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The PDX Oyster Social comes to Seattle at Greenwood’s Lantern Brewing on Saturday, December 13th from 5:30-8:30. Come munch on briney bivalves with Belgian-style ales and dream of being on the beaches of Brittany. Taylor’s Shellfish Shigoku oysters will be on offer so come have a mothershucking good time.

And in more NYE event news, Macleod’s on Ballard Ave. will be ringing in the new year in Scottish style – with bagpipers, champagne and, of course, scotch. Come sing that sappy, melancholy song “Auld Lang Syne” with your new Scottish friends at this Hogmanay party starting at 4pm. Perhaps there will even be some haggis and Trainspotting showing to complete the stereotypical mental picture.

The demise of the Bill the Butcher shop chain has been well publicized as many of us know. But from the ashes rises the phoenix which is the original Bill the Butcher. William von Schneidau, owner of BB Ranch in Pike Place Market, (and unaffiliated with BTB since 2011) has opened a second shop out in the hinterlands of Woodinville from which he hails. Grass fed meats are on display as well as house cured and smoked specialties. Eastsiders finally have something to live for in the culinary world!