: Neyah White
Feb 15, 2010
Behind the Bar
Five Questions for the (Visiting) Bartender: Neyah White
It’s a Five Questions first, everybody. We’re talking to a bartender from San Francisco. Specifically, we’re talking to Neyah White. He’s the bar manager at San Fran’s Nopa where his housemade...
Thumbnail for - The Haiti Cocktail at Liberty: What Is It?
Jan 22, 2010
Mixology 101
The Haiti Cocktail at Liberty: What Is It?
I was wondering what was in the Haiti, that drink at Liberty that owner Andrew Friedman created to benefit relief efforts in Haiti—100 percent of income generated from the cocktail is donated to...
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