CLAY STORIES: Tumbleroot Pottery Pub
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Paseo Pottery and Tumbleroot Pottery Pub in Santa Fe are a unique pairing of craft and creativity, blending handmade ceramics with locally brewed and distilled beverages. Paseo Pottery, founded by a group of ceramic artists in 1991, offers classes, memberships, and a gallery showcasing local artists. The studio also produces all the pottery used at Tumbleroot Pottery Pub, a collaboration between Angela Smith Kirkman of Paseo Pottery and her husband, Jason Kirkman, of Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery.
At the Pottery Pub on Palace Avenue, every cocktail, beer, or spirit is served in a vessel handcrafted at Paseo. Guests can also purchase pottery or try their hand at making their own. The collaboration is constantly evolving—seasonal cocktails inspire new designs, such as tiki tumblers in summer or mugs for winter hot toddies. In addition to crafting specialty drinks with homegrown ingredients,Tumbleroot distills their own spirits, using locally harvested juniper berries and herbs from the Kirkmans’ garden in their distinctive, award-winning gins.