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COLUMBIA BAR
The Rye Witch
After a long wait,
Jim Defeo’s new loca-
tion-eponymous restau-
rant opened mid-August
in the corner slot of
the historic Carruther’s
Building on Commercial
Street, kitty-corner from
the Liberty Theater in the
space once occupied by
Clemente’s. Judging by
the foot traffic alone, mak-
ing the public wait still has
its advantages: The place
was already packed after
just opening at 5 p.m.
The dining room has
been thoroughly reno-
vated with a careful eye
toward the building’s Art
Deco past. The space feels
refined but not restrictive,
and the atmosphere was
pleasantly loud and jovial.
Much of the floorplan has
been dedicated to a new,
large, horseshoe-shaped
and marble-topped bar
that dominates the view
from the restaurant’s
entrance.
And, of course, with a
new bar comes a new bar
menu.
The drink menu was
created by bar manager
Laura Cherau — though
curated may be a better
word to describe her ap-
proach. Cherau admitted
that many of the signature
cocktails that landed on
the menu are culled from
the most memorable cock-
tails she has encountered
in her travels on this earth.
The Rye Witch finds its
depth through the chem-
istry of mixing rye whiskey
with sherry — a combina-
tion that doesn’t immedi-
ately come to mind, but
as both the spirit and the
fortified wine find their
character while being
aged in oak barrels, they
actually end up being fast
friends when poured into
a glass together.
The addition of Strega,
an Italian herbal liqueur
heavy on the orange, plays
into the sherry’s sweet-
ness, and what you get is
a complex new take on
the Old Fashioned, one
that is sure to comfort the
soul on nights of heavy
autumn rain.
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5:00 pm
Downtown Astoria
Directions
Pour the rye, sherry and
Strega into an old fash-
ioned glass. Shake in the
bitters, stir, then top off
with ice. Garnish with the
orange peel.
* Amontillado is a me-
dium-dry variety of sherry
wine named after
the Montilla
region of Spain.
The brand
Carruther’s
employs is San-
deman.
—Recipe cour-
tesy of Laura Cher-
au, the bar man-
ager at Carruther’s,
Astoria, Oregon
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Ingredients
2 1/2 ounces of Bulleit
Rye or another rye whis-
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1 ounce Amontillado
Medium-Dry Sherry*
1 ounce Strega liqueur
4 dashes Fee Brothers
Orange Bitters
Ice
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