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Washington State Liquor Control Board

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Liquor Store Auction Part Deux: Store That Fetched Highest Bid Back on the Block

    Remember back in April when the state announced the winners of its liquor store auction? Prompted by I-1183, the voter-approved initiative from last year that booted the state out of the booze-slinging business, the Washington State Liquor Control Board launched an online auction designed to unload ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Seattle's Extended Bar Hours Proposal Delayed Indefinitely As State Quits Liquor Business

    The effort to allow Seattle bars and clubs to serve booze beyond 2 a.m. hit an unexpected roadblock earlier this month when Washington voters approved I-1183 and put an end to state-run liquor stores.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Seattle's Top 10 DUI-Originating Bars

    ​Most DUIs have one thing in common: they began with a few drinks at a bar somewhere. And as Jonah Spangenthal-Lee over at SeattleCrime notes, the Washington State Liquor Control Board keeps track of the last place that DUI suspects were boozing before their ill-fated journeys began (or at lea ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2011

    Liquor Board to Bars: No Nukes

    The state closes a microwave-meal loophole.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Liquor Board Pulls Plug on Microwave Dinners

    ​A decade ago, the Washington State Liquor Control Board loosened its belt and a couple hundred bars posing as restaurants tumbled out of its pants leg. Allow me to explain why. In 2000, the board struck from its rules a requirement that restaurants have a full kitchen in order to serve booze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Ten Tweeters Twittering About Liquor

    ​In my last installment of boozy Twitter fiends, I uncover the hard stuff: liquor. This list proved to be significantly more difficult to pull together, and I had to tap into our Portland neighbors to dig up some worthy contenders. That leads me to one conclusion--Seattleites aren't drinking e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Four Loko (Minus the Loko) and Chocolate Milk for Alcoholics

    Chocolate milk and vodka: Because there's no bad idea out there that someone won't charge you good money for.​It is said that true success in sales--mastery of the art of suctioning cash from suckers--comes from convincing people to trade good money for something they don't need and never real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Four Loko Set to Be Banned by Day's End

    ​By the end of business today, Washingtonians will finally know whether they can still march into their nearest beer and wine outlet and order up as much heart palpitating, seizure simulating alcoholic energy drinks as their credit lines will allow. The Washington State Liquor Control Board wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Stolen From Reverb: Beer For The Musically (And Historically) Inclined

    ​ In a town so heavy on microbrews, amateur brews, seasonal beers and weird, one-off, Special Edition commemorative labels, it can sometimes be all too easy to miss the really good stuff. Lucky for us, then, that the hard-drinkin' party folks over on the Reverb blog are keeping track of thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Booze Seller Numbers Grew While Economy Didn't

    Coming to a corner near you​ A funny thing happened while Washington slid into a recession, unemployment skyrocketed and and state tax revenue plunged: More businesses applied for or renewed liquor licenses in the first six months of this year than in the years prior to the recession. Whi ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Battle of the Booze

    Competing privatization initiatives offer more questions than answers.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Signs of Defiance? Booze Neon Removal Sluggish at Best

    Have all of these you want...​Since the Washington State Liquor Control Board approved regulations to limit the number and size of outside-display alcohol signs -- effectively limiting bars and restaurants to four, front-window beverage-branded neon signs -- one fact has remained consistent: ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    No on Neon

    The Liquor Board limits how much bars can hype their wares in the window.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Washington's Top Bar Booze Buyer? It's Peso's

    You spend so they can​Dan Olsby, general manager of Peso's Kitchen and Lounge for the past six years, knows his liquor orders are pretty substantial. It's his job to track every financial detail of the popular Lower Queen Anne bar and Mexican restaurant. But Olsby didn't know this: Peso's sp ... More >>

  • Food

    December 2, 2009

    Ask the Bartender: Early Last Call?

    Why you’re not ordering pitchers at 2 a.m.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Ask the Bartender: Premature Last Call?

    It's that time of week when we answer the questions you're too drunk or shy to ask...This one came from Bree: If bars can stay open until 2:00 a.m., why do they give last call so early? It feels like most places in town start closing at 1:30 a.m. and kick everyone out by 2 a.m. They'd definitely ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Attention Holiday Shoppers: Liquor Stores Now Open in Area Malls, Christmas Officially Comes Early

    A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a (hic) goodnight​Pols in the state of Washington certainly talk a good game about being progressive, but never have their bona fides been so unimpeachable as now. Faced with a looming $9 billion budget shortfall through 2011, state officials looked to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Monday Morning News: Mall Hooch; She Is Drunk; Hipster, Can You Spare $300 MIllion?

