SAMBAR

SAMBAR

Owner

Located just behind Le Gourmand in the Ballard-Fremont neighborhood, SAMBAR offers creative cocktails, light bites and desserts in a chic, cosmopolitan setting with gorgeous murals and lighting by local artists.

Some of our cocktails include-

Sambar Pear Sour: Clear Creek Pear brandy, lemon juice, sugar, pear nectar

Jasmine: Gin, Campari, Cointreau & lemon juice

Petit Zinc: vodka, Cointreau, sweet vermouth, orange and lemon juice

Lillas Pastia: dry Manzanilla sherry, vodka and an anchovy stuffed olive

Also try our light Bites-

Bites

Twice Baked Spinach Souffle: individual souffle covered in a bechamel sauce & gruyere

Croque-Monsieur: French ham & cheese sandwich, grilled in mini form

Rosettes of Smoked Salmon:served atop potato-corn cakes, garnished w/capers & chive creme fraiche

Cumin Chicken Pastillas: phyllo wrapped chicken parcels served with chun

Contributor

Citysearch

The Scene
Next door to Le Gourmand, Sambar forsakes the rusticity of its parent in favor of a suave space-age den. White and light-gray walls paired with soft lighting bathe the uncluttered room in cool luminescence. Elegant, modern furniture may be the most striking feature, but refinements like letter-pressed menus and individual cloth towels in the bathroom lend touches of class.

The Draw
As charming as the atmosphere is, it's the cocktails that draw repeat visitors. Mixology buffs who've endured too many poorly mixed Manhattans or blank stares upon ordering a French 75 have reason to rejoice. It's not just the classics that are rendered exquisitely: Imaginative originals like the Barbapapa (Hanger One Lime Vodka, Cointreau and lime juice with rhubarb sorbet) should be sampled. A small appetizer menu ranges from dainty salads to more robust croque monsieur or frites, but all are perfect for sharing. The cheese selection is highly recommended.