#923 - Kushibar, Seattle - 10/6/2009

Update: Kushibar closed in October 2017

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2319 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98127 - (206) 448-2488
Est. 2008 - Closed Oct 2017 - Building constructed 1928
Previous bars in this location: None known
http://www.kushibar.com - seattle dining - the stranger - seattle times - seattle pi

#922 - La Vita É Bella, Seattle - 10/6/2009

2411 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 - (206) 441-5322
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#921 - 9 Million In Unmarked Bills, Seattle - 10/5/2009

The new place in the old Triangle location in Fremont has an inconsistently applied 30's gangster theme and a menu of interesting cocktails. The ones I tried didn't have quite the balance that Seattle's finest bartenders produce -- and I didn't try the John Dillinger (Bulliet Bourbon and a cigarette) -- but it's a step up, as is the very good food (I had the Caprese salad and the lamb sliders).

Historical notes:  This was the "Triangle Tavern by 1935 until 1986 (the listed address is slightly different in earlier years, but it is the same location).  It was the "Classic Tavern" in the latter 80s and 90s, and re-named the "Triangle Lounge" from 1998 through 2009.)  Building constructed in 1926.

3507 Fremont Place, Seattle, WA 98103 - (206) 632-0880
Est. 2009 - Building constructed: 1926 - Previously: Triangle Tavern, Classic Tavern, Triangle Lounge
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#920 - Sinners & Saints, Seattle (Fremont) - 10/5/2009

Update:  Sinners and Saints was closed and reopened as Woodsky's in Jan. 2011

Not a whole lot of good drinking choices and even fewer food choices, but it's very nice to look at.

303 N. 36th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 - (206) 547-1141
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#919 - The Cuff, Seattle (Capitol Hill) - 10/4/2009

(Brian P. photo -- The resemblance may not seem so remarkable in this pic as it was taken before I took my shirt off.)

So I went to The Cuff and had a Top Shelf Electric Ice Tea and I still didn't contract gay, as far as I can tell. I'm beginning to think that it doesn't spread quite as easily as Rev. Pat Robertson has led me to believe.

Anyway, I had an entirely inaccurate impression of The Cuff: I was thinking it was a relatively small, leather bar, and of course it's a large, varied, multilevel place (I guess that's why they call it the "Cuff Complex"). And I have it on good authority that the next time I get a Top Shelf Electric Ice Tea it should be from the back patio.

1533 13th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 - (206) 323-1525
Est. March 23, 1993
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#918 - Pony, Seattle (Capitol Hill) - 10/4/2009

Pony is like a gay "Cha Cha" -- a bar designed from day one to be a dive (although one of our party repeatedly insisted it was not a dive but rather a "shanty"). As nouveau dives go, it's a fairly good one, with its odd angles giving it character and its ship-like patio giving it an odd sense of command of Capitol Hill.

1221 E Madison St., Seattle, WA 98122
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#917 - Hamburger Harry's, Seattle (Ballard) - 10/3/2009

Hamburger Harry's closed in late 2013

2409 NW Market St., Seattle, WA 98138 - (206) 297-8000
Est. 2008 - Closed Sep or Oct 2014 - Building constructed 1950
Previous bars in this location: Sea Breeze
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