Seattle
This microbrewery, in keeping with current trends, sells its wares via an attached tasting room rather than a full-blown pub. Not only is the beer divine …
Must-see nightlife in Washington
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Seattle
Even if Unicorn's circus theme doesn't exactly tickle your fancy, its commitment to the spectacle makes it worth a visit. Cocktails like the Cereal Killer…
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Seattle
This fabulous neighborhood coffee bar in Fremont prefers to carefully select other people’s beans rather than roast its own, but chooses them with the…
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Seattle
Pony (in a repurposed car garage from the 1930s) is the type of gay bar that has reached a level of popularity where most denizens of Seattle's LGBTIQ+…
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Seattle
Purveyors of a damned fine cup o' coffee since 2000, Victrola, to its credit, has clung to its grassroots, maintaining only four cafes. You can ponder how…
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Seattle
Loved in equal measure for its no-nonsense walk-up stand on Broadway and this cafe (a large retro place with a beautiful Streamline Moderne counter),…
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Seattle
A legendary counterculture dive that first opened in 1934 to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition, Blue Moon makes much of its former literary patrons –…
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Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room
Seattle
This high church to the joys of coffee drinking is the antithesis of everything Starbucks-y that has gone before. It's Starbuck's attempt at going back to…
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Seattle
The beer at the promenade-adjacent Alki Beach location of this popular microbrewery is fantastic, but it's the experience of sitting on one of the many…
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Seattle
Elysian Brewing’s Immortal IPA personifies the strong, bitter ‘hop-forward’ beers that have become part of craft-beer folklore in the Pacific Northwest…
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Seattle
Homey, rustic, cozy, charming and classic all at once, Ferdinand serves locally sourced, Asian-inspired food cooked by fire and paired with a carefully…
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San Juan Islands
The location just off Mt Baker Rd near the airport makes this tiny brewery hard to find, but the locals sure know it's there – this is the place to go to…
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Seattle
Capitol Hill has lagged behind Fremont and Ballard beer-wise, but this encouragingly named brewery put froth back on the local pints when it opened in…
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Seattle
Rather than producing its own beer, Brouwer's stocks the brews of others – lots of them. Indeed, it, arguably, offers the finest beer selection in the…
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Seattle
Named for the 1832 law that legalized drinking in public bars and saloons, Tavern Law is one of Seattle's most sought-after high-end cocktail bars (they…
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Seattle
There’s a tug of loyalties with Stumptown, Portland’s coffee pioneers founded in 1999 by Duane Sorenson, who originally hails from Puyallup near Seattle…
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Seattle
The back patio here is an excellent place to observe the nocturnal habits of Hipsterus northwesticus. Linda’s is one of the few joints in town where you…
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Seattle
A bohemian beauty tucked away in the northern part of the U District, the Racer is an eclectic head-spinner full of crazy little details. It's known for…
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Seattle
During a 2014 renovation Capitol Hill's default old-world pub got rid of dark booths and the suit of armor that once guarded the door. These have been…
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Seattle
You could almost absorb the beer off the wallpaper in Seattle's oldest surviving pub: it's been serving since 1888, when the city was a youthful 37 years…
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Seattle
Continuing a tradition that began with the Pilgrim Fathers (who allegedly smuggled a barrel of cider onto the Mayflower), Schilling is at the forefront of…
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Seattle
A relative old-timer, Hale's was only the third microbrewery in Washington State when it opened in 1983. Its large, contemporary brewery and pub on the…
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Seattle
LGBTIQ+ travelers who prefer catching up over a plate of nachos to blasting EDM will want to post up at this congenial pub. It's known as a bar for bears …
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Seattle
A sibling to the Hilltop Ale House in Queen Anne, this is the kind of place that, if you lived nearby, you’d find yourself in several times a week. It’s…
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Seattle
Weekend cabaret performances, amateur strip shows, go-go boys and DJs – there’s something entertaining going on pretty much every night at this three…
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Seattle
Let's dispel a myth: it's this place, not Starbucks, that's the oldest functioning coffee bar in Seattle. Founded in 1975, it was a bona fide espresso bar…
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The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
This backdrop to Madison Beach is definitely more pub than bar and has a loyal local following of drinkers slapping on the after-sun lotion. You can get…
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The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
Owned by a local nonprofit (Black Power Unlimited), Cypher Cafe is on the 1st floor of Washington Hall and aims to function as a modern salon for the CD's…
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Seattle
Aside from its desirable coffee (home-roasted, of course), Zoka is the place to go for a marathon laptop session. Don't feel guilty about lingering: the…
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Seattle
This red-brick industrial hangout for scooterists and sport-bike riders has vintage motorcycles propped up in the windows, a hearty sandwich menu (around …
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Seattle
The best cider pub in Seattle is far more than a taproom for apple-infused alcoholic beverages – although the 20-item cider menu is, of course, a big…
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Seattle
One of the few places left in the area that still feels like old Seattle, the Lookout Bar & Grill sits on the edge of Capitol Hill with a close-up view of…
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Seattle
The laptop camper, the first-daters, the radical student, the homeless person, the dreamy philosopher, the business person on their way to work: watch the…
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Seattle
This coffee shop on 'the Ave' is large. It needs to be in order to accommodate the armies of laptop campers who seemingly descend here to churn out their…
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Seattle
If golf can qualify as a sport, then so can pinball. The game has become a popular dive-bar amenity and its popularity is exemplified in places such as…
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Seattle
This unironic U District dive is one of the few places in town where you can slug pitchers of cheap beer, shoot free pool and sing drunken karaoke on a…
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Seattle
If you want to enjoy a beer in Georgetown’s erstwhile redbrick Rainier beer factory, head to this minimalist taproom and microbrewery where old-fashioned…
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Seattle
The Comet 2.0 replaced the dirty, dive-y, older version in 2014 after a brief closure. While not as endearingly disheveled as its predecessor (yet), the…
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Seattle
No one can quite decide where this nano-brewery is located: some say Ballard, some say Fremont, some make up a new neighborhood for it, but most just…
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The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
A newish neighborhood pub in Madrona fashioned in the old British tradition with obvious nods to Seattle (local draft ales). It's run by an Irishman so…
