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    Erik Hakkinen

    Owner, Roquette

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    i. Biography

    Erik Hakkinen is the owner and bartender behind Roquette, a French-inspired cocktail bar in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood that opened in 2019. He previously spent about a decade bartending at Zig Zag Cafe in Pike Place Market before opening his own place. Hakkinen has described his cocktail approach as packing maximum flavor into small-format drinks, and Roquette has been featured in coverage of notable Seattle bars.