If you manage to score a table at Sambar, a teeny-tiny bar attached to French restaurant Le Gourmand, you probably won't leave for hours—there's nothing else like it in Seattle. Though it claims to have French flair, the only thing that cries corner café is its small size. The interior is modern in a way that would look pretentious and stark if translated into a bigger space. Excellent...
Located right behind Le Gourmand restaurant, this elegant little lounge features an arsenal of creative, thirst-quenching libations. The pear sour is made with Clear Creek Pear brandy, lemon, sugar, and pear nectar, while the Prunier Japonais is a concoction of Blue Plum brandy, plum purée, wasabi vodka, amd true wasabi syrup. It's exotica in a glass. Small plate, French-leaning menu evens...
"Tucked away" doesn't even begin to describe Sambar. This teeny-tiny bar is attached to Le Gourmand, which is one of the city's most notable restaurants, in one of its least likely spots (the no-man's-land between Fremont and Ballard). Sambar has some of the best specialty cocktails in the city—the Madagascar (bourbon and vanilla bean syrup) is a must—and a good list of wines, dessert wines,...
This stylish, intimate lounge has folks lining up for elaborate cocktails and unique surroundings.:
The SceneNext door to Le Gourmand, Sambar forsakes the rusticity of its parent in favor of a suave space-age den. White and light-gray walls paired with soft lighting bathe the...