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Holiday Cooking & Cocktail Classes You Really Shouldn't Miss

Holiday Cooking & Cocktail Classes You Really Shouldn’t Miss

There may be no better pre-holiday gift than a spot at Bruce Naftaly’s (sure-to-sell-out-in-a-hot-minute!) cooking classes at Le Gourmand. In fact, several years ago I sent my parents to one of Naftaly’s classes, and though I have yet to see demi-glace grace the old Austin table during a holiday dinner, George and Nancy sure enjoyed…

Our 5 Favorite Margaritas

Our 5 Favorite Margaritas

The summer’s mascot drink comes in many delicious varieties. Here are our five faves.

Click links for locations and maps. The Saint’s freshly muddled classic house margarita is just right: tart and refreshing with both fresh lemon and lime juice. $6.50 Milagro Cantina mixes serrano chiles, Espolón reposado tequila and sweet, fresh white peach purée to make one memorable marg. Hot, sweet, tart: ¡Ole! $9 The secret to El…

Vintage World’s Fair Cocktails to Make at Home

Vintage World’s Fair Cocktails to Make at Home

Cocktail expert A.J. Rathbun offers recipes for three retro drinks once served atop the Space Needle

In 1962, stylish guests dined and drank at The Eye of the Needle (now called SkyCity), while slowly revolving 500 feet above Seattle. While the days of a $6.75 three-course dinner are long gone, you don’t need a time machine to sample the drinks from the Needle’s menu. Seattle magazine’s cocktail expert A.J. Rathbun offers…

6 Food Trends We Love

6 Food Trends We Love

From cocktails to pickles: the sharp, unabashed flavors Seattleites want now - and where to get them

Booze of the Moment: Tequila Don’t be like me. It took me years to recover from cheap-tequila-drenched trips to Mexico in college. And so I came late to the nuanced aromas of reposado, and I’m slowly exploring the smoky flavors of good anejo (they are pricey, after all). All over town, bartenders are harnessing the…

The Backdoor at Roxy’s

The Backdoor at Roxy’s

On a street lined with watering holes, this sexy little speakeasy nestled behind Roxy’s Diner in Fre

THE VIBE: The room’s feel is theatrical, yet intimate. The high wooden ceilings are decked with antique chandeliers and window frames suspended in midair. The VIP room is donned with floor-to-ceiling red velvet curtains. Great for dates, a casual cocktail or even a bros’ night out (all-you-can-eat ribs on Sundays, $18.95), it’s a revolving door…

Bar del Corso

Bar del Corso

A Beacon Hill restaurant good enough to lure folks to this underrated corner of the city.

Jerry Corso may not be a household name quite yet, but to the tight-knit chef crowd, he’s well known and much loved. Chef Corso long worked for someone else—at Betty and The Harvest Vine (among other local spots)—but not anymore: Now, he’s got his eponymous place in his Beacon Hill neighborhood. Wood-fired pizzas cooked hot…

Artusi

Artusi

Spinasse's Jason Stratton does lighter bites and striking cocktails at this aperitivo bar.

In a window-wrapped corner space next to the recently expanded Spinasse (which now has a new, open pasta-making station, but retains its utterly charming trattoria), chef Jason Stratton has debuted Artusi, a drop-in-friendly, wildly decorated—zebra-patterned walls, ceilings hung with tubular light fixtures—aperitivo bar. Stratton, named one of Food & Wine magazine’s best new chefs of…

The Forge Lounge

The Forge Lounge

A new casual downtown Seattle bar is made for sandwich-lovers and ferry riders.

A new watering hole sits along the steel paths of the pedestrian walkway downtown, offering a sweet escape during long ferry waits. THE VIBE: A clean, industrial theme beckons: Brick walls are decked with black-and-white photos of steamers and steel workers, and drinkers sink down at one of three micro steel-lined tables or take a…

Infused Water Cocktails Quench Summer Thirst

Infused Water Cocktails Quench Summer Thirst

It’s almost just a cruel and torturous thing to start enjoying these now, when the summer dresses have already been replaced by fall arrivals on the racks and we’re trying to face facts that we’re in the final sunny stretches of summer already. But I’m going to milk it for every last drop of Vitamin…

Bar Hop: Il Bistro

Bar Hop: Il Bistro

A Post Alley hideaway gets a new secret weapon: renowned mixologist David Nelson.

Il Bistro An elegant little hideaway in Post Alley, Il Bistro (Pike Place, 93A Pike St.; 206.682.3049; ilbistro.net) has served traditional Italian fare for 30 years. But recently the bistro acquired a new secret weapon: David Nelson (formerly of Tavern Law and Spur Gastropub) is now behind the bar, bringing his knack for creating cocktails…

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