Best Restaurants

Ticket Giveaweay

Win Tickets to the BevMo! and Bacardi Cocktail Classic

The drinking superstore is holding an invite-only cocktail competition to celebrate the new Ballard location.

03/26/2013 By Seattle Met Staff

Coming Soon

Rachel's Ginger Beer Is Opening in Pike Place Market

The former Seattle's Best space will become a gingery combination of soda fountain and bar.

03/25/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Taste Washington Itinerary: The Unique and Unusual

We asked three local wine experts to map their ideal route through the largest wine tasting in the nation. Today Henri Schock of Bottlehouse points us toward the unusual.

03/22/2013 By Cassandra Callan

Oeno Files

Taste Washington Itinerary: The Cabernet Circuit

We asked three local wine experts to map their ideal routes through the largest wine tasting in the nation. Today, we talk cabs.

03/21/2013 By Cassandra Callan

Oeno Files

Taste Washington Itinerary: New and Noteworthy Vintages

We asked three local wine experts to map their ideal route through the largest wine tasting in the nation. Here, Sean Sullivan's picks.

03/20/2013 By Cassandra Sawyer

Oeno Files

Saturday at Taste: Washington Wine for Beginners

The Intro to the World of Wine seminar helps you get educated before the tasting bonanza commences.

03/19/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Behind Bars

Five Questions for the Bartender: Leroy Thomas of Rocco's

"A flask full of applejack is a crowdpleaser."

03/18/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Trend Alert

Seattle Bars and Restaurants Set Sail

A handful of new establishments signal an embrace of the nautical.

03/15/2013 By Christopher Werner

Hopped Up

Four New Places to Drink Beer

Spoiler alert: Only half of these places are in Ballard.

03/14/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Behind Bars

Five Questions for the Bartender: Seth Sempere of the Coterie Room and Suite 410

"There are reasons why bathrooms are for customers only, and those reasons usually require gloves."

03/13/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Books About Drinking

The Drunken Botanist Visits Seattle

Gardening + bartending = gartending. Come meet the woman who made that a thing.

03/12/2013 By Katie Vincent

Happy Hour

The Week in Happy Hour: Herbal Cocktails at Mai Thaiku, Nachos at Schooner Exact

Plus: cheap burgers at the rebooted Von's, a menu reboot at Restaurant Bea.

03/11/2013 By Christopher Werner

Drinking Holidays

Class Up Your St. Patrick's Day Drinking

Four local upgrades to the beverages people clamor for on March 17.

03/08/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

On Tap

Three New Supersized Drinking Establishments

Is it just me or are our beer bars getting bigger?

03/07/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Where to Imbibe During Washington Wine Month

Tastings, dinners, seminars: These don't-miss events let you drink like a local.

03/06/2013 By Julie H. Case

Still Life

New from Letterpress: Limoncello

For years Skip Tognetti has made his own lemon liqueur. Now it's time to try it.

03/05/2013 By Christopher Werner

Coming Soon

Matt's Sibling Radiator Whiskey Opens April 1

No joke: Brown liquor and plenty of carnivory in Pike Place Market.

03/04/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Bartender Whereabouts

Jay Kuehner. Vessel. Wednesday Nights.

Once a week, the man you loved at Sambar brings his sunny talents downtown.

03/01/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

A Shakeup at the Golden Grapes

Twenty-nine Woodinville winemakers blind tasted a bunch of wines (including their own) and rumor has it the results were very unexpected.

03/01/2013 By Julie H. Case