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April 27, 2012
Jamie Boudreau Is King Shit in Canada
So, I walk into a bar in Vancouver and there's a priest, a rabbi and Jamie Boudreau. OK, just couldn't resist the setup for classic going-into-a-bar gag. There was no priest. No rabbi. In fact, on a rainy Monday night, my friend and I were the only ones in the super cool Clough Club in Gastown. Bu ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
What's In Your Well?
It's not that I'm a cheapskate (That's a lie. I am.)...It's just that I come from the school of thought that says you should splurge on spirits when you're drinking them neat (or in something simple like a Manhattan), and skimp if you are adding various juices and liqueurs to your drink. Mixing cock ... More >>
Food
February 29, 2012
The Demise of Free Bar Snacks
Tight margins have house nuts on the brink of extinction.
Blogs
February 28, 2012
There's No Such Thing as Free Pretzels
Craft cocktail bars tend to be very faithful to pre-Prohibition standards, from their glassware to their bartenders' facial hair. But the practice of treating patrons to free food along with their fancy drinks has vanished. During the late 19th century, the free lunch represented a rare point of ag ... More >>
Food
February 8, 2012
Carbonated Cocktails Bubble Up in Seattle
Canon, Liberty, and a rebooted Vessel stand at the fizzy fore.
Food
February 8, 2012
Made in Manhattan Drugs
Andrew Flewelling's Ginger Blossom is delightfully boozy.
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Carbonated Cocktails Are Bubbling Up Around Town
The Perlini. (Photo courtesy of ideasinfood.com)Seattle has been enjoying carbonated cocktails since Jim Romdall put them on the menu at Vessel in 2008. He worked with Evan Wallace, the designer of the Perlini system, which offers models designed for home use or professional use. There are si ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
McCracken and Tough Call Tavern Law Exodus "Exciting"
There's no bitterness surrounding the exodus of Tavern Law employees to Canon, the McCracken Tough team says. According to an e-mail signed by Brian McCracken and Dana Tough, the restaurateurs believe "It's exciting to see our people go on to new places." Earlier this month, Canon announced it had ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Manhattan Drugs Will Fill Your Prescription for More Cow Bar
The Watering Hole: Manhattan Drugs, 1419 12th Ave., 325-6574. CAPITOL HILL The Atmosphere: I arrived on the Friday following the big snowstorm of 2012 to a packed house. It was a very dark house, but packed nonetheless. I couldn't see much, but thanks to the glow coming from the back-lit bar, I cou ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Recipes for 15 Years in the Cocktail Biz
Way near the top of Seattle's bartending family tree is Tini Bigs, the martini lounge which incubated the talents now shaking and stirring at restaurants including Cantinetta, Dahlia Lounge and Monsoon East. While the Queen Anne bar's not too proud to serve cosmos and drinks made with Jolly ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Toast Scotland's Favorite Son With These Single Malts
What's a single-malt Scotch worthy of the poet Robert Burns?Scotland has given us many great men--Sean Connery, John Muir...Ewan McGregor. But perhaps no other Scotsman is as celebrated as the 18th century poet and lyricist Robert Burns. January 25th is the annual celebration of the great poe ... More >>
Food
January 11, 2012
Murray Stenson's Accidental Tourists
How a humble bartender from Colville became a national destination.
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Watch Murray Stenson Make--and Talk About How to Make--an Absinthe Julep (Video)
In most drinker's heads, the term "julep" is invariably preceded by "mint"--especially at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. But Murray Stenson's mind is a little rangier than most. In fact, as this week's cover story chronicles, the legendary bartender's capacity for cocktail recipes is ... More >>
Food
December 28, 2011
Seattle's Top Food Stories of 2011
Taco trucks, specialization, and privatized booze will resonate for years.
Blogs
December 28, 2011
The Best Food Photos of 2011
I'm very, very lucky to have a photographer who trails my review visits, producing what amounts to a scrapbook of my restaurant meals. It's far more convenient than carrying a camera. If you visited many new restaurants this year, Joshua Huston's photographs may provoke nostalgia from you, too. But ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
How Accurate Were Restaurant Analysts' Trend Predictions for 2011?
