Last weekend was unofficially Murray Stenson weekend in Seattle’s bars. The city’s most famous bartender died on Friday at the age of 74, so every round came with a cheers to Murr the Blur, and Murray stories were flowing as freely as the Chartreuse.
Here’s one to start, from Matt Pachmayr, now the bar manager at Le Coin, who worked with Stenson at Il Bistro:
“He was the best host I’ve ever seen in my life. My favorite Murray story is, this guest was doing the thing where he hits on every single woman down the bar. So I was like, ‘Yo, Murr, I’m gonna go take this
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