Behind Bars

Neon Boots Is a Desert Hallucination—But in a Good Way

The new bar brings atmosphere aplenty, and a few skeletons, to Belltown's Second Ave.

07/25/2017 By Stefan Milne

Behind Bars

National Daiquiri Day Is July 19: Here's Where to Sip

Specials and playful creations abound at Seattle's rum-centric bars.

07/18/2017 By Stefan Milne

Hopped Up

Much-Awaited Floodland Brewing Announces Oakworks Bottle Club

Former Holy Mountain partner Adam Paysse’s new brewery will offer most of its slowly crafted beers by membership only.

07/10/2017 By Stefan Milne

Hopped Up

Don't Overlook Seattle International Beerfest

This weekend maybe drink globally, locally.

07/03/2017 By Stefan Milne

Hopped Up

So-Called Hazy IPAs Are Making Their Way to the Northwest

This East Coast style has Seattle's beer world talking, in praise and protest and more than a little murky confusion.

05/17/2017 By Stefan Milne

Amaro Amore

5 Creative Amaro Cocktails You Should Try

Seattle bartenders love to experiment with Italy’s signature herbal liqueur.

01/26/2017 By Stefan Milne

Trend

With Natural Wine, Each Bottle Has Its Own Personality

For the growing number of Seattle restaurants that embrace this winemaking style, that’s exactly the point.

01/23/2017 By Stefan Milne

Explainer

How to Make Sense of King County's New Restaurant Health Ratings

In January 2017—after two years of research that included meetings with the public, restaurateurs, and food safety experts—King County Public Health began posting health scores in restaurant windows. Here’s everything you need to decode the ratings.

01/18/2017 By Stefan Milne

Behind Bars

Cocktail in Profile: And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Velocity at Suite 410

With this robust rum cocktail, Jason Simplot aims to convert whiskey devotees.

11/23/2016 By Stefan Milne

Culinary Comics

New Local Cookbook: Lauren Thompson's Cooking Comics! Simple Skills, Fantastic Food

Cafe Juanita's Chef de Cuisine sketches cooking basics.

11/21/2016 By Stefan Milne

Ingredients in Focus

Season Peak: Roasted Pork Loin with Rutabagas Three Ways at Hitchcock

Chef Brendan McGill takes inspiration from New Nordic cuisine for this autumnal plate.

11/16/2016 By Stefan Milne

Explainer

Where All Those Amazon Boxes Come from…and Where They Go

Let’s take a trip down the corrugated river.

11/16/2016 By Stefan Milne

Still Life

Enter Westland Distillery’s New Cantilever Room

One of the most respected distilleries in town brings petite cocktail flights and pantry snacks to its renovated tasting room.

11/15/2016 By Stefan Milne

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Belgian Waffles and Italian Markets

Plus, a new identity for Stumbling Goat Bistro.

11/11/2016 By Allecia Vermillion and Stefan Milne

Libation Library

The Canon Cocktail Book Is Here

Ever want to open a craft cocktail bar? Jamie Boudreau offers recipes and tips.

11/01/2016 By Stefan Milne

Rousing Spirits

5 Surreal Seattle Bars Worthy of Halloween Imbibing

These joints bring the strange yearlong and are especially fitting places to sip this season.

10/25/2016 By Stefan Milne

Snap Judgment

Are Safe Use Heroin Sites a Good Idea?

King County’s Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force has recommended testing two medically supervised sites where people can safely inject and smoke drugs. Validation of hard drug use or necessary step to combat an epidemic?

10/21/2016 By Stefan Milne