Outstanding local wine tasting bottle shop. Tucked away in…read morePhinney Ridge. Don't miss this utterly charming and unprentious wine tasting shop complete with blue checkered table cloths covering the outdoor tables. Their charcuterie (two cheeses and one meat) $19 is available alongside almonds $5 and candied pecans $5. We enhanced our board with a delicious can of lemon pepper smoked oysters by Ekone ("from tide to tin") $13. Highly recommend this he has Rustic Bakery flatbread. They have wine by the glass -- we tasted the Clos Du Mont-Olivet 2022 Lirac $15/glass as well as the Henrich Naked Orange (calcareous and natural biodynamic) $15/glass and the Champagne Jacquart "Mosaïque" Rosé $20/glass. We decided on a bottle of the Lirac and a glass of rosé champagne. They also carry local jcoco chocolates chips as well as tinned mackerel, tuna, codfish. The buyer is exceptionally talented. The curated collection of bottles could go up against the better bottle shops in Seattle -- but with a nonchalant aplomb rich with elegant ease shifting gears between bottles of internationally renowned Bollinger $68 and hyper local The Orcas Project 2024 Garnacha $37 or 2025 Nebbiolo $35 or 3 of 6 allocated Chartogne-Talley Saint Anne extra brut for $98. Favorite part? The staff's educational notes about the wines, how they were made, and tasting notes that holds the greatest value of all. So make some time to peruse and enjoy the learning before or while tasting. Exceptional value and deserving of best of neighbor recognition. Mariah serves as a welcoming hostess.

Awesome little wine bar and bottle shop that opened recently I think. I ended up sharing the Orcas…read moreProject flight with my dining partner. The host was super friendly and did a great job explaining each wine. I loved most of the wines we tasted, but especially the white ones. Very crisp and clean. Such a cute shop and its located right next to a restaurant and a bakery.

Good beer, good atmosphere. We do like coming here…read more The only complaint- the TVs are small. Service is always good with friendly staff.

Just did a quick stop-in. They seem to have more outdoor space than indoor and are prepared for…read morecolder temps with heating elements throughout. No heating elements necessary on this day as it was hot and humid in this early afternoon. I was impressed by their board that lists everything on tap with ABV and IBU as well as prices for all ranges of sizes that they offer. They had 2 stout options and I tried a 5 oz. Extra Loud Irish Stout Nitro ($3.50). Lady bartending was friendly enough and answered questions well, although my 5 oz was 4 oz of foam when she handed it to me, so patience before drinking was necessary. If you like Guinness, it very much reminded me of that, although I prefer my stout more sweet and less coffee-esque.

Fun brewery to check out! We came here while we were visiting Washington during the weeks of July…read more4th. We had two toddlers and loads of fun playing card games on the couch. My brother in law drank few beers and the rest of our group had some cookie dough ice cream! The ice cream was delicious and creamy. It was a perfect treat on a humid rainy ish day actually. The brewery wasn't very crowded either since we went on a Wednesday afternoon. Overall service was great and ice cream made our overall experience even better!

This is much smaller than their downtown option as it is basically a taproom with a food truck…read moreoutside. I placed our food order within the taproom, but I'm guessing I probably could have done so at the truck as well? They have benches both inside and out, but it was a hot afternoon, so most folks were eating within the shade of their indoor portion on this afternoon. Our girls shared the Bavarian Soft Pretzel ($11) with pub mustard. It wasn't overly large, but they said it tasted homemade and was good. My son and I split a Reuben's Reuben ($22). It was a decent sized sandwich cut in half and quite honestly was one of the best reubens I have had between the quality of meat, flavor of sauer kraut, and crunch of the bread. Not sure I would say it was worth $22, but it's Seattle so that's kind of how it works.

Super friendly, casual and family friendly. We stopped in at the new location in Ballard and…read moreenjoyed it. Hubby had the chicken sandwich which was "tasty" while I had the taproom burger which was nice and not too big. The Russian dressing is off the chain and perfect for the shoestring fries. The Evan Williams 'Bourbon & Butterscotch' ice cream was thick and creamy. Amble outdoor seating offers both covered seating with levered ceiling, as well as outdoor fire pits perfect for summer seating. There was a family with young children who were happy in their own corner of the patio. I spotted the outdoor screens for sports coverage. And, they're dog friendly! This one definitely checks all the boxes!

Phenomenal experience. The beers, food and atmosphere was just all around perfect. My buddy is from…read moreWA state and I was surprised to hear it was the best fish and chips he's ever had. I can attest as I had the fish sando and that was life changing. Perfectly cooked. The crisp really stood out on the breading and the jalepeno aioli tied everything together. I also got some beers to go as they had a great selection. Also, don't sleep on the onion rings. Crazyyyyyyyy good. Can't wait to make it back!

