Espresso comes from Caffé Vita (although during my visit, Cadden ran across the street to a Stumptown cafe for a fresh shot!) He wanted to include chartreuse since it pairs nicely with coffee, and enhance the drink’s herbal flavors with licor, the Spanish vanilla liqueur. In typical speakeasy fashion, there are no menus the bartender makes something fresh for each customer all night long.Ĭadden initially started developing the Treaty of Paris because he’s a big fan of Applejack, the American apple brandy beloved by George Washington. Tavern Law sits on the ground floor find Needle and Thread upstairs accessed through a vault door inside the main bar. Tavern Law and its sister bar, Needle and Thread, serve pre- and post prohibition-style cocktails in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Cadden is general manager of both projects. The cocktail was created by Michael Cadden, a bartending professional who worked in coffee for ten years before transitioning into the spirits world in 2001. The Treaty of Paris from Seattle’s Tavern Law meets you in the middle: the autumnal coffee cocktail is made with a quarter of a shot of espresso and herbal, darker spirits that give a sweet burn that fits the season.
For a lot of us, there’s a blip of time in the late afternoon when we have to choose between one last espresso or a post-work drink.
