Murray Stenson, Unassuming Leader of a Cocktail Renaissance, Dies at 74
Murray Stenson didn’t look like a revolutionary. Balding and slightly stooped, the son of a small-town grade-school principal, he spent decades quietly making cocktails at bars around Seattle, honing his classic, unfussy style. He favored regulars over celebrities, steady work over flair, handwritten notes over email. He shunned attention, even as his fame grew alongside…