Sambar Cocktail Napkin Fragment
$50 (Sold)
Sambar was a renowned cocktail bar in Seattle, located at 425 NW Market St in Ballard. Founded in 2003 by chef-owner Bruce Naftaly, it was an intimate, six-table space adjacent to his acclaimed French restaurant, Le Gourmand. The bar earned acclaim for its inventive cocktails, crafted with the same precision and care as haute French cuisine, with bartender Jay Kuehner and a rotating team of talented mixologists and hospitality professionals all working together, each contributing to the bar’s lively, collaborative spirit. Its chic, cosmopolitan interior featured murals and lighting by local artists, complemented by a Henri Rousseau-type garden which seemingly enveloped the entire building. In the summer, patrons could drink cocktails on the leafy outdoor patio, surrounded by flowers, fine music, and candlelight. Despite its popularity, Sambar and Le Gourmand closed in June 2012. Almost immediately, the garden and landscaping withered, and the space lost it’s magic, becoming just another modern fixture in an increasingly soulless technotopian nightmarish hellscape of vapeshops, cheap oversized apartment montrosities, and fucking breweries.