Best Bars

Best Bars We’ve spent the last two years living and breathing the Seattle bar scene. The result: This list of our <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/seattle-best-bars-0311/">25 favorite cocktail bars</a>. Plus: <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/23-reasons-its-great-to-be-a-pet-in-seattle-february-2011/">23 reasons</a> it’s great to be a pet in Seattle; <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/seattle-best-vets-0311/">148 top vets</a> in the Seattle area; and a look at how a game, an actor, and a mentor-driven <a href="../../../arts-and-entertainment/articles/techstars-seattle-giant-thinkwell-raising-uncle-jesse-0311/">startup program</a> helped alter Seattle tech entrepreneurship (and maybe celebrities) forever.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

Are You Going to Comicon?

The Washington State Convention Center hosts the ninth annual Emerald City Comicon, March 4–6. But don’t reach for the tights until you’ve taken our questionnaire.

02/21/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Article

The Last Ride of Cowboy James

King County Superior Court charging document against 74-year-old James Fogle (the inspiration for Drugstore Cowboy, starring Matt Dillon) for his botched 2010 heist in Redmond.

02/18/2011

Article

The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite  if we could entertain  this month’s most  interesting visitors,  locals, and newsmakers.

02/15/2011

Article

Seattle Bookshelf

02/15/2011

Article

Fantasy Frye-land

Oil paintings to the right, “whimsically disturbing” performance art to the left.

02/15/2011 By Suzanne Beal

Article

The Carnivore’s Dilemma

My daughter’s vegetarianism must be stopped!

02/15/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Eat & Drink

Article

Best Bars 2011: 15 More Must-Visit Bars

02/21/2011

Article

Best Bars 2011: 10 Top Seattle Bars Right Now

02/21/2011

Article

Occasions: Piety

02/16/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Neighborhood Hot Spot: St. Dames

02/16/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

A Meaty Love Song

Lecosho is a porkophile’s paradise—and much more.

02/16/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Holey Smokes

Seattle’s never been known for its bagels. But with a new Montreal-style bakery on Capitol Hill, that just might change.

02/15/2011 By Jess Thomson

Article

Best Bars 2011

Where can you get a good drink in this town?

02/14/2011 By Jessica Voelker With Katie Ormsby

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

Shaken and Stirred

02/22/2011 By Katherine Koberg

Health & Wellness

Article

23 Reasons It’s Great to Be a Pet in Seattle

For starters, we teach dogs how to talk. Not really, but if Penny here could, she’d tell you she never wants to leave.

02/20/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Would It Work Here? The Indoor Park

02/16/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Article

Little Missed Sunshine

02/15/2011

Article

Top Vets 2011

148 veterinarians in the Seattle metro region.

02/03/2011 Edited by Ariana Dawes

Home & Real Estate

Article

Trade Secrets: The Window Washer

02/18/2011 By Clancey Denis

Article

The Yes Man

The first thing you need to understand about Brad Harlow’s man cave is that it isn’t a man cave.

02/17/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Inbox

Article

Letters to the Editor

02/21/2011

News & City Life

Article

ZAP!

02/18/2011

Article

Spoiling for a Fight

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is selling out at KeyArena. Since when did we become a fisticuffs-loving city?

02/16/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Mr. Inappropriate

Matthew Inman, web-comic creator

02/14/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Feature

This Product Will Change Your Life

How a game, an actor, and a mentor-driven startup program helped alter Seattle tech entrepreneurship (and maybe celebrities) forever.

02/01/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Style & Shopping

Article

Mother of Reinvention

02/15/2011 By Laura Cassidy

Article

Hot Spot: Nordstrom

02/14/2011

Article

Outstanding in the Field

02/14/2011 By Andrew Matson

Travel & Outdoors

Weekend Getaways

The Fabulous Baker Joys

Mt. Baker holds the world record for snowfall.

02/18/2011 By David Laskin

Web Exclusives

Article

Women Behind Bars: The Videos

Behind the bar with six of our city’s master drink makers.

02/23/2011