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Best New Bar

It's Canon (not "Cannon" or "Cañon")—defined as "a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works" and subtitled "Whisky and Bitters Emporium." It opened last September in Licorous' old space, across 12th Avenue from Seattle U, and it's quickly become a destination of choice for Seattle's drinking class. A supremely talented staff, led by...

The folks at Foxhole call it an "upscale locals' joint." Strange to see the words upscale and joint together in a sentence, but that is exactly what Foxhole is, a slightly classed-up version of the coolest lowbrow bar that happens to be located in South Beach. This bi-level fun house has it all — throwback '80s videogames, including Galaga and M...

The city's best new bar has to be more than just a bar. Does it need a full-service kitchen? Yup. Danceable music from hot bands and DJs? A must. Its own line of beer? Can't hurt. Should its building be architecturally interesting? It certainly helps. Fortunately, The Wick and the Well, somewhat uncomfortably named after old police slang for the...

Deep Ellum's newest drinkery has a backlit bar outlined with beautiful cutouts of the bar's namesake bird, a row of shiny red stools and an exceptionally beautiful waitstaff. The tunes range from old blues to the sugariest Top 40, but the crowd is always friendly and there's never a shortage of places to sit: at the bar, on the velvet couches up...

Midtown has no shortage of bars. But it does have a shortage of bars that are serious about their product — craft beer in this case — while playful and casual at the same time. You don't have to dress up to enjoy a Friday night here. You don't even have to enjoy beer, as the classic cocktail menu is equally solid. But beers are still the advised...

Plush is unlike any other club in town. Midtown's multilevel monstrosity is perhaps best described as a fever dream — an eclectic, artsy thing without care for convention. The 40,000-square-foot behemoth houses within itself a fully operational club, venue, two bars and a restaurant that serves food from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. every day. On the fir...

When The Fork & Wrench opened in March, everyone dubbed it the “less-expensive Woodberry Kitchen.” Like its fancier counterpart, the kitchen has a farm-to-table philosophy, the décor is rustic, and the spot has a bar scene all its own. There are throwback signature cocktails like the Brass Tacks——a winning combination of Pikesville Rye, ginger s...

Opened late 2011 in what used to be Muggsy’s, Brewer’s Cask melds together two Fed Hill zeitgeists: the relaxed, I-just-want-to-enjoy-my-drink vibes at Metropolitan and Barfly’s, and the boisterous spirit at Mad River and MaGerks. There’s no dancing or blaring music at Brewer’s Cask, but there is young, drunk Fed Hill energy. Better yet, there’s...

A 19th-century building in North Side’s historic Deutschtown district provides a charming location for James Street Speakeasy and Gastropub (see page 46 for more). Local and craft beers as well as cocktails are served — and there’s entertainment, with live local jazz, blues and acoustic artists.

Ace is much more than a bar, of course. Owners Josh and Jen Wolkon took a cavernous, 9,000-square-foot garage next to Steuben's and turned it into a hangout extraordinaire, with an ambitious kitchen that reinterprets Asian food with smart, silly twists; a huge front patio with a couple of ping-pong tables; and a back room with many more. But eve...