Like other modern rooftop bars in major American cities, the Nest is overpriced and usually crowded with cliques of lawyers and PR executives. But the views of the downtown skyline rolling out along the Puget Sound with Mt Rainier visible in the distance on clear evenings make it well worth at least one drink.
It's at the top of the Thompson Seattle. Enter through the lobby and you'll be directed to the line for the elevator up to the bar.
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1. Corner & Sanitary Market Buildings
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A cavalcade of noise, smells, personalities, banter and urban theater sprinkled liberally around a spatially challenged waterside strip, Pike Place Market…
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