Bars and restaurants in the Pacific Northwest are rolling out summer cocktail menus with fresh, bright and local ingredients like Aperol, lemon, basil and lavender. One Portland bar and restaurant is taking it more earthy than tropical this summer. Irving Street...
The Grocery Cocktail & Social has the trappings to be Washington State’s welcoming committee. With around 80 percent of the bar and restaurant ingredients deriving from the evergreen state, you can experience all that Washington has to offer in the state’s...
Behind closed doors we've all made desperate glassware choices, such as a coffee mug for Pinot Noir, but with a little bit of history and one of these expertly crafted drinkwares, you’ll be back to enjoying beverages as originally intended. The Tumbler In 1896 the...
Portland Kettle Works is one of the main local suppliers of craft and microbrewery brew tanks to breweries all over the U.S. But, unless you are a brewer or super beer aficionado, you probably aren’t familiar with the supplier. In 2015, the folks behind these...
Freeland Spirits is becoming synonymous with its raindrop-shaped blue gin bottles. Alongside the memorable blue bottles available this month, the new distillery, set to open with a Northwest Portland tasting room in July, is included in the only 1 percent of...
Downtown Boise may not be as bustling as Seattle, Portland or Vancouver but the mid-size city is growing its downtown with the 8th Street pedestrian zone of sidewalk cafes and restaurants as the hub. The area also contains the Basque Block, which gives visitors a...
Traditionally it’s a float of Grand Marnier orange liqueur on top of a margarita that differentiates the Cadillac Margarita from a standard option. The Cognac-based liqueur was used to cover up the taste of low-grade tequilas often used when Mexican restaurants...
Stroll down Mississippi Avenue in Portland’s Boise neighborhood on a weekend and there will be 10 or more hungry patrons waiting for a seat in the overpacked Gravy restaurant. Keep walking a few hundred more feet and there’s Radar, North Portland’s not-quite-a-secret...
When it comes to liquor varieties, brandy is as old school as it gets. The spirit dates back to the earliest recorded times in world history. During the 17th century it was an essential part of daily life. Although brandy hasn’t had a real moment in the spotlight in...
The Northwest offers myriad of drinking experiences and the world of spirits and distilling is no different. Here are five must-do distillery experiences to add to your spirited bucket list. Portland Distillery Passport, Portland There aren’t more distilleries...
