Live Breaking News & Updates on Settle Down Tavern
Stay updated with breaking news from Settle down tavern. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
My Year in Drinks: 2020 Wayne Curtis 2020 was the year we reconsidered our relationship with drink, both collectively and individually. Collectively we drank more but spent less on liquor. According to a survey of 1,540 Americans recently published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the frequency of drinking rose 14 percent in 2020 over the previous year. We drank less in bars, which were being shuttered, and more at home, having gone into survivalist bunker mode. We filled our liquor larders with cheaper comfort brands. While volume consumed was up, overall revenues for liquor companies were down. Individually, how we related to alcohol was impossible to categorize. Some of us stepped up our home games, hosting outdoor get-togethers for our pods, acquiring exotic liquors to mix cocktails we might otherwise pass by. But others abandoned drink altogether, including one friend who announced early on that she was going dry. ....
MADISON Of all the downtown restaurants, the Settle Down Tavern might just be the one that has navigated the travails of the pandemic most successfully. Since opening its doors last May, owners Ryan Huber, Sam Parker and Brian Bartelsâ compact eateryâtucked into a corner of an atrium next to the Majestic Theaterâhas done all it could to cater to the moment. It was among those that honed and capitalized on the âstreateryâ concept that allowed downtown restaurants to use repurposed parking spaces for outdoor tables to seat customers. And even though December snow and plummeting temps should have put a chilly set of brakes on the streatery experience, the outdoor seating has endured. Thanks to outdoor heaters and potted evergreens, eating outdoors isnât just workable, itâs appealing. ....