The Female Bartenders You Need to Know in Seattle

<strong>Where to find her: </strong>The Sexton (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/the-sexton&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Experimenting with&nbsp;new things and revisiting classics<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Trying to date emotionally unavailable men, watching <em>The Bachelor</em> and other equally bad television, traveling, visiting her friends at their work, checking out new bars and restaurants, nerding out on cocktail stuff, and running Women Who Love Whiskey, a whiskey society that she founded with her business partner, Jamie Buckman.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle: </strong>The beauty. She’s originally from Alaska, so she loves that she still has mountains, but also all the benefits of living in a large city with hiking, camping, and snowboarding near by.

<strong>Where to find her:</strong> Herb and Bitter Public House (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venues/eat/seattle/restaurants/herb-bitter-pu…; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty:</strong> Hospitality. She wants people to be comfortable sitting at her bar and at ease trying something they may have never heard of.<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Thinking about her next meal -- she loves food and the way sharing a meal brings people together.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle: </strong>Living in a place with so much natural beauty, being constantly bowled over by the sights of the mountains and water.<br />
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<strong>Where to find her:</strong> Walrus and the Carpenter (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/eat/seattle/restaurants/the-walrus-and-…; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Pairing cocktails with the food<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working:</strong> Technically, it’s still working, but she also likes making the apothecary-style tonic for her soda company Scapegoat Trading Co. -- and hanging with her pup, Ethel.&nbsp;<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle:</strong> The neighborhoods, climate, and landscape.

<strong>Where to find her: </strong>Vito’s Restaurant and Lounge (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/vitos-restaurant-loun…; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Customer service -- and classically-driven cocktails with a modern twist<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working:</strong> Reading, writing, eating out at restaurants, and spending time with her lovely wife.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle: </strong>That she can roll out of bed into a coffee shop, and that all of her favorite places to eat and drink are nearby.

<strong>Where to find her: </strong>Rumba (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/rumba&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Rum<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working:</strong> Traveling as much as possible to check out other city's scenes. Locally, eating and drinking around Seattle -- she believes receiving hospitality is important to giving hospitality, like a battery recharge.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle: </strong>That it's ever-changing, constantly evolving, and growing. Stagnation is boring.<br />
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<strong>Where to find her:</strong> Canon (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/canon-whiskey-and-bit…; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Ever-changing -- her specialty is basically whatever new ingredient she’s gotten her hands on to work with.<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Cooking, baking, and hosting family and friends (and maybe some movies and popcorn thrown in there somewhere).<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle:</strong> As one of the rare natives, she loves that no matter where she travels, Seattle will always be home.&nbsp;

<strong>Where to find her:</strong> Rob Roy (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/rob-roy&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty:</strong> Incorporating interesting herbs and spices into cocktails.&nbsp;<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Still working! She’ll be opening two new bars in 2016 both with different concepts than Rob Roy.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle: </strong>Everything. From sunrise to sunset, she loves the way the air smells when the seasons change; the food, the drinks, the friendly people from all over the world that move here; the Sound, the lakes, the hilly terrain.

<strong>Where to find her: </strong>Bartending at Bar del Corso (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/eat/seattle/restaurants/bar-del-corso&q…; target="_blank">address and info</a>), teaching at the Pantry (<a href="https://thepantryseattle.com/&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>), making soda at Seattle Seltzer Co.&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.seattleseltzer.com/&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty:</strong> All things apéritif, and particularly vin maison -- a seasonal French cordial that translates literally to ‘house wine.’<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Meditative activities like long bike rides and running, but she really lives for travel: whenever they can get away, she hits the road with her sweetheart, a car full of books, projects, and coolers of yummy things to cook.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle:</strong>&nbsp;How when the Seahawks won the 2014 Super Bowl, celebrating Seattleites refused to jaywalk. That Gore-Tex and polar fleece are considered black-tie and that a gum wall, a bridge dwelling troll, and a giant statue of Lennon are touring highlights.

<strong>Where to find her:</strong> Von’s 1000&nbsp;Spirits (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/venue/drink/seattle/bar/vons-1000-spirits&quot; target="_blank">address and info</a>)

<strong>Specialty: </strong>Whiskey. Or ask her for the Mischief Martini.<br />
<strong>What she’s doing when she’s not working: </strong>Playing golf, watching Seahawks’ games, or doing Sunday group tastings.<br />
<strong>Her favorite thing about Seattle:</strong> Her walk to work -- from the north end of the Hill -- because it shows off the amazing Seattle skyline view every time she leaves the house.<br />
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<em>Naomi Tomky thinks it’s five o’clock somewhere, so stop reading and go get a drink from one of these bartenders. Follow her on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gastrognome&quot; target="_blank">@Gastrognome</a> and Instagram <a href="http://www.instagram.com/the_gastrognome&quot; target="_blank">@the_gastrognome</a> to see if she’s doing the same.</em>