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Best liquor stores in SEA
Over five years later and I have to chime in that Steve T is absolutely correct. Seattle (and Washington State) liquor stores are horrid. The 'best' Seattle liquor store--SoDo--is outdone by a mid-sized city store in North Carolina and by a Gresham, OR store I visited this weekend.
I go to Oregon to buy any decent amount of spirits; the stores are independently owned and buy/order their own selections from the state of Oregon which buys requested spirits in bulk to keep prices down and responds very quickly to demand. In Washington State stores are owned by the state and stocked & staffed by state employees who act like state employees (lethargic, sullen and could care less).
I was able to buy a fifth of Ancient Age & Henry McKenna bourbon for less than $11 each in Oregon. They weren't even stocked in Seattle stores last I checked. Oregon state's Liquor Control Commission even contracted with Jack Daniels--love 'em or not--to make a 'limited' batch of JD for Oregon's 150th anniversary of statehood. Washington state can't even muster up the energy to stock their stores with any decent affordable selections on a day to day basis much less make an effort like Oregon did with the JD distillery.
I'm sorry to agree but what a absolute joke.
Homestyle Italian food round up....for Portland
I've come to this thread quite late, but I'd like to respond to this comment about a longtime native Italian population in Portland. It was there and thriving, I should know my maternal great-grandfather/grandmother and my grandfather came over and joined the fairly robust Italian community.
Now we've all more or less melted into the larger white population, a lot of the old working class Italians sold their bought cheap homes to California invaders for crazy prices in the last twenty years.
There are still pockets of Italians, their grocery stores and restaurants in Southeast Portland especially around the Cleveland High School area.
About the expats from Cali--you're right on--they are the target of the upscale Italian restaurants in Ptld.
