This week in the Seattle Times, yet another article about Tavern Law. In her glowing review, Providence Cicero concludes that “anyone intrigued with the alchemy of flavor—whether in the glass or on the plate—will find Tavern Law a most appealing place.” But that’s not true, Providence Cicero. Both Maggie Savarino of Seattle Weekly and Bethany Jean Clement of The Stranger, two women that seem “intrigued” indeed “with the alchemy of flavor,” found Tavern Law most unappealing. (SW item here, Stranger piece here.)
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Seattle Weekly’s Jonathan Kauffman wrote an interesting feature about how restaurants handle happy hour, noting that List, in Belltown, “looks even more Miami than Barolo, if such a thing is possible.” Nice one. [SW]

On his Cocktail Chronicles blog, Paul Clarke talks vermouth and congratulates Jay Kuehner of Sambar, who won the Canton cocktail competition at Vessel on Monday night. [CC]

Finally, Here at Seattle Metropolitan, we learned about Faraway, a new bar to open in Greenlake/Ravenna area, and Sound Spirits, Seattle’s first legal distillery since prohibition (see below posts). Oh, and I wrote an article about Tavern Law…plus two other speakeasy-style bars. [SM]

Happy Halloween everybody. Stay safe.