Paul Clarke of Cocktail Chronicles shared the news on Friday that local bartending icon Murray Stenson has passed away.
It’s easy to toss words like “icon” and “legend” around when someone dies. But Stenson qualifies, handily. No other one person did more to stake Seattle’s role in the craft cocktail renaissance of the early 2000s.
Officially, Stenson’s greatest contribution is probably his re-discovery of the Last Word, the chartreuse-tinged drink that became a symbol of the revival of classic cocktails across America, and especially in Seattle. But I’ll remember him more for being a shining example of what a good bartender should be: Great with
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