Best Restaurants

Mark your calendar

Beer Week Begins this Thursday

…And the mayor has made it official.

05/05/2009

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Scotchy-Scotch Tasting on May 18th

Color, Nose, Body, Palate, and Finish at the Bookstore Bar

05/05/2009

Booze News

Lost Lady Closes!

The downtown tequila bar shuts down after a month and a half. That must be some kind of record.

05/04/2009

Events

Cinco de Mayo Drinking Guide

No, it’s not the Mexican Fourth of July. Yes, you can still use it as an excuse to party on a Tuesday.

05/03/2009

Happy Hours

Happy Hour of the Week: The Sitting Room

Drink and snack among the theater types of Lower Queen Anne.

05/01/2009

Booze News

Tomorrow: Guinness releases its 250th anniversary stout

Look for it on tap at Wilde Rover

04/30/2009

Lists and Such

Top Twenty Microbreweries in America? I beg to differ.

Of all the amazing local micros that Matador missed, who do you think should have made the list?

04/29/2009

Behind the bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: David Nelson

Spur’s tender-aged bar genius waxes philosophical about fortified wines and good hygene.

04/28/2009

Best Bars Feature

Have You Taken the Linda’s Quiz?

Do it! And tell me your score!

04/27/2009

Good to know

Notes from the Bar

An underhyped Belltown happy hour, a delightful seasonal back on tap, the best potato croquettes in the world.

04/27/2009

DIY Cocktails

Make This Drink: Crush’s Counterbalance

Cucumber Dry soda, gin—it’s pretty much spring in a glass.

04/24/2009

Events and Openings

The Weekend Buzz

Two new bars, a snuggie bar crawl, a cocktail competition…Get ready liver, it’s gonna be a big one.

04/24/2009

Events

Iron Bartender II Update!

All is revealed…well, almost all.

04/23/2009

Events

Iron Bartender II at Tigertail

This time it’s lady bartenders.

04/23/2009

Happy Hour

Happy Hour of the Week: Il Bistro

I missed Il Bistro’s happy hour. Don’t make the same mistake.

04/22/2009

Article

Happy Hour Guide

The New Deals

04/22/2009 By James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

Behind the bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Andrew Bohrer

Bellevue’s master mixologist will carve iceballs for your whiskey drink and teach you the finer points of getting "negronked" in style…but please don’t ask him for a vodka soda.

04/21/2009

Article

Best Bars

The Smart Drinker’s Guide to Seattle

04/21/2009 By James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

Mark your calendar

Seattle Beer Week

May 7th-17th. (That’s actually more than a week. Not that I’m complaining.)

04/20/2009

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Benefit for Brouwers Bartender

"Kegs for Cavy’s Cancer" next Sunday, April 26

04/19/2009