Yet another of Portland's many likeable neighborhood pubs.
2221 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 - Phone: (503) 445.4600
marysue - mercury - yelp - barfly
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
#906 - Hawthorne Hideaway, Portland- 9/25/2009
Yet another of Portland's many likeable neighborhood pubs.
2221 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 - Phone: (503) 445.4600
marysue - mercury - yelp - barfly
#904 - 4th Ave. Ale House, Olympia, WA - 9/25/2009
The VIP section?210 4th Ave E., Olympia, WA 98501-1105 - (360) 786-1444
Previous bars at this location: Rudy's, Pizza Pete Tavern, Wimpy's Tavern
the4thave.com/ - weekly volcano - yelp - beermapping
Monday, September 28, 2009
#903 - Spar Cafe, Olympia, WA - 9/25/2009
Built in 1935 and run by the McWain family since 1945, this is now a McMenamins. People in the Seattle and Portland areas will know what that means -- a historic building with a pretty fine remodeling job, modest art, a good selection of beers they brew themselves, and reliably good food. Some of the decorating can get to look a little formulaic, but I'll take it to preserve all these great old spaces.The drunken longshoremen at the Spar have been replaced by polite company and pols, but the orginal art moderne sign is still looking great out front, and the bar, the wood, the photos, and paintings of the crew all speak of good faith to the history of the place.
114 4th Ave E., Olympia, WA 98501 - (360) 357-6444
web site - history - yelp
#901 - Lockspot Cafe, Seattle (Ballard) - 9/22/2009
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| Lockspot Cafe, Ballard, Seattle, WA |
yelp - seattle weekly - the stranger - nw source
Sunday, September 20, 2009
#900 - Gossips Club, London (Soho) - May 1990
When I first started this project with a list of every bar I could clearly remember having a drink in, my poor memory confined the list to those in areas with which I am familiar. I couldn't recall the name of any bar I'd been to in Rome or Florence, nor any pub in London, cafe in Paris, or cantina in Mexico. But I finally realized that I could track down at least one club, because we went there for a special reason.
The Batcave, once frequented by the likes of Robert Smith, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie Sioux, is widely recognized as the birthplace of what we now call the "goth" scene. It was hard to find and what we didn't realize until we found it was that the Batcave was actually not the club itself, but an event that once ran Tuesday nights at Gossips Club. The night we went to Gossips was some kind of gay theme, and though a few people in the line made it clear they didn't welcome a clearly hetero couple, we did at least get to see the club (which apparently closed just this year).
69 Dean St., Soho, London, W1D 3SG (corner of Meard and Dean)
urban75 - batcave wikipedia - batcave reunion @ club antichrist - Specimen live @ Batcave (video)
The Batcave, once frequented by the likes of Robert Smith, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie Sioux, is widely recognized as the birthplace of what we now call the "goth" scene. It was hard to find and what we didn't realize until we found it was that the Batcave was actually not the club itself, but an event that once ran Tuesday nights at Gossips Club. The night we went to Gossips was some kind of gay theme, and though a few people in the line made it clear they didn't welcome a clearly hetero couple, we did at least get to see the club (which apparently closed just this year).
69 Dean St., Soho, London, W1D 3SG (corner of Meard and Dean)
urban75 - batcave wikipedia - batcave reunion @ club antichrist - Specimen live @ Batcave (video)
Saturday, September 19, 2009
#899 - Montlake Ale House, Seattle - 9/17/2009
Update: Montlake Ale House closed in December 2013
2307 24th Avenue E., Seattle, WA 98112 - (206) 726-5968
Est. 2004 - Closed Dec 2013
Previous bars at this address: Grady's Pub, Jilly's East, Bleachers
montlakealehouse.net - seattle pi - yelp
Friday, September 18, 2009
#897 - The Greedy Pig, Vancouver, BC - 9/14/2009
307 Cordova Street West, Vancouver, BC V6B 1E5, Canada - (604) 669-4991
thegreedypig.ca - vancouver slop - martini boys - yelp
#896 - The Red Room, Vancouver, BC 9/13/2009
398 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 4Y2, Canada - (604) 687-5007
redroomonrichards.com - descent - descent facebook - clubzone - yelp
redroomonrichards.com - descent - descent facebook - clubzone - yelp
#895 - The Space Lounge, Vancouver, BC - 9/13/2009
1149 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
V6Z 1M1, Canada
(604) 568-7842
spacelounge.ca
martini boys
yelp
clubzone
Thursday, September 17, 2009
#893 - Club 23 West, Vancouver, BC - 9/12/2009
23 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1C8 - 604-662-3277
club23.ca - sin city myspace - sin city facebook - gothic bc photos
clubzone - yelp - flickr
club23.ca - sin city myspace - sin city facebook - gothic bc photos
clubzone - yelp - flickr
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
#889 - Spur Gastropub, Seattle (downtown) - 9/10/2009
Update: Spur closed on April 14, 2016
Spur is a fairly average looking bar with no really outstanding physical personality. But what makes it one of my highest recommendations is that every frickin' cocktail and every damn food item I've ever tried there has been fantastic. It's neither super pricey nor cheap, but if you go at Happy Hour (5-7pm Sun-Thurs, 11pm-1:30am Mon-Sat) you can get a couple dishes of some of the better food you've ever had and two or three really interesting and tasty cocktails for around $40. You won't know how great a deal that is until you actually taste it.
113 Blanchard, Seattle, WA 98121 - (206) 728-6706
Est. 2008 - Closed April 14, 2016 - Building constructed 1927
spurseattle.com - blog - facebook
seattle times - seattle weekly - yelp - maureen clancy - starchefs - the stranger
Spur is a fairly average looking bar with no really outstanding physical personality. But what makes it one of my highest recommendations is that every frickin' cocktail and every damn food item I've ever tried there has been fantastic. It's neither super pricey nor cheap, but if you go at Happy Hour (5-7pm Sun-Thurs, 11pm-1:30am Mon-Sat) you can get a couple dishes of some of the better food you've ever had and two or three really interesting and tasty cocktails for around $40. You won't know how great a deal that is until you actually taste it.
113 Blanchard, Seattle, WA 98121 - (206) 728-6706
Est. 2008 - Closed April 14, 2016 - Building constructed 1927
spurseattle.com - blog - facebook
seattle times - seattle weekly - yelp - maureen clancy - starchefs - the stranger
Monday, September 07, 2009
#887 - Al's Tavern, Seattle - 9/6/2009
Okay, I'm knocking off two bars that I was 95% sure I'd been to before a few times, but wasn't certain until I verified them from inside. Al's has been around since 1940, and has a classic, neighborhood bar, poorly rendered but oozing with local personality mural on the back wall. It's a quite pleasant neighborhood dive.
Est. 1940 (also listed as Smithy's Tavern that year)
2303 N 45th St., Seattle, WA 98103 - 206-545-9959
seattle weekly - citysearch - yelp - the stranger
Est. 1940 (also listed as Smithy's Tavern that year)
2303 N 45th St., Seattle, WA 98103 - 206-545-9959
seattle weekly - citysearch - yelp - the stranger
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