New place on 2nd Avenue: http://seattle.eater.com/archives/2...on-moving-to-new-cocktail-bar-the-elysian.php Sounds good.
Murray Stenson is one of the nation's most renowned bartenders. My wife and her friends rave about him. I don't drink cocktails so couldn't say one way or the other...
That's where my wife first met him. She ordered a Hot Charlotte from him the first time she was there (with a friend who was fairly regular) and Murray remembered her AND HER DRINK the next time she was there --- 6 or more months later. That's the thing I guess he's famous for --- remembering people and their stories as well as their drinks.