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Sunday, June 16, 2013

#2030 - 907 Grill, Snohomish, WA - 2/5/2013




907 1st St Snohomish, WA 98290 - (360) 568-8202                      
Est. Dec 2012
Previous bars in this location:  Sports Page Grill and Bar
Web site: facebook
Reviews: yelp

#2029 #S1115 - Grub, Seattle - 2/1/2013

Update: Grub closed Feb 15, 2015


Grub was opened in the old Ototo Sushi space on upper Queen Anne by Sharon Woo Fillingim (Le Reve Bakery, Jimmy's Table, Cool Hand Luke). It has a small, open bar, but they are primarily a family-friendly restaurant selling "American fusion, including Asian, Spanish and French flavors." It should probably not be your first choice in the area when you are just looking for a bar -- it was noisy with children even on this 9pm Saturday visit, and it's a little too bright and limited in spirits. But the food is very good, so it is a nice stop for a fairly nice cocktail with a non-intimate but quite tasty lunch or dinner. Both my appetizer (seared sea scallops with roasted tomatillo salsa and smoked cumin chili oil) and my salmon entree were very pleasing, and the "Cori's Sour Cherry Old Fashioned" (Bulliet rye, house-made cherry syrup, orange bitters) and Manhattan were well made.




7 Boston St, Seattle, WA 98109 - (206) 216-3628
Est. Aug 2012 - Closed Feb 15, 2015 - Building constructed: 1968
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: letsgogrub.com - facebook
Reviews: seattletimes - cornichon - seattlemag - urbanspoon - yelp - thestranger - bizjournals - thrillist

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

#2028 #S1110 - Brass Tacks, Seattle - 1/29/2013

Update: Brass Tacks closed Nov 4, 2018.


Brass Tacks is pretty much perfect for Georgetown. First, it brings the neighborhood some unique and fine cocktails, with a tantalizing set of infusions lining the shelves behind the bar. Second, it brings some unique and fine food choices, from chef Chris Opsata, formerly of Urban Enoteca (Would I like some candied bacon with winter spice and pomegranate? Is that a trick question?)  Third,all this arrives not in some shiny, sleek modern form, but in a woody warehouse, with various gewgaws and gimcracks -- an expansive, quirky, blue-collar extension of the funky Ground Control deli and bar next door.

I drank a "Georgetown" (Old Overholt, Punt e Mes, Maraschino, and cherry) with the lamb meatballs (chickpea, curried cucumbers, and mint), with one or two other cocktails that I can no longer recall, but recall enjoying quite a bit. With a casual vibe, woodwork done by the owners, and such intriguing possibilities on the menu and behind the bar, I expect to make repeated trips here.




6031 Airport Way S, Seattle, WA 98108 - (206) 397-3821
Est. Jan 25, 2013 - Closed Nov 4, 2018 - Building constructed: 1929
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: georgetownbrass.com - facebook
Ranked Best Reviews: seattleweekly - seattletimes - seattlemet - seattlemag - thrillist - eater - yelp - thestranger

Monday, June 10, 2013

#2027 - Cactus Moon Saloon, Everett, WA - 1/26/2013

An expansive sports bar in a suburban strip mall is not a type of bar I get particularly enthused about. But this place has more personality than most modern sports bars, nice folks, and a pleasant vibe.




717 128th St SW A116 Everett, WA 98204 - (425) 745-9855
Web site: thecactusmoonsaloon.com - facebook
Reviews: yelp

#2026 - Jimmy Jacks, Everett, WA - 1/26/2013

It's a damp Saturday afternoon and most the small number of patrons at Jimmy Jack's Classic Rock Cafe seems to mostly in their 80s. Pretty Katrina the bartender is giving a long list of specials over the phone to a customer who calls the restaurant for them every day. She has to check the prices on a couple of them, with others the customers chime in with help. The food is old school American comfort food -- the kind you would serve if your customers were white suburban retirees, and the drinks are simple and stiff -- the kind you would probably drink if you lived nearby and this was your bar.

There's a stage and lots of empty space, so it's clearly a different sort of place on a Friday or Saturday night. I'll need to drop by sometime when I can see that side as well.
13428 Washington 99 Everett, WA 98204 - (425) 745-1590
jimmyjacks.com

#2025 #1109 - Mamnoon, Seattle - 1/24/2013

Mamnoon ("thankful") comes from ex-Microsofties and first-time restauranteurs Wassef and Racha Haroun, and serves excellent Syrian and Lebanese dishes with find cocktails devised by Andrew Bohrer. Ordering by the numbers, the Mamnoon #1 (High West oat whiskey, Araku coffee liqueur, cardamom bitters) was good and the Mamnoon #5 (Jonny Drum Bourbon, fig paste, bitters, Nux Alpina walnut liqueur) was excellent.

It's a unique and first rate restaurant stop, but this blog focuses on bars, it is not an ideal stop as for just cocktails, despite the quality drinks. The lounge area is rather cut off -- not just from the diners but from the actual service bar creating the drinks, and it feels significantly lower energy than the open dining portions of the restaurant. So go when you are in the mood for a very different sort of meal, and enjoy the cocktails; but if you are going out just for a drink, I would continue on to Still Liquor, just around the corner on Minor.


1508 Melrose Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 - (206) 906-9606
Est. Nov 20, 2012 - Building constructed: 1928
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: mamnoonrestaurant.com - facebook  
Reviews: seattlemet - seattletimes - seattlemag - seattleweekly - capitolhillseattle - surlygourmand - yelp

Sunday, June 09, 2013

#2024 #1108 - Duos, Seattle - 1/22/2013

Update: The Duos Lounge closed December 20, 2014


A new restaurant and lounge from a somewhat upscale catering company, the Duos Lounge features tastay small plates and cocktails. I was not strongly impressed by the latter, but I did have a very pleasant chat with the bartender, and I did very much enjoy my three small plates: Manchego Pisto and corn dogs (with Chipotle honey mustard), with an apple and walnut salad.


2940 SW Avalon Way Seattle, WA 98126 - (206) 452-2452
Est. Jan 3, 2013 - Building constructed: 1947
Previous bars in this location: Cafe Revo, Avalon
Web site: duoslounge.com - facebook
Reviews: thrillist - yelp