Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Michael Bertrand

Meet Mistralkitchen’s lead barman, a jazz drummer turned gin apostle with apparently excellent taste in ties (and shirts).

09/06/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Cocktail Recipe

Eastside Barman Mark Sexauer Wins "Most Inspired" Competition

Here’s the recipe for the winning cocktail.

08/24/2011

Bar News

Row House Cafe: Now With a Full Bar

The South Lake Union coffee hangout gets into the spirits game.

08/16/2011

Booze 101

Barrio Intros Cocktail and Spirits Classes

Beginning this month, barman Casey Robison schools Seattleites in the art of mixing drinks.

08/11/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Bar Openings

Details on Canon Seattle Emerge

And here they are.

08/08/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Bartender Shuffle

Changes Behind the Bar at Mistralkitchen

Tavern Law, Vessel alums now mixing drinks at the SLU restaurant and bar.

08/05/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Jared Scarr of Vito’s

Take the candle out before you eat the cake, says the barman at First Hill’s absurdly atmospheric cocktail lounge.

07/27/2011

Bartender Shuffle

Evan Martin Takes Over as Bar Manager at Ba Bar

No more Daniel Jeffers at Ba; Jason Saura now managing Naga.

07/18/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Ricardo Hoffman at Zig Zag

A rising star behind the bar who likes mezcal, Old Fashioneds, and customers who don’t dismantle toilets.

07/14/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Veronika Groth

The popular lady behind the bar at Poppy says sip your tequila, and never underestimate the pairing potential of whiskey and sushi.

06/30/2011

Openings

Jamie Boudreau Says New Bar, Canon, Should be Open by Late Summer

Here’s what we know about it.

06/21/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Imbibing Agenda

Upcoming Drinking Events: Murray at Oliver’s, Syncline tasting, Two Beers in a Can

Lots of boozy options over the next seven days.

06/16/2011

Bartender Shuffle

Meet the New Guy Behind the Bar at Zig Zag Cafe

Or maybe you already know him?

06/15/2011

Post

Final* (I Hope) Update on Murray Stenson’s Employment Status

Here’s the reason he’s not tending bar at RN74…at least for now.

06/10/2011

In Poor Spirit

Seattle Bartenders Boycott Pusser’s Rum Following Painkiller Legal Action

The legal pursuit is "like Ragu trying to copyright ‘Bolognese,’" says one Seattle bartender.

06/09/2011

Behind the Bar

Bastille Bartender Charles Veitch Named Tales of the Cocktail Apprentice

He’ll represent Seattle this July at that most booziest of conventions in New Orleans.

05/27/2011

Seattle Bar News

Zig Zag’s Kacy Fitch on Life After Murray

Attention bartender’s assistants: an opportunity awaits.

05/26/2011

Seattle Bar News

A Quick Chat with Murray Stenson about the RN74 Move

"Zig Zag is a young man’s bar," says Stenson.

05/26/2011

Bartender Road Trip

One Night Only: Seattle Bartenders Jim Romdall and Anu Apte Head to Olympia

If you’re there, head to Swing Wine Bar and say hello.

05/19/2011

Imbibing Agenda

Traveling Spirits Show Heads to Paratii This Wednesday

Discount drinks made by Golden Beetle’s Marley Tomic-Beard.

05/17/2011