A deluge of Stranger readers voted on their favorite Seattle bartenders, and we profiled the five winners for the 2019 edition of our Happy Hour Guide. This is Joe, who you can find behind the bar at Cure Cocktail (1641 Nagle Place) in Capitol Hill Tuesday through Sunday. He’ll also be hosting a very special Crazy Cocktails & Charcuterie event next Thurs., Oct. 24, at which he’ll be debuting his newest mixology drink creations with some very tasty meats and cheeses. Go say hello. We suggest trying the “Bathtub Party.”
How did you get into bartending and how long have you been at it?
I’ve been a bartender and mixologist for a little over seven years. I started out in Las Vegas before moving to Seattle, where I’ve been living for a little less than two years. I would usually play the role of bartender for my friends and would often find myself trying to craft the most unique drinks that I could think of. Transitioning from a Vegas-style to a Seattle-style of drinking was a learning curve. Getting to use stuff like all the different types of amaros and other things that I wasn’t necessarily used to gave me a new perspective on bartending and put me on a whole new level of mixology.
