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Museum of the American Cocktail: A Brief (and Sometimes Blurry) Tour

A Seattleite is one of the founders of this trippy New Orleans museum. Come check it out.

10/06/2010

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Tuesday Beer Deal: The Noble Fir

Drink $4 IPAs with the camping kids.

10/05/2010

Cocktail Party!

Tavern Law Celebrates GQ Nod by Making Drinks for You

On October 10, the Cap Hill bar teams up with Zig Zag to mix signature drinks from the country’s top 25 cocktail bars.

10/04/2010

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"Muddle Your Breath"

BusinessWeek publishes advice on how to get away with getting drunk on the job.

10/04/2010

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A Cocktail Drinker’s Nondrinking Event: United States of Americana Reading

A new book does a fine job explaining the fundamentals of the cocktail revival. Meet the author tonight at Elliott Bay Books.

10/01/2010

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Mai Tai Master: The Winning Mai Tai Recipe

Tavern Law’s cocktail combines four kinds of rum and tincture of grains of paradise. What, you thought this would be easy?

09/30/2010

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Circumventing Distillation Laws Via the Miracle of Science

A must read for gearheads and basement distillers.

09/30/2010

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Drinking Lessons Back in Session at the Sorrento

Upcoming: Sambar’s Jay Kuehner on the art of cocktail improv and a whiskey tasting with the Bartenders Guild.

09/29/2010

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Mai Tai Master Tonight at Herbanfeast

It’s nasty outside, let’s pretend we’re on a tropical island.

09/29/2010

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In a New TV Ad, Local Restaurateurs Say Yes to I-1100

Tom Douglas, Linda Derschang, Brian Canlis, and Ethan Stowell appear with peers in a pro-privatization ad.

09/24/2010

Happy Hour

Happy Hour of the Week: Sullivan’s Steakhouse

At the bar in Sullivan’s Steakhouse, you kind of can’t help but get comfortable.

09/24/2010

Oeno Files

The Case of the Stolen Grapes

Kirkland-based Grand Rêve Vintners offers a $5,000 reward for information about who took fruit from its Red Mountain crop.

09/24/2010

Recipes

How to Make Sangrita

Sangrita is an easy to prepare tequila chaser that I think you will enjoy.

09/23/2010

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Ferry Call: A Wine Weekend on Bainbridge

Next weekend, do the whole island thing with a wine buzz.

09/22/2010

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Who Are the Guardians of Red Mountain?

And why did they all get the same tattoo?

09/21/2010

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GQ Says Zig Zag Cafe Is The Number One Cocktail Bar in America

Editor Kevin Sintumuang calls Murray Stenson a "bartender superhero."

09/20/2010

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Tavern Law’s Upstairs Lounge Makes GQ’s Best 25 Bars in America

The magazine encourages customers to "get poetic" about ordering their cocktails at Needle and Thread.

09/17/2010

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Release Party for Left Coast Libations

A new Seattleite-authored book celebrates the West Coast’s best bartenders. Celebrate that at Rob Roy on the 27th.

09/17/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Happy Hour

Cafe Lago and Its $4 Happy Hour Menu

Beer, wine, gnocchi alla bava: these things cost $4.

09/16/2010 By Jessica Voelker