Restaurant analysts have begun forecasting what lies ahead for food and beverage in 2012, so it seemed like an opportune time to check how well they read their crystal balls at the end of 2011. Here, the trends that Technomic - perhaps the most quoted name in the restaurant prediction game - ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Celebrate Your Right to Drink on Repeal Day
Booze-lovers around the country know that December 5 is Repeal Day, the anniversary of the ratification of 21st Amendment. On this day in 1933, the 18th Amendment--the one enacted in 1920 banning the production, sales and consumption of alcohol in these United States--was repealed. Our nation's lo ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2011
Cold Weather Calls For Hot Drinks
The blue blazer is a show-stopper drink, but who's serving them in Seattle?During last weekend's cold snap, I found myself at Ba Bar, where the tag line is "Street Food, Cold Drink." While the cocktail menu includes several cold, yet high-octane drinks likely to warm your belly, they also off ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Where Does Murray Stenson's Nickname Come From?
Ever wonder how everybody's favorite bartender, Murray Stenson, came about his nickname, Murr the Blur? Over cocktails last week at Oliver's, Stenson, the Zig Zag vet who now slings drinks at Canon, informed Voracious that the moniker is derived from a speedy Kentucky-bred racehorse who finis ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Bloody Caesars on Southward March
The number of Canadians traveling to Las Vegas last year spiked by 20 percent, a surge that could bode well for the Bloody Caesar's future in American bars. "Now you can get a Caesar in Vegas, because a lot of Canadians go there and they don't like Bloody Marys," says Brian Dixon, general ma ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
Best of Seattle: Readers' Favorite Bartenders
Here, the best of the best, as chosen by Seattle Weekly readers: GOLD: Murray Stenson Best of Seattle Readers' Choice Winner Fellow bartenders in 2010 picked Murray Stenson as the best bartender in America, and Seattle Weekly readers are inclined to agree with them. Stenson, who provoked a ... More >>
Food
November 9, 2011
First Call: Zig Zag's Devil's Advocate
Mayor McGinn wishes he had this fellow Long Islander's charisma.
Blogs
November 9, 2011
Local Alcohol Sellers Parse Meaning of 1183 Win
A resounding majority of Washington voters yesterday agreed the state shouldn't be in the booze business, voting to approve a Costco-backed measure to privatize liquor sales. The adoption of Initiative 1183 means state liquor stores - a vestige of laws adopted to smooth the reintroduction of ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Reviewing the Review: Making the Right Bartender's Choice
As Adam Gopnik points out in his absorbing new book The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food, cooking has changed radically over the last 200 years, but service standards have remained remarkably constant. While their uniforms have changed, servers today still come and go ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Zig Zag, Minus an Icon, Hasn't Lost its Groove
Michael MahoneyThe Watering Hole: The Zig Zag Café, 1501 Western Ave., 625-1146, DOWNTOWN The Atmosphere: For 14 years, the Zig Zag, on the Pike Street Hillclimb below Pike Place Market, has been a destination bar for Seattle's drinking class. For a decade ending this past May, Murray Sten ... More >>
Food
October 26, 2011
First Call: Oola Distillery Clears Things Up
Vodka doesn't have to be tasteless, insists Brandon Gillespie.
Food
October 26, 2011
Think While You Drink at Canon
Cocktail guru Jamie Boudreau aspires to create Seattle's best bar.
Blogs
October 17, 2011
Murray Stenson Now Behind the Bar at Canon
Murray Stenson, Seattle's most decorated bartender, has joined the crew at Canon, a move characterized by owner Jamie Boudreau as another step toward "making [Canon] one of the nation's elite bars." "We are elated that Murray has decided to join our small and over-talented group," Boudreau e ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Cheers to Not Calling This Place 'Oola-La-Panzanella'
Photo by Julien PerryThe Watering Hole: Oola Distillery, 1314 E. Union, 709-7909, CAPITOL HILL. The Atmosphere: Oola is in the longtime vacant La Panzanella bakery space. And guess what? The yeast aroma is not gone. But this time, instead of bread, alcohol levels are rising here. The place s ... More >>
Food
October 5, 2011
First Call: The Chieftain--Seattle University's Irish Blessing
It's been too long since Redhawk co-eds had an honest-to-goodness college bar.
