Seattle's Top 5 Jell-O Shots, According to the Surly Gourmand
Everyone loves Jell-O, and everyone loves alcohol, so the creation of the Jell-o shot was inevitable and natural. Plus, Jell-O shots, unlike many alcoholic beverages, actually count as a meal because they have nutritional value. 
Brad Trent Intrepid bartender Arthur dilligently prepares the Tug's award-winning Jell-O shots.
Just as a Bloody Mary is basically alcoholic gazpacho, Jell-o shots are a dessert and digestif in one! Who wouldn't want such a convenient, time-saving, and nutritious treat? Oh boy, I know I do! Jell-O shots are so delicious even recovering alcoholic diabetic vegans love them. Plus, everyone knows that Jell-O is made of congealed cubes of the Kool-Aid Man's blood. And if you want to gain the Kool-Aid Man's legendary power to burst through brick walls with no apparent damage to his glass torso, then you must eat his blood!
But which bars in Seattle make the best Jell-O shots? Here are the Top Five!
5. Contour. Contour looks like what the set of A Clockwork Orange would look like if it were directed by a guy who wears Ed Hardy T-shirts instead of Stanley Kubrick. Still, it's bus stop-adjacent, and not as cheesy as neighboring Fado. So if you're walking down 1st Ave, why not stop in for a Jell-O shot? Here's why not: at $3, they're less than what I'd call cheap. Plus, all the shots are one flavor. However, they seem to use a high quality gelatin with a pretty good strawberry flavor (they probably use actual Jell-O brand gelatin instead of Kirkland's Horse-Based Flavor Gel). Unfortunately, they aren't as strong as we'd like them to be.
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