WE DECANT

We Needed This: Viski Serves Up Crafty Barware

The Seattle-based glassware and bar tools brand makes cocktail shakers, glasses, and decanters designed with home use in mind.

01/21/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Concourse Pour

I Visited Sea-Tac’s Shot Bar Because Everything Is Weird Now

The walk-up popup is meant for the efficiency-minded imbiber.

07/02/2021 By Stefan Milne

Lush Lives

The Bar Plays Turn Washington Hall into a Small Dive

The Williams Project stages two plays that explore drinking culture—its community, its troubles—in a working bar.

07/23/2019 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

Best Bars

Neighborhood Bars: Georgetown

Cocktails, tallboys, and chili.

04/04/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Best Bars

Neighborhood Bars: Columbia City

The Rainier Avenue bar crawl

04/03/2016 By Darren Davis

Best Bars

Neighborhood Bars: International District

Cafes and karaoke

04/03/2016 By Darren Davis

Best Bars

Neighborhood Bars: West Seattle

Good beer, zero affectation

04/03/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Best Bars

Neighborhood Bars: Central District

New neighbors, old neighbors.

04/03/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Best of the City

Seattle's Best Neighborhood Bars

Your guide to the 53 greatest dives, hideaways, lounges, and beer dens in the city.

04/03/2016 By Allecia Vermillion and Darren Davis

Behind Bars

Five Questions for the Bartender: Naka's Nik Virrey

"It’s hella fun to discuss with chef and Jason how best to accentuate flavors or pair with restraint."

08/21/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: Tamarack Cellars Firehouse Red Columbia Valley 2013

A tribute to the art of blending.

04/02/2015 By Sean P. Sullivan

Behind Bars

Five Questions for the Bartender: Chad Phillips

A barman absolutely mad for sherry explains its many charms.

03/18/2015 By Darren Davis

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: Woodinville Wine Cellars Little Bear Creek Red Wine Columbia Valley 2012

A $20 offering that drinks like a wine nearly twice the price

03/03/2015 By Sean P. Sullivan

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: Gramercy Cellars Lower East Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2012

Gramercy’s 2012 cabernet is labeled Lower East but drinks more like the Upper West Side.

02/24/2015 By Sean P. Sullivan

Opening Dispatch

Stout Opens Tomorrow on Capitol Hill

With "just" 20 carefully curated taps.

01/29/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: A Glorious Example of the 2012 vintage

Red Mountain wines increasingly come at a premium. This one is an absolute steal.

01/09/2015 By Sean P. Sullivan

'Tis the Season

The Ultimate Guide to Drinking by a Fireplace in Seattle

Blazes and beers in hotel lobbies, divey bars, fancy restaurants, and more.

12/09/2014 By Kristen Farnam

Happy Hour

This Week in Happy Hour: U Village Edition

Braving the retail madness? This calls for a drink.

12/08/2014 By Jenni Moore and Rosin Saez

Behind Bars

5 Questions for the Bartender: RockCreek’s Mike Duncan

Lighter cocktails pair well with seafood, but the man has a soft spot for brandy and cognac.

11/18/2014 By Jeremy Buben