Fantastic cider and tasting room and excellent outdoor space. This place is within walking distance…read moreto some other taprooms in the block so it's a great spot to go for a drink and just hang outside. It was a gorgeous evening so we got some cider and sat outside. Their space is gorgeous! Plenty of seating outside and inside and they have frozen ciders and all kinds of other ciders. I don't remember what i got but it was delicious. Friendly staff and great pricing on all their stuff. 12/10 would recommend!

Super sweet little tasting room/cocktail bar, beautiful covered and heated patio, complementary…read moretastings of their amaros and a selection of amaro-based cocktails. I don't know why it wasn't busier because it is a gem!

I saw an ad on Instagram for locally made Amaro by a woman-owned distillery. That caught my eye and…read moreI'm glad it did because this stuff is INCREDIBLE! I bought both Americano and Americano Bianco online, for pickup at their distillery/tasting room. The building itself is out of the way and not something you'd find casually walking around. Parking is good and they have good wheelchair/crutches access which I note now after having been on crutches twice in two years. I wandered in expecting to just pick up my bottles and leave. But they had a small crew (masks on) there and invited us for a tasting! They kept their masks on and stayed at a distance - and they had a big space with an open garage style door so it was really safe! I was blown away especially by the Americano Bianco. It's herbaceous and just sweet enough. FULL of flavor! It is good enough to drink neat and I just made a fabulous Negroni with it at home. The standard Amaro is good but not quite as much as a stand-out to me as the Bianco. Regardless, both are well worth the price. And the company's story? Priceless. Jamie told us about their two year process in developing the recipe. And they explained how they source their ingredients, which they have gone to great lengths to procure sustainably and locally. For example, they get saffron from farmers in Chelan and worked with them to pick the exact strain that would suit the Amaro's flavor profile. This company is dealing admirably with Covid-19 restrictions and with the very strict liquor restrictions in King County/Seattle. They say they hope to have tastings outside as soon as they can get approval. I will definitely be back to support this company because of their great product, very nice people, and what appear to be phenomenal business values.

I read up on Pint Size and saw that you purchase their beer from their website... the best link I…read morefound for that was from Instagram. Once you make a purchase from the beer that they have available you then pick it up on Saturday since that is the only day they are open for pick up. Since this was a brief interaction with the staff there I still left with a good impression of them as they were super friendly and efficient with completing the transaction. The two beers I bought were Double Oatmeal Stouts. Wow, and were they thick enough to eat but so delicious to drink! I got the beer called Treats and the other called Snaks. Treats has more of an emphasis with vanilla while Snaks has an emphasis for Chocolate. Both as I said were very good and I'd love to explore more of their beers in the future. Hopefully after the covid pandemic is over they will open their own taproom!

#ThankYouThursday…read more New, small, limited, and great. All the things that often make beer ridiculously hard to get. Thankfully, they don't want to leave you standing in line, so they sell their beer through pre-order. So, they're kinda new. They will grow for sure, and this part of the description will fade into obsolescence. Right now, the owner brews, and gets help from one person for the one day a week the public can stop in to buy cans. It's tiny...it's probably under 40 hours of work a week, combined, for everybody. They're small. It's a couple of rooms down the alley from Greenwood Ave at 74th. They're in the daylight basement of a commercial building, virtually without parking. They have beer aging in barrels somewhere, and a brew system you could probably fit entirely into a good-sized pickup truck. None of that stainless-steel forest effect in their facility--it's not some sci-fi national park like a big industrial brewery. It's closer to being like someone's kitchen, where somebody with a particular set of ideas about beer can try them out and perfect them. They're limited. A beer system that could fit in a pickup will make less than a pickup-truck load of cans per week. They usually release I think about 8-10 cases of 16-oz cans on Saturdays, with some weeks off. They're great. They've started adding imperial stouts to the madness this spring, but most weeks have been juicy IPAs with I think a pilsner at one point. It's all stuff most serious beer drinkers love. Big flavors, very clearly defined, with clean and dynamic profiles. You pay through their webshop and pick up your order in the alley off the alley off of Greenwood. They're the nicest people, and the brewer for sure knows what's up.

Worth it for my personal favorite, jalapeño watermelon! They have a good selection of ciders. Many…read moreare very loyal to the true pure apple flavor, highlighting different varieties.

So far I have tried two different ciders from Greenwood Cider Company. The latest cider I had from…read morehere Steve and I really enjoyed. The first cider we tried was their Dry cider. Now, it wasn't bad but neither one of us were all that impressed by it and we didn't find it all that memorable. But much more recently we had their Fire Roasted Pepper cider and we really liked that one! This cider had a nice, heated kick to it but wasn't too powerful. It had a sweet pepper flavor followed by the apple flavor and then the heat kicked in at the end. Some things are so hot you can't pick up the complexity of flavors in a drink or a dish but this cider was made very well as you can easily pick up the complexity.