Campari Comeback

When we wrote, three weeks ago, that there was no Campari to be had at the Queen Anne liquor store, we thought we were being, you know, ironic, as if Campari were some effete beverage that only Queen Anne bars would stock. Fact is, even an obscure Italian aperitivo has its fans. (Okay, Cynar is more obscure.) Without Campari, there can be no Negroni, forcing Belltown hipsters to drink (gasp) vodka tonics. So it's with a big sigh of relief that we report today that the State Liquor Board's software has finally rediscovered its inventory of Campari; they managed to delivered a case of the stuff just in time for Happy Hour along Second Avenue.