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Could I make a semi-decent daiquiri at home? Yes, but it wouldn’t be as transcendent as the one I picked up from the window at Brooklyn’s Leyenda ( Best Bars, 2016).
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Many transitioned into makeshift to-go operations, and that’s where my saccharine “What makes a bar a Best Bar?” reasoning became honest fact. When I returned home to New York, my favorite watering holes had started to close, with messages like “Stay Safe, See You Soon!” hastily taped to their doors. Best Bars are places you need your best pals to know about. It was at the Prince in L.A.’s Koreatown, a place that made this year’s list not only because of its horseshoe bar, red banquettes, and cocktails and Korean fried chicken-what a killer combo!-but also because I just had to share this old-school, slightly weird, still sort of under-the-radar experience with my friend Amanda. "Everyone is calling each other, everyone's got each other's backs."Įven though I haven't been to a bar in Seattle in about 3 maybe 4 years (I prefer house parties) this is kind of unnerving.A trade secret: While we spend most of the year going to bars to compile this list, a flurry of reporting happens in the spring, right before our deadline, because (a) it’s a great time to travel and drink and (b) writers never turn in stories early.īut this March, as the trees began to bloom and the country started to hibernate, I squeezed in one last reporting trip to Los Angeles and had one final drink at a bar before the Great Quarantine. "I could take this moment to launch into a diatribe about my indignation towards the gay community," the letter concludes, "however, I think the deaths will speak for themselves."Īlison, Luying, and Tippett, local promoters and DJs who do nights at various bars around town, came up with the idea of organizing a pub crawl for this Friday night to show support for the bars that were threatened.Ĭarla at Re-bar added that, as distressing as the letter was, she was pleased with the response from the community. "But after the initial 'what?', it's like whatever."Ī letter also arrived in The Stranger's offices, addressed to the attention of "Obituaries." The letter's author said the paper should "be prepared to announce the deaths of approximately 55 individuals all of whom were patrons of the following establishments on a Saturday in January." The listed bars are: the Elite, Neighbours, Wild Rose, the Cuff, Purr, the Eagle, R Place, Re-bar, CC's, Madison Pub, and the Crescent. I don't think it's anything to worry about it." Roland admitted to being unnerved by the letter at first. "They collected the letter and that's about it. "The police have already come and gone," said Roland, the manager at Madison Pub. It's really freaky that someone would do something like this at a time like this."Įagle1-6-09.jpgChristensen says he's posted signs at the Eagle advising patrons not to leave their drinks unattended. "It's probably nothing," Christensen added, "but the economy is really screwing all the bars right now, and the last thing we need is something ramping up the not-go-out mode people seem to be in right now. Christensen had already heard about the letter from other bar owners and managers, and so he didn't open it. "I just had the police come pick up," said Keith Christensen, the manager of the Eagle, when reached by phone. There is no antidote for ricin but ricin exposure is not invariably fatal. It made me worry for all the other bars, and for my bartenders, and our clientele."Īccording to the CDC's website, someone who has ingested "a significant amount" will develop vomiting and diarrhea within the first 6-12 hours other symptoms of ricin poisoning include hallucinations, seizures, and blood in the urine. "I felt sick when I read it," said Carla, the owner/manager of Re-bar. "I have in my possession approximately 67 grams of ricin with which I will indiscriminately target at least five of your clients." "Your establishment has been targeted," the letter begins. Eleven gay bars in Seattle received letters today addressed to the "Owner/Manager" from someone claiming to be in the possession of ricin, a deadly poison.