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La Dive’s owners avoid the term “wine bar” given its ’90s-riffic baggage, and a suggestion of fussiness that doesn’t track with these chill environs. However the bottle and glass lineup is entirely organic and low-intervention, with a lightning bolt to mark funkier options. La Dive dedicates an entire section of its list to rosé and orange (or skin contact) wine, but Read more...
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So this is more a shot and a beer bar, and the owners seem to know that: happy hour knocks the prices on draft beers, PBR, and wells. The taplist runs safe by Seattle standards (where it’s easy to find an adventurous option even in a neighborhood pub): Hale’s Supergoose IPA, Manny’s, Fremont’s Summer Ale. It’s somewhere to while away the day or Read more...
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Say wine bar. Say cheese and charcuterie. Say Romanesque moldings, burgundy walls, dark woodwork, candle-lit. Though true, these scarcely conjure Underbelly. The Pioneer Square bar occupies a below-ground space on the corner of First and Washington, but a streak of subterranean fun mediates its standard trappings: the cracked tile floor, the candles more two-bit seance than violin romance. Wines are Read more...
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Adjacent to the hotel lobby, this inviting bar has a full cocktail bar, lounge, and–the piece de resistance–a fireplace. And what pairs well with a fire’s glow and cocktails? Monthly concerts from Seattleites that are free and open to the public. But be warned: space is limited. Read more...
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At some point—maybe following Chuck’s Hop Shop’s arrival in 2009—we all decided to drink in bottle shops with the atmospheres of convenience stores. Draft Punk, a small space on Greenwood Avenue, continues this, but tips the balance toward proper bar. Refrigerators and shelves carry some of Washington’s better bottles: E9, Machine House. Elsewhere: TVs, tables, a turntable, a long wood Read more...
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When Sun Liquor decided to get out of the bar business and focus on its distillery operations, a longtime customer took over the original lounge on Summit, a den of perpetual dusk, bamboo furniture, a giant juice press and rows of coupes ready for deployment in careful cocktails. The new name is but a slight variation on the original, and Read more...
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One of South Park’s newest neighborhood pubs, Uncle Eddie’s is a please-everyone type of establishment. That’s why there’s parking, weekend brunch, a family friendly atmosphere. But most of all there are satisfying sandos of every ilk, like a chile verde–doused chicken on Grand Central bread. Cilantro haters beware, this is a wonderland of herbaceous zest. Read more...
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There is no shortage of places to perch at this airy Capitol Hill establishment. Sit at one of the many marbled bistro tables inside the white-walled restaurant, or perhaps pull up a stool along the bar. But step outside and you’ll find a brick-paved patio that seats a couple dozen sun-starved Seattleites (with heaters for cool nights). Wherever you land, Read more...
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Through an alleyway entrance off Bell Street awaits Branchwater, a low-lit lounge with dark wood everything and cushy armchairs. Inside the tucked-away bar—sibling to street-facing Pintxo—comfort comes in many forms, particularly bourbon. Take the Mighty Jack, a balancing act of bonded bourbon and apple brandy whose sweetness is tempered by a nice hit of amaro. Read more...
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If you want to go tasting room hopping in SoDo, there’s one building you have to visit. SoDo Urbanworks contains nine winery tasting rooms and a Schooner Exact tasting room in the 7 acre business park. If you can’t try all nine wineries (maybe a good decision), Latta Wines and Kerloo Cellars are both owned by upcoming winemakers (Andrew Latta and Ryan Read more...