Sweet Hereafter: Vegan Swank

By RUTH BROWN

I'm not cool enough to know what the current zeitgeist is, but I'm guessing Sweet Hereafter (3326 SE Belmont St.) has well and truly captured it. On a warm Friday evening, it was absolutely packed, while neighboring bars half the size struggled to fill seats. The Southeast sister to Alberta's Bye and Bye, Sweet Hereafter sports a similar boozy cocktail and vegan bar-snack menu, but a slightly swankier setup—dark wood, dim Edison bulbs and all the usual vintage props. The crowd, likewise, is a little less grungy, but still young, attractive and displaying more ink than a Staples store. The large patio out the back is where you want to be this time of year. Soak up some vitamin D while slurping the bar's namesake cocktail, the Hereafter ($8). It tastes like watery bourbon, but comes served in a 1-quart Mason jar certain to get you absolutely shitfaced.

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