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Best Bars 2011

Once an old boys’ club, craft cocktailing today is the domain of saucy dames like the seven featured here.

Bars, Mistralkitchen, Zig Zag Cafe, Rob Roy, Golden Beetle, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Sun Liquor, The Hideout

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Best Bars 2011

Best Bars 2011

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Neighborhood Bar Crawls

Drink your way through Seattle’s best bars.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Ballard

On this Ballard bar crawl, pit stops include Hazlewood, Ocho, The Noble Fir, Ballard Loft, and more.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Bellevue

Drink your way through Bellevue’s best bars.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Belltown

Spur, Virginia Inn, Bathtub Gin—just a few Belltown bars worth a swig.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Downtown

Drink your way through downtown bars, including Zig Zag, Il Bistro, and Pink Door.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Queen Anne

Drink your way through Queen Anne bars, starting at the aptly named Hilltop Ale House and finishing with a ten-ounce Tini Bigs cocktail.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Fremont and Wallingford

Fremont and Wallingford are home to bar charmers like 35th Street Bistro, Quoin, Brouwer’s, and The Pacific Inn Pub.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Phinney Ridge

When in Phinney Ridge, drink as Phinney Ridgers do: at Oliver’s Twist, The Park Pub, 74th Street Ale House, Prost Tavern, Sully’s Snowgoose Saloon, and In the Red Wine Bar and Café.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill lays claim to Sun Liquor, Liberty, Linda’s, and other notable Seattle bars.

Neighborhood Bar Crawls: First Hill

The Hideout, The Hunt Club, Vito’s, and Rview top our First Hill tippling spots.