Happy Hour News

This Week in Happy Hour News: Local 360 and Golden Beetle Roll Out the Discount Menus

Two new restaurants with even newer HHs.

03/16/2011

Drinking Holidays

More St. Patrick’s Day Parties

Haven’t made plans for Thursday night yet? The options keep coming.

03/16/2011

ToTC

Lessons From Tales of the Cocktail Vancouver: Ice

Cold took center stage at the BC cocktail conference.

03/16/2011

Cocktail Science

Lessons From Tales of The Cocktail Vancouver: Rapid Infusions

Dave Arnold’s whipped cream-charger technique creates infused spirits in mere minutes.

03/15/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Drinking Holidays

St. Patrick’s Day Pub Parties

Green beer, limericks, Pogues cover bands…it all happens on Thursday. Here’s where to get in on the action.

03/14/2011

Post

Close But No Cigar Lounge

Two bills propose the return of the smoking room to Washington State.

03/14/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Oeno Files

Get a Room: Salish Lodge Hosts a Port Dinner

Drink a lot of port, eat a lot of food, fall asleep to the sounds of the waterfall. There are certainly worse ways to spend a Wednesday night.

03/11/2011

Drink Tech

First Impressions of a New Seattle Cocktail App

Seattle Cocktail Culture is inexpensive and nicely designed. I say buy it.

03/11/2011

Booze on the blogs

NY Mag’s Vulture Feasts On TV’s Drinkers

Booze has finally found its way on to the boob tube, but which shows depict drinking best?

03/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Behind the Bar

Jamie Boudreau Back Behind the Bar

Miss him? Well now you can get your Boudreau drinks once more. Here’s where and when.

03/09/2011

Post

Five Questions for the Bartender: Charles Veitch III

03/09/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Charles Veitch III

Bastille’s barman on Fernet-Branca, bike-riding, and the drawbacks of life in the digital age.

03/09/2011

Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras Parties and Cocktail Suggestions

So it’s Fat Tuesday, is it? Here’s some stuff to do.

03/08/2011

Boozy Dinners

Spirit Dinners (Under $100!) at Spur and Daniel’s Broiler

Whiskey or rum? Pick your poison at one of two upcoming cocktail-pairing feasts.

03/07/2011

Oeno Files

Pronouncing "Meritage," a Designation for Bordeaux-Style Wines Not Made in Bordeaux

Bonus: an only loosely related 20-year-old anecdote.

03/04/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Openings

Zoka Coffee Roasters and Tea to Open a Fourth Location in South Lake Union

The new Boren Ave shop has been designed in the style of the Kirkland Zoka, according to an employee.

03/03/2011

Wine Events and Offers

Pizza Party Every Friday at The Tasting Room

Pie Day Friday pairs Pagliacci pizzas with fine Washington wines at the Pike Place Market tasting room.

03/03/2011

Oeno Files

March is Washington Wine Month

Here are three upcoming events for your consideration.

03/02/2011

Beerportunities

Attention Beer Fans: ExBEERience and Hop Scotch Are Approaching

Seattle’s annual spring beer events get under way.

03/01/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Behind the Bar

Is It Ever Okay to Hit On a Bartender?

Old question, new video.

02/28/2011