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Oeno Files

Well-Priced Wines From a Seattle Expert

Generous guy: Dan McCarthy offers up an impressively inexpensive list of offbeat French finds, and throws in food pairings just for fun.

08/11/2011

Booze 101

Barrio Intros Cocktail and Spirits Classes

Beginning this month, barman Casey Robison schools Seattleites in the art of mixing drinks.

08/11/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Seattle on TV

Drinking Made Easy’s Full Shoot Schedule

Ah, the motherload.

08/10/2011

Seattle on TV

Drinking Made Easy Hits Rob Roy

Have you seen the crew around town?

08/10/2011

Drinking and Nature

Calling All Ye Outdoor-Loving Beer Drinkers

A scenic train ride with Lagunitas and a wilderness social. It’s getting beery over on our travel blog.

08/10/2011

Cocktail Trends

Pucker Up, PNW: Pok Pok Chef’s Drinking Vinegars Hit Retail Stores

Seattleites can head south for the retail release party, or stay here and just order the vinegars online.

08/10/2011

Bar Openings

Even More Details on Canon Seattle

Jamie Boudreau describes the food concept at his new bar.

08/09/2011

Bar Openings

Details on Canon Seattle Emerge

And here they are.

08/08/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Bar Openings

New Bar Alert: The Shop Agora

The gourmet food store is serving up more than just olive oil and hummus to go, and Capitol Hill appears enthusiastic.

08/08/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Bartender Shuffle

Changes Behind the Bar at Mistralkitchen

Tavern Law, Vessel alums now mixing drinks at the SLU restaurant and bar.

08/05/2011

Very Important Questions

Why Can’t Every Bar in Seattle Put Out a Proper Gin and Tonic?

Plus: the one, two, threes of a good G&T.

08/04/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Drink on Film

Seattle’s "Good Bootlegger" Featured in Prohibition.

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick became fascinated with a local outlaw.

08/03/2011

Happy Hour

Update on Skillet HH Cocktails

Here’s what’s in ’em.

08/01/2011

Happy Hour

New Happy Hours: Skillet and Crush

Fine foods at an early evening discount.

08/01/2011

From the Bar to the Altar

New York Times Features Wedding of Audrey Saunders and Seattle’s Own Robert Hess

From "occasional lovers" to matrimony: The NYT chronicles the romance between two craft-cocktail luminaries.

07/31/2011

Oeno Files

Well-Priced Wines from a Seattle Expert

This week: Michael Teer of Pike and Western and Soul Wine.

07/29/2011

Seattle Freeze

Kold-Draft Ice Machine Arrives at Canon

Another premium ice machine for Capitol Hill.

07/28/2011

Dessert Drinks

Put Lemon Sorbetto in Your Prosecco

You won’t regret it.

07/28/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Jared Scarr of Vito’s

Take the candle out before you eat the cake, says the barman at First Hill’s absurdly atmospheric cocktail lounge.

07/27/2011