    ​ (November in Seattle?) Booze at the Mall - The Washington State Liquor Control Board has opened four temporary liquor stores in four different shopping malls around the sound, one in Bellingham and the rest: Pacific Place (600 Pine St., downtown Seattle) Alderwood Mall (3000 184th St. S.W., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Last Chance to Buy Booze at Moderately Ridiculous Prices

    Tomorrow, the price of booze in Washington graduates to stupidly expensive when the Washington State Liquor Control Board raises its profit margin on every single bottle of hard alcohol available in the state. You can read my column about it, "They've Got Us by the Booze" and get angry, hopefully. ... More >>

  • Food

    June 3, 2009

    Search & Distill: They’ve Got Us By the Booze

    With the price of hooch about to go up, isn’t it time we consulted the open market?

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    Why Seattle Clubs Love the New Liquor License

    They don’t have to deal with the city.

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    Tom Carr: A Sneakier Mark Sidran?

    Or is there a softer side to the city attorney, an alcoholic's son who believes in redemption?

  • Food

    March 25, 2009

    Search & Distill: Looking Out for the Bartenders

    We’ve got a guild, too.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Maybe We Should Save Money by Trimming the Liquor Control Board's Budget

    The AP has an article today on the likely legislative disputes over Washington's "three-tier" system for wine and beer distribution. Under this system, breweries and wineries sell their products at a 10% mark-up to distributors, who sell at a 10% mark-up to stores. Parties in one tier are banned fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: We'll Buy You a Case

    The AP has an article today on the likely legislative disputes over Washington's "three-tier" system for wine and beer distribution. Under this system, breweries and wineries sell their products at a 10% mark-up to distributors, who sell at a 10% mark-up to stores. Parties in one tier are banned fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    About Liquor Licensing and Food

    The AP has an article today on the likely legislative disputes over Washington's "three-tier" system for wine and beer distribution. Under this system, breweries and wineries sell their products at a 10% mark-up to distributors, who sell at a 10% mark-up to stores. Parties in one tier are banned fro ... More >>

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    The Inevitable Success of the “Saturday Night Massacre”

    When it comes to nightclub stings, cops almost always get their man.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    Council Passes Nightlife Package

    When it comes to nightclub stings, cops almost always get their man.

  • Food

    May 23, 2007

    Costco's Liquor Board Suit Could Help Small Wine Shops

    The edge is their thoughtful selection, but they too make their money on volume.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2007

    No Beer For You

    The edge is their thoughtful selection, but they too make their money on volume.

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Bad Apple Pucker

    As if the mayor's nightlife proposals weren't enough for bar owners to cope with, Olympia's looking to screw up the fun for everyone.

  • Food

    September 20, 2006

    Time to Deal

    The cozy relationship between the Liquor Control Board and the people it's supposed to be monitoring is falling apart—finally.

  • Food

    August 9, 2006

    Wine, Pure and Simple

    Why are state liquor stores selling adulturated wine—without telling customers?

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    Reality on the Rocks

    Fighting public drunkeness by banning certain beverages in certain neighborhoods isn't working. Undaunted, City Hall wants to expand restrictions.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2006

    Booze Ban Fails

    Fighting public drunkeness by banning certain beverages in certain neighborhoods isn't working. Undaunted, City Hall wants to expand restrictions.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    'The Current State of Affairs Cannot Be Tolerated'

    City attorney to Blue Moon owner: Blame no one but yourself.

  • Food

    May 24, 2006

    But Is It Wine?

    City attorney to Blue Moon owner: Blame no one but yourself.

  • Food

    February 1, 2006

    The Law of Wine

    City attorney to Blue Moon owner: Blame no one but yourself.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Open Government, The State, City Hall

    City attorney to Blue Moon owner: Blame no one but yourself.

  • Food

    July 6, 2005

    Down by Law

    City attorney to Blue Moon owner: Blame no one but yourself.

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Consumers Get Corkscrewed

    The Liquor Board is quietly raising wine prices in state stores—because retail competitors want it to.

  • Food

    December 22, 2004

    Law and Wine (Part 2)

    The Liquor Board is quietly raising wine prices in state stores—because retail competitors want it to.

  • Food

    November 12, 2003

    That Special Bottle

    The Liquor Board is quietly raising wine prices in state stores—because retail competitors want it to.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Booze battles

    Despite its many enemies, the Liquor Board lives on.

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Clobbering clubs?

    Cities use new tactics against black nightspots.

  • Food

    October 27, 1999

    Get wasted, want not

    Ever wonder why you can get full bar service on a 747 and not in some of your favorite restaurants? Well, things are changin' for the better.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Lets Dance

    A federal court judge busts Sidran.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    ROCK UNSTEADY

    A new attitude at the Liquor Control Board? Maybe not.

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Illegal bouzoukis?

    A Greek restaurant battles the Liquor Control Board.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    Enemy of the state

    Solo attorney David Osgood tries to spin hip-hop club lawsuits into policy-busting battles.

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