Closings

Ballard’s Fu Kun Wu and Thaiku Will Close December 23

Farewell to the offbeat cocktail bar beloved by Esquire magazine.

12/13/2011 By Allecia Vermillion

Article

No Local Restaurants on Esquire’s Best New List this Year

Seattle and Portland get the snub in 2011.

10/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Article

Esquire’s Addendum to Best Bars 2011: Zig Zag, Fun Kun Wu Added

Plus Toronado in San Fran.

05/26/2011

Bar lists

Esquire’s Best Bars 2011: One Seattle Bar Makes the List

Can you guess which one? Hint: It’s not Zig Zag.

05/26/2011

SOTU

Watch the State of the Union at Kate’s Pub or Cafe Presse

A third alternative: Stay home and play a drinking game. Esquire has a good one.

01/25/2011

Media Meals

Esquire’s Restaurant Guide Snubs the Northwest

the writer reveals a distaste for "farm to table."

10/09/2009 By Jessica Voelker