Blogs
September 22, 2011
The Chieftain Gives Seattle University the College Bar It Deserves
Lucinda SwainThe Watering Hole: The Chieftain, 908 12th Ave., 324-4100, CAPITOL HILL The Atmosphere: Before a typhoon of political correctness compelled Seattle University to change its athletic mascot to the Redhawk, the school's teams were known as the Chieftains. Yet while you'll find a s ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2011
The Summer's Biggest Booze Stories
Summer may mean vacations for schoolteachers and therapists, but Seattle's drinks writers were working overtime tracking booze news this season. Here, a few of the biggest stories from the spirited side of the local food and beverage scene. Find the headlines after the jump.
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Boudreau Spreads Bitters All Over His New Capitol Hill Bar
In a clear sign that the Angostura shortage which rocked the cocktail world is over, Jamie Boudreau used the popular brand of bitters to stain the bar and tables at his soon-to-open Canon. The recent shortage, termed a "crisis of immense proportions" by the Washington Post's spirits columnis ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Licorous Closes on Capitol Hill; Jamie Boudreau Takes Over With Cannon
The last day of business for Licorous at 928 12th Ave. will be Monday, June 27, according to Capitol Hill Seattle. Taking over the space will be a bar called Canon: Whiskey and Bitters Emporium, run by high-profile Seattle Jamie Boudreau (pictured on the right), formerly of Tini Bigs and Vess ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2011
As Their Kickstarter Campaign Wraps Up, The Blue Scholars Time-Travel with "John Delorean"
Utilizing what was originally a Sabzi instrumental by the name of "The Picture of My Delorean Gray" from Common Market's 2009 The Winter's End EP, "John Delorean" reaches back in time, via "Pachelbel's Canon," to speak on what Geo would do if he could do the same."Think about it," he said. "W ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2010
Court Affirms Your Right to Take Crappy Photos of Federal Buildings
There is no law that says you can't take pictures of buildings owned by the government. Does that sound like the kind of common sense that shouldn't require a federal court's affirmation? You're damn right it does. But as the Weekly learned last June, some things bear repeating.
Blogs
August 22, 2007
When Bad Things Happen to Really, REALLY Good People
There is no law that says you can't take pictures of buildings owned by the government. Does that sound like the kind of common sense that shouldn't require a federal court's affirmation? You're damn right it does. But as the Weekly learned last June, some things bear repeating.
Food
December 8, 2004
¡Viva Vino!
There is no law that says you can't take pictures of buildings owned by the government. Does that sound like the kind of common sense that shouldn't require a federal court's affirmation? You're damn right it does. But as the Weekly learned last June, some things bear repeating.
Food
September 22, 2004
Sept. 22, 2004
There is no law that says you can't take pictures of buildings owned by the government. Does that sound like the kind of common sense that shouldn't require a federal court's affirmation? You're damn right it does. But as the Weekly learned last June, some things bear repeating.
Music
September 15, 2004
My Buddy Valentine
M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Mono take their laptops and guitars cloudgazing.
Food
February 25, 2004
Small Wonders
M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Mono take their laptops and guitars cloudgazing.
Food
July 9, 2003
Food & Beverage News
M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Mono take their laptops and guitars cloudgazing.
Food
April 25, 2001
The Hot Sheet
What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.
News
November 29, 2000
How to Get Past the 'Seasons'
An adventure travel guide for giving and getting classical music
Music
December 15, 1999
O, Christmas Cheese
These holiday CDs aren't for the lactose-intolerant.
Arts
September 9, 1998
Fall Arts Preview - Classical Music
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