#509 - The Bahia Cabana, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 10/5/2006

Fun. I've only been there during Hukilau tiki events so it's been wild when I've been there, but the gals working the bar lead me to believe it's a swell place generally.

#508 - DiVino, Seattle (Ballard) - 9/1/2006

Update:  Closed 2010

A growing number of wine bars was all but inevitable with Ballard's changing demographics. This swanky, modernist bar opened five days ago and is a nice stop on a crawl down Ballard Ave.

Est. Aug. 27, 2006 - Closed 2010 - Building constructed: 1904 (Kutzner Block)
5310 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 - (206) 297-0143
divinoseattle.com - seattletimes - yelp

#507 - Hooverville, Seattle - 8/25/2006

Very pleasant and comfortable bar, with the casual hip and historical feel of SoDo bars.

1721 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134 - (206) 264-2428
Est. 2005 - Building constucted: 1927
Previous bars at this location: None known
hoovervillebar.com - facebook - thestranger - yelp

#506 - Dukes - Alki, Seattle - 8/25/2006

Update: Dukes Alki closed April 3, 2025

Dependable seafood, a great evening on the upper patio with the calypso/reggae band playing and the smell of fire pits drifting in from the beach.

2516 Alki Avenue Southwest Seattle, Washington 98116 - (206) 937-6100
Est. 2001 - Building constructed: 1995
dukeschowderhouse.com

#505 - White Eagle Saloon, Portland - 6/23/2006

White Eagle Saloon, Portland, OR - c.1905

White Eagle Saloon - One of Portland's oldest bars, now in familiar McMenamins decor and hosting some well known names in folk and blues type musical artists. "Famous for its nightly live music tradition and unlikely truths of record-breaking tequila consumption, ladies of the evening, Shanghai tunnels and residents of a rather more spectral nature ...," it's said to be not only haunted by hostile to psychics. I can state uneqivocably that my psychic powers were NOT effective in the place.






836 N Russell St, Portland, OR 97227 - (503) 282-6810
Est. 1905
Articles: beerchaser

#504 - Über, Seattle (Aurora) - 7/2/2006

A nifty, tiny little bar with a large selection of mostly German beers on tap and a 3-page list of bottles. The name comes from their positioning as an affordable source of cases and kegs of quality beer. A small space but with a gas fire in the middle of one table and bartenders careful to serve various brews in the correct style of glass. For beer connoiseurs, a nice addition to small but mighty Duck Island, and a 4th fun bar in this small area on Aurora just north of Greenlake.

7517 Aurora Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103-4747 - (206) 782-2337
Est. June 26, 2006 - Building constructed: 1920
uberbier.com - slashfood - beer advocate - yelp - the stranger - seattleweekly - seattle weekly

#503 - Legends Bar (Rock n Roll Pizza), Portland - 6/3/2006

This bar is behind chain link fence from the main room of Rock'n'Roll Pizza, the unlikely-named metal central of PDX. On at least this night, the boys had far more make-up than the girls, and the girls far more tattoos than the boys.