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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 ...

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 Bartels’ compact eatery—tucked into a corner of an atrium next to the Majestic Theater—has done all it could to cater to the moment. It was among those that honed and capitalized on the “streatery” concept that allowed downtown restaurants to use repurposed parking spaces for outdoor tables to seat customers. And even though December snow and pl...