The Eagle
The venerable Eagle is a dark, divey gay bar with stiff drinks, shadowy corners, and a big deck out back.
314 E Pike St
Seattle
206-621-7591
Seattle
206-621-7591
Neighbours
This is where the dancing happens. Neighbours is a stalwart testament to enduring gayness and its popularity is possibly eternal. (More than 30 years old now, …
1509 Broadway
Capitol Hill
206-324-5358
Capitol Hill
206-324-5358
Crescent Lounge
Seattle's venerable Crescent Lounge is a seedy, wonderful dive with a colorful host of regulars and the best karaoke on Capitol Hill.
1413 E Olive Way
Capitol Hill
206-565-8827
Capitol Hill
206-565-8827
The Elite
The Elite's an airy, wholesome gay bar where everyone's welcome and most everyone is really funny. The motto: "Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends" (after tha…
1520 E Olive Way
Seattle
206-860-0999
Seattle
206-860-0999
Wildrose
For the women-loving women who inhabit Capitol Hill, Wild Rose features an assortment of entertainment: karaoke, poetry readings, open mic nights, pool tournam…
1021 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-324-9210
Capitol Hill
206-324-9210
Queer Bar
Queer Bar is a bar that adds a lot of queer energy to this legendary Capitol Hill block. They hold live drag performances every Friday and Saturday night, with…
1518 11th Ave
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Pony
The gays know how to have fun: They know it, you know it, I know it, and Pony is more fun per inch than anywhere in town, if not the world.
1221 E Madison St
Capitol Hill
206-324-2854
Capitol Hill
206-324-2854
C. C. Attle's
Every bear's favorite bar—known for drinks strong enough to put hair on your chest—is back and probably better than ever in the former home of Cafe Metropoli…
1701 E Olive Way
Seattle
206-726-0565
Seattle
206-726-0565
Madison Pub
Madison Pub is a remarkably popular little watering hole, and its patrons are quite loyal. It is rumored to be the friendliest and least stressful gay bar on a…
1315 E Madison St
Central District
(206) 325-6537
Central District
(206) 325-6537
Cuff Complex
The Cuff is known for leather, but the dance floor brings in a decidedly less leathery crowd. The Cuff is ginormous: a twilight world with four bars, a few sec…
1533 13th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-323-1525
Capitol Hill
206-323-1525
Union
This gay bar and cocktail lounge comes from gay-bar-scene-dream-team Steve Nyman and Nathan Benedict (former owners of Inside Passage and Thumper’s) and …
1009 E Union St
Seattle
206-328-1318
Seattle
206-328-1318
Diesel
Diesel has “bears, bikers, bubbas, buddies, and bad-ass bartenders.”
1413 14th Ave
Central District
206-322-1080
Central District
206-322-1080
Changes Tavern
A dart's toss from UW and the only gay bar in Wallingford, Changes Tavern has made a life calling of gathering disparate folks with one thing in common into a …
2103 N 45th St
Wallingford
545-8363
Wallingford
545-8363
The Swallow
Innuendos abound at this cheeky sailor-themed LGBTQ bar in the former space of The Company Store, which comes courtesy of Marcus Wilson (the co-creator and for…
9608 16th Avenue SW
White Center
206-257-0217
White Center
206-257-0217
The Lumber Yard Bar
Owned by couple Nathan Adams and Michale Farrar, this friendly, all-inclusive lumber-themed LGBTQ bar in White Center features music, drag performances, and ka…
9619 16th Ave SW
White Center
(206) 695-2007
White Center
(206) 695-2007
Rickshaw Restaurant and Lounge
A longtime favorite loungy dive in Greenwood, the Rickshaw features excellent nightly karaoke (beginning at 9 o'clock), a Monday-night tarot specialist (6 to 9…
322 N 105th St
Bitter Lake
206-789-0120
Bitter Lake
206-789-0120
Jakes on Fourth
A scruffy gay bar such as they don't make anymore.
311 4th Ave E
Historic District
360-956-3247
Historic District
360-956-3247
