Welcome to Seattle! Here for the grand tour? Planning on seeing all there is to see? Think of us as the map pin that marks the start of your big Seattle adventure. The large, neoclassical, reinforced terracotta and granite pin. And that pin has a cocktail bar on top. Goodness knows that Seattle gets its fair share of tourists, flying…
Question: what's better than a cocktail? Answer: a barrel-aged cocktail. And that's just what we have this spring at Smith Tower: barrels seasoned with port, filled with spirits, and aged to absolute perfection. Once they've aged, we drain the liquor, and use it to craft fantastic and inventive cocktails. As we've said before, cocktails are an art form. They can…
Love The Observatory? In honor of our bootlegging roots, we're introducing a new Rum-Runner's card so our frequent guests can enjoy exclusive benefits all year long, including: Unlimited access to The Observatory, Legends of Smith Tower Exhibits and the bar year-round Two complimentary guest tickets per year 10% off in the general store 10% off at the Observatory café and bar Celebratory cocktail…
Crafting the perfect cocktail is an art form. We won't get so pretentious as saying that the "ingredients are the paint and the glass is the canvas," or some other contrived metaphor, but the art element rings true. There's a refined aspect about it that's hard to grasp, and much like great piece of art (or a piece of art that's…
The Seattle Seahawks have the best fans in football. Period. We all know this to be true, and those of us who have been to a Hawks home game know the electricity that emanates from CenturyLink Field on Sunday afternoons. Being just four blocks north of the stadium, we feel it. We see it. And we certainly hear it. Which…
It's that time of year again. The days get a little shorter, the skies get a little grayer, and CenturyLink Field gets a lot louder. In Seattle, early September is a time of trade-offs. The August sheet falling off the calendar forces us to acknowledge that the bulk of summer is in the books. The winds of autumn will be blowing…
