Super Deli Mart: the West Seattle convenience store has become a great neighborhood bar. KELLY O
There’s something beautiful about utilitarian food packaging. I am always filled with an inordinate amount of glee when the person behind a counter hands me a sandwich wrapped neatly in white butcher paper, a little tab of masking tape holding it all together. It’s like a blank canvas upon which all my stomach’s hopes and dreams can be painted.
A few weeks ago, I was talking with Justin Gerardy, owner of the Central District’s Standard Brewing, and he made a joke about the “inelegance of beer labels—you know, Farting Dog Beer, things like that.” At the time, it made me laugh, but later I realized how much truth there was to it. Growlers are much more simple…
