Rachel Marshall – Glasswing

Rachel Marshall is founder of the wildly popular ginger beer company that is also her namesake, RGB. The inspiration was derived from her time spent in Europe, where ginger beer was a staple in most bars. Back in Seattle, she noticed a gap in the market and jumped to create her signature four-ingredient ginger beer recipe. Rachel and her business partner, Kate Opatz, ventured on to open up what are now two Capitol Hill staples: neighborhood-bar Montana and laid-back eatery Nacho Borracho. Both spots became testing grounds for fresh concepts - ginger beer cocktails on tap and knockout food collaborations with Monica Dimas of Neon Taco and Tortas Condesa.

Rachel's goal is to create your favorite spot, the one you frequent and come back to for a long time. This thoughtfulness and attention to detail extend beyond her business endeavors. No matter if you've been friends for years or just met, she gives you her full attention. From her bars to her home, she is the ultimate host.

Next for Rachel will be a Portland RGB location, slated to open at the end of 2016. The new spot will be an extension of her two other RGB locations in Seattle, partnering again with Monica Dimas' Sunset Fried Chicken. Other partnerships at the new Portland location will include Salt & Straw soft serve and Heart Coffee Roasters. Creating thoughtful community spaces with delicious offerings is what Rachel does best, and we plan to come back again and again!

Photography by AJ Ragasa

After college, I followed a German soccer player to Europe. That fell apart quickly, but I stayed for four years and met my partner Adam. We worked for the Department of Defense at this crazy NATO hotel, in this perfect, idyllic town, deep in the Alps. It was like Aspen, but people wore Lederhosen everyday. It was a bizarre place, one we can’t get enough of. Ginger beer is everywhere in the UK. We'd save up our days off and buy a cheap ticket to London. It was in all the pubs, then I came back here and there was just a gap in the market. I wanted ginger beer to drink, there was no ginger beer being made. That was almost 6 years ago.

Linda Derschang (Oddfellows, Smith, Linda's) has a philosophy I love: She wants to create your favorite spots, the places you want to go to everyday. That starts with nailing a great product and environment. But the most important thing is how you feel when you leave. That puts all the power in the hands of the person serving you. There is nothing more empowering then someone walking in with a crummy mood and turning their day around. That’s actually a quantifiable feeling, those are the places you go back to. I go to the same bars over and over, the same lunch places, because they make me feel good!

One of the most gratifying aspects of having your own business is choosing who you collaborate with. Kate Opatz and I met almost 8 years ago waiting tables at Lark. It's incredible looking back when we decided to open Montana, how did we ever think we could do it! Neither of us have defined roles within our business, everyone wears every hat and it works really well. I love working with Monica Dimas. She knows exactly what she wants and I haven't met anyone as hard working as her. She is solid, present, knows how to cook and has built a great team. These women want to grow, and I want to grow.

The Northwest should see each other as one unit, cause Portland is really fucking cool! We have the most beautiful ingredients in the US, amazing weather and philosophy on indoor/outdoor living, and we get to enjoy and invest in the arts. I wanted to get a solid footprint in Seattle and then look to Portland as an extension of what we are doing here. We have fun collaborations with homies in Portland: a tea collaboration with Smith Tea Maker, cold brew coffee with our buddies at Heart Coffee Roaster, and Salt & Straw is making our soft serve!

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