Hangouts

Are Taprooms the New Seattle Coffee Shops?

Seattle takes breweries’ third-place status to the next level.

11/15/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Beer Week 2023

A Six Pack of: Family-Friendly Taprooms

Most breweries are great for kids (and dogs). A few go above and beyond.

05/26/2023 By Allecia Vermillion and Eric Nusbaum

Seattle Beer Week 2023

A Six-Pack of: Taprooms with Great Food

You've gotta eat if you're gonna drink. From popups to drinking snacks to a (literal) in-house food truck.

05/25/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Beer Week 2023

A Six-Pack of: Great New Breweries

Really good beer is cropping up all over town.

05/23/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Brew News

Métier Brewing Opens New Central District Taproom

Cofounder Rodney Hines hopes the location becomes a neighborhood destination in more ways than one.

06/21/2022 By Ann Karneus

Water Landing

Seaplane in Kenmore Will Become a Stoup Brewing Outpost

A clever new partnership pairs one of Seattle’s best breweries with Jason Stoneburner’s food.

02/17/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Side Bar

Greenwood Gets Lucky with Draft Punk Beer Bar

The space is spartan, but the beer is good.

10/22/2019 By Stefan Milne

Fizz Fiend

Ready Your Sparkling Water–Loving Mouths, San Juan Seltzery Taproom Is Open

Ethan Stowell menu. Kids play zone. Boozy seltzer.

09/27/2019 By Rosin Saez

March of the Half Pints

When Did Seattle Breweries Become Baby Hangouts?

Emotions ran high when one Seattle brewery stopped welcoming kids. Because this town increasingly views drinking local as a family activity.

09/24/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Molly Moon's Expands and Dirty Couch Opens

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

05/17/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Trend

The Rise of the Bare-Bones Taproom

Bars aren't going anywhere, but the brewery taproom has made a clear shift from novelty to norm.

04/30/2018 By Stefan Milne

Step 5: Bring Snacks

7 Taproom Temples for Fresh, Flowing Beer

Midway between beer bar and bottle shop lie these no-frills watering holes.

04/30/2018 By Rosin Saez and Stefan Milne