Awards & Accolades

Seattle’s 2022 Spirited Awards Nominees

The local booze connoisseurs who made the short list.

06/06/2022 By Ann Karneus

Terror Fix

Seattle’s Best Halloween Haunts

Delve into our city’s sordid past on a ghost tour, pull into Frighthouse Station in Tacoma, or calm your nerves with a horror flick–inspired cocktail at Navy Strength.

10/14/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Better Times

Seattle's Future Contains Bars. Cool New Bars.

Here Today promises beer and views and sunshine. Inside Passage will plunge you to the bottom of the sea (and then serve you a cocktail). Both portend better days.

03/29/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

that's the spirit

3 Seattle Bars Nominated for Big-Deal Spirited Awards

Raise a glass to internationally recognized bars Navy Strength, Rumba, and Rob Roy.

05/06/2020 By Adam H. Callaghan

GREAT ESCAPE

Tip Your Navy Strength Bartenders (and Sip the Escape Hatch Once Again)

Today at 2pm, cocktail bar owner Chris Elford is going live—and possibly cracking open a coconut—to raise money for bar staff.

04/09/2020 By Zoe Sayler

Liquid Assets

Seattle Restaurants Need These Takeout Cocktail Kits As Much as Customers Do

The state made DIY cocktail kits legal for the duration of quarantine. Clearly they're filling a need.

04/03/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

FOOL PROOF

7 Seattle Watering Holes Made for Dry January

Looking for non-alcoholic drinks that won’t make you want to drink again? Look no further.

01/15/2020 By Zoe Sayler

Fun with Listicles

24 Tropical Seattle Restaurants Where It's Always Summer

Maybe we can't be on island time 24/7, but these Hawaiian and Caribbean hangouts (plus tiki bars!) are the next best thing.

06/17/2019 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Courtney Cummings

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Chocolate Factory and a Belltown "Seacuterie"

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

05/24/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Little Fish Takeover and a Butchery-Booze Destination

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

12/14/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

So...This Happened

The Year in Seattle Restaurant News

From restaurant group shakeups to Shake Shack.

10/23/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Fun With Listicles

21 Belltown Spots You Don't Want to Miss

From stalwart bars and biscuits to new cocktail joints and restaurants, Seattle's historic neighborhood has a lot to love.

10/22/2018 By Nosh Pit Staff

News Feed

Seattle Restaurant News October 2018

This month: a beefy bash, award-winning tiki, and pumpkin ale.

09/11/2018 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Tiki Drinks for the Win

Plus, Flatstick Pub opens this weekend in South Lake Union (beers! mini golf! pizza!).

07/27/2018 By Cassie Sawyer

Awards & Accolades

This Is Huge: Navy Strength Awarded Best New American Cocktail Bar

The Belltown tiki gem was recognized at Tales of the Cocktails in New Orleans this past weekend, as were Rumba, Zig Zag Cafe, and Heartwood Provisions.

07/23/2018 By Rosin Saez