Comments on: I drank the Pacific Northwest

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:54:26 +0000

So glad you have a great friend that insisted you visit Sambar!! Such an amazing little bar attached to the wonderful and never disappointing Le Gourmand! I’m a Seattleite born and raised and I find the best restaurants and bars are outside of downtown Seattle…the ones where you feel like you walked into your parent’s house–super warm and welcomed from the door

By: Tony Harion

Tony Harion — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:36:50 +0000

WOW! What a trip! My mouth watered!
I hope I can stop by a few of these places on my next trip to the US.
Maybe after tales next year!
Cheers,

By: ljclark

ljclark — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:40:10 +0000

Thanks for chiming in, hubert — love that you were a bitters mule! Alcachofa, I wish I could’ve visited Vessel and all these other places multiple times. Instead I got enough of a taste to want to go back at some point. Jon, I can always count on you for weighing in with a contrarian view. Guess I have to put Austin on my trip list.

By: Jon from NH

Jon from NH — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Actually, one of my college roommates lived in Seattle for a few years, and did actually say “I have to get out that hellhole!”. Then moved to Austin. Go figure. Some people just really need sunshine I guess.

By: Alcachofa

Alcachofa — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:29:22 +0000

I was a huge fan of Vessel when I visited Seattle. In part, I think, because I had never heard of the place. I was just walking by and said, “this place has potential.” And it was awesome. Seattle is one of the VERY few cities where something like that could happen.

Sadly, Murray was not working when I visited Zig Zag. Crush was on my list, too, but couldn’t make it.

By: hubert

hubert — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:30:28 +0000

As a former Seattleite, your story and pictures brought back fond memories…Spur was my favorite among favorites in Seattle, although I would have happily moved to Portland for Teardrop…Crush was also doing great things with cocktails with some help from their fantastic kitchen…Murray and all those other great bartenders notwithstanding, Jamie B really deserves credit for opening the eyes (and taste buds) of Seattleites to the possibilities of mixology when he opened Vessel… my personal brush with greatness was being a “mule” to transport bitters from John Gertsen (then at 9 Park) to Murray at Zigzag…

By: ljclark

ljclark — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:14:44 +0000

Careful what you wish for, JM.

By: Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Jeffrey Morgenthaler — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:18:43 +0000

It was a rare treat having you out here, Lauren. Please come back and see us any time.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:54:48 +0000

Love the post — and envy the tour de force it sounds like the trip was — PS the Rainier Tall Boy and Fernet pic is just awesomeness

By: ljclark

ljclark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:27:04 +0000

That is awesome, Nick. Murray is famous for his $20 goodwill messages.