Green Room
The Showbox's side bar, the Green Room, is a comfortable place to hang out before your show starts. They have smaller touring acts play there a few times a mo…
1426 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-628-3151
Pike Place Market
206-628-3151
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The Pike Pub at Pike Brewing Company
Despite the swarms of tourists encircling its Pike Place Market location and the mountains of beer kitsch inside their bar, locals should be visiting this land…
1415 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
Comet Tavern
The Comet’s done a fine job of getting people drunk since 1948. More recently—for a long time—it was a place to see hearing-impairing punk bands, get beer spil…
922 E Pike St
Seattle
206-322-9272
Seattle
206-322-9272
Owl N' Thistle Irish Pub
The Owl N’ Thistle is a dark and cozy, family-owned Irish pub with lovely brick walls, antique multipane windows, and shelves filled with elegant-looking books…
808 Post Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-621-7777
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-621-7777
Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub
This cozy Irish pub run by the McAleese family has been a favorite for more than three decades. The building was originally the Butterworth & Sons mortuary, an…
1916 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-728-1916
Pike Place Market
206-728-1916
The Chieftain
The Chieftain is another Irish-themed pub from the couple who own Finn MacCool's in the U-District and McGilvra's in Madison Park. The name is not about neighb…
908 12th Ave
Central District
206-324-4100
Central District
206-324-4100
The Butcher's Table
The Butcher's Table is the latest venture from Beecher's Handmade Cheese king Kurt Beecher Dammeier, and focuses on gorgeous, high-quality steaks. Case in poin…
2121 Westlake Ave
Belltown
206-209-5990
Belltown
206-209-5990
Central Saloon
This is Seattle's oldest bar, and it knows how to party.
207 First Ave S #1
Pioneer Square
206-622-0209
Pioneer Square
206-622-0209
Buckley's in Belltown
Belltown party spot Buckley's has self-service beer. WOO!
2331 Second Ave
Belltown
206-588-8879
Belltown
206-588-8879
Hopvine Pub
The Hopvine is a nice, low-key neighborhood gathering place for the hale, Northwesty set, with a good selection of specialty craft brews. The menu focuses on h…
507 15th Ave E
Seattle
206-328-3120
Seattle
206-328-3120
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar is a slick-looking hybrid of a cafe, Ethiopian restaurant, burger joint, sports bar, dessert place, and karaoke/live jazz venue in…
1800 S Jackson St
Central District
206-538-0044
Central District
206-538-0044
Keys on Main
You should already know whether you're the kind of person who would love or hate a sing-along, comedic, cah-razy dueling-piano bar, and if you would love it, K…
11 Roy St
Uptown
206-270-4444
Uptown
206-270-4444
SUR
SUR is described as "Latin Fused." It is mainly a private event space, open to the public only on Friday and Saturday after 9 p.m.
2901 1st Ave S
SoDo
206-682-1292
SoDo
206-682-1292
Skylark Cafe & Club
Serving up plenty of traditional American food (chicken strips, mac 'n' cheese, chicken fried steak, sandwiches), weekend brunch, drinks, and rock 'n' roll.
3803 Delridge Way SW
West Seattle
206-935-2111
West Seattle
206-935-2111
Cafe Allegro
Cafe Allegro, reportedly the city's oldest espresso bar, is located in an alleyway behind Magus Books, another great and longstanding establishment in the Univ…
4214 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633-3030
Northeast Seattle
206-633-3030
Kate's Pub
An unpretentious bar decorated with photos of Kates/Cates of every stripe. Their happy hour is GREAT (half off all food!).
309 NE 45th St
Wallingford
206-547-6832
Wallingford
206-547-6832
Sea Monster Lounge
The Sea Monster Lounge is dark and blue-green, but not aggressively so; this dark blue-greenness is accomplished simply with strands of Christmas lights of dee…
2202 N 45th St
Wallingford
206-992-1120
Wallingford
206-992-1120
Sureshot Cafe
Dominic Holden says, "The coffee here is pretty much the best, and their punk rock thing reminds me of the Black Cat, Puss-Puss, the Globe, and other much-miss…
4505 University Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-632-3100
Northeast Seattle
206-632-3100
Serendipity
Rejoice or be warned: This place is (probably literally) crawling with non-adults—the two Magnolia moms that run it included a play area. On the menu: pancakes…
3222 W McGraw St
Southeast Magnolia
206-282-9866
Southeast Magnolia
206-282-9866
