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Tanqueray Gin

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Bloody Smurf Jizz & 6 Other Cocktails for Washington's Memorial Day Booze Apocalypse

    This post was written by Pete Seazle, whose work regularly appears on the West Seattle Fun Blog: Memorial Day Weekend is one of the biggest booze fests of the year, shadowed only by the likes of St. Patrick's Day, The Fourth of July, and Flag Day. And as the three-day weekend of inebriation kicks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Seattle's 10 Best Drink Menus

    A fair number of cocktail transactions don't involve a menu. Drinkers don't need to see what's listed if they're bent on ordering a dry Tanqueray martini or ceding their drink decisions to a bartender trusted to create something fantastic. But liquor pros spend long hours devising menus which showca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Building a Better Gin & Tonic, Part II

    Classic cocktails don't get much simpler than the G&T. It's essentially only two ingredients--albeit two pungent yet flavorful ingredients that, when combined together, can be delicious or dreadful. Squeeze in too much or too little lime juice and you can change the flavor of the drink even further. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Building a Better Gin & Tonic, Part I

    There was a time I thought I didn't like gin. But then I realized it was tonic I didn't like, thanks in part to a bad experience when I was 10. But that people, is a story for Part II of "Building a Better Gin & Tonic," the final two installments of In the Cups. Today, I want to talk about gin. The ... 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 8, 2012

    What Seattle Drinks

    Boldface names tell us what they order and where.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    The Rapture Is Coming! Voracious Contributors Share Their Judgment Day Dining Picks

    ​The Rapture's coming this weekend, and there's nothing heathens can do about it - at least according to Family Radio president Harold Camping, who issued the prediction that seven billion non-believers worldwide will perish. But those who aren't destined to survive Judgment Day can choose w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Earl's Proves Sexy and Tasty Can Coexist

    Siiri Sampson 2011.They look a little better than they taste, but are at least as good as anyone else's ahi sliders. The wasabi mayo saved 'em.​How much T&A can one place take? Is there an inverse proportion of T&A to quality of service? These really are life's big unanswered questions, aren't ... More >>

  • Food

    October 27, 2010

    First Call: The Return of Vito's

    Siiri Sampson 2011.They look a little better than they taste, but are at least as good as anyone else's ahi sliders. The wasabi mayo saved 'em.​How much T&A can one place take? Is there an inverse proportion of T&A to quality of service? These really are life's big unanswered questions, aren't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Happy Hour Bourbon and a Hint of Brunch at Vito's

    ​The Watering Hole: Vito's, 927 Ninth Avenue, 397-4053 The Atmosphere: Vito's is a refurbished old-world Seattle watering hole for power brokers and gangsters (of all sorts, it's been said). If Bruno Tattaglia had wanted to kill Luca Brasi in an underground bar--lured in with pre-war scotch-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Dinner & a Movie: Opposites Don't Attract, Particularly Aniston & Butler

    ​​ The Dinner: Stilton burger, drinks, and Dungeness crab cakes at 10 Mercer (10 Mercer St.). The Movie: The Bounty Hunter, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.).The Screenplate: Why Gerard Butler is a movie star, and why Jennifer Aniston isn't a movie star, are questions that will only confound you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    First Call: Sunday School at Sinners and Saints

    ​First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and as the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink. It's Sunday evening but that doesn't stop Nectar from blasting music loudly enough to be heard more than a block away. But here, a group of regulars are crowding ar ... More >>

  • Food

    January 7, 2009

    And Then There Were Two

    ​First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and as the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink. It's Sunday evening but that doesn't stop Nectar from blasting music loudly enough to be heard more than a block away. But here, a group of regulars are crowding ar ... More >>

  • Food

    December 3, 2008

    Grandpa Knew Best

    And forever inspired my liquor cabinet.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Happy Hour Waldorf at Dilettante

    I can't remember when was the last time I saw a Waldorf salad on the menu. At the new Dilettante cafe on Broadway, they serve a generous, snappy, creamy sweet helping of chopped apples, celery, pecans, and cranberries held together in a "lavender mayonnaise dressing," and garnished with blue cheese. ... More >>

  • Food

    October 22, 2008

    The Cure for the Gin-and-Tonic Rut

    Get your meal started off right and light.

  • Food

    June 25, 2008
  • Food

    February 6, 2008

    Four Burgers and a Beer for $13

    And other reasonable options at McCormick & Schmick's happy hour.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    $13 at McCormick & Schmick's Happy Hour

    And other reasonable options at McCormick & Schmick's happy hour.

  • Food

    December 5, 2007
  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    New on the Scene: Vodka and Gin

    Selections from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Food

    October 3, 2007
  • Food

    October 3, 2007

    Chopin Martini With a Twist at the Alibi

    A new feature about drinking like a pro.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2007

    First Call: Chopin Martini With a Twist at the Alibi

    A new feature about drinking like a pro.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    Seattle Gets Fast Ferry to Bremerton

    A new feature about drinking like a pro.

  • Food

    November 29, 2006

    Union Restaurant

    Eight-dollar beef tartare and oysters? For happy hour? To quote one of the bar's cocktail titles: Yeh Yeh Yeh.

  • Food

    July 19, 2006

    Gin Yummy

    Eight-dollar beef tartare and oysters? For happy hour? To quote one of the bar's cocktail titles: Yeh Yeh Yeh.

  • Food

    December 28, 2005

    Tiny Bubbles

    Eight-dollar beef tartare and oysters? For happy hour? To quote one of the bar's cocktail titles: Yeh Yeh Yeh.

  • Food

    December 7, 2005

    Mona's Bistro & Lounge

    Eight-dollar beef tartare and oysters? For happy hour? To quote one of the bar's cocktail titles: Yeh Yeh Yeh.

  • Food

    September 21, 2005

    Gin Wants Back In

    The West's first industrial-strength tipple yearns to be respectable.

  • Food

    June 22, 2005

    Italian Plus

    Don Curtiss' new Seattle restaurant hits all its marks.

  • Food

    June 15, 2005

    Beyond the Martini

    Don Curtiss' new Seattle restaurant hits all its marks.

  • Food

    November 5, 2003

    Shaken, Not Stirred

    The glitz and the glamour behind America's Cocktail.

  • Food

    April 24, 2002

    100 Favorite Restaurants (Part 2)

    The glitz and the glamour behind America's Cocktail.

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