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Bars where Pete has had a drink
Sunday, October 26, 2008
#719 - Holy Mountain, Seattle - 10/25/2008
A great, underground, happening scene that I haven't seen in Seattle in many years.
#717 - Cafe Racer, Seattle (U-District) - 10/25/2008
Update: Cafe Racer closed October 18, 2017
Just the sort of quirky, artsy, weird little joint to wake up the neighborhood. There's hope for the U-District. Suffice it to say that when these guys took the stage:
They said of the previous act, "They're weird!"
Cafe Racer also features the Official Bad Art Museum of Art (OBAMA) room, curated by Jo and Marlowe.
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 - (206) 523-5282
Est. 2005 - Closed Oct 18, 2017 - Building constructed 1925
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: caferacerseattle.com - facebook
Articles: thestranger - seattlemet - mynorthwest - eater - komo - king5 - kiro7 - yelp - tripadvisor - wikipedia (murders)
Just the sort of quirky, artsy, weird little joint to wake up the neighborhood. There's hope for the U-District. Suffice it to say that when these guys took the stage:
They said of the previous act, "They're weird!"
Cafe Racer also features the Official Bad Art Museum of Art (OBAMA) room, curated by Jo and Marlowe.
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA |
Drew Keriakedes - RIP Schmootzi |
Est. 2005 - Closed Oct 18, 2017 - Building constructed 1925
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: caferacerseattle.com - facebook
Articles: thestranger - seattlemet - mynorthwest - eater - komo - king5 - kiro7 - yelp - tripadvisor - wikipedia (murders)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
#711 - The Grey Parrot Brewpub, Long Beach, WA - 9/27/2008
This is a charming little place where Phil and his wife brew beers and serve food in a double wide mobile home filled with souvenirs from his travels, and marked by his home carved signs out front.
Est. July 4, 2005
Grey Parrot Brewpub, Long Beach, Washington |
#707 - Doc's Tavern, Ocean Park WA - 9/26/2008
This and the Grey Parrot Brewpub are my favorite bars on the peninsula. It's a big place, an old place, stocked with history and personality and personalities. I have no primary source data on the history of the bar, but long-time owner Don Sheldon recently penned a colorful history for a calendar, a copy of which is now posted conveniently above the urinals in the mens room next to a centerfold of "Miss September":
"In 1933, at the urging of Roy E. Sheldon and Ralph Osborn, Art Matthews decided to start a tavern in Ocean Park. The trio traveled to Olympia to get a license and a tavern known as "The Whalebone" was established at this sight [sic]. The name came from the fact that dead whales which had washed up on the beach, were buried under what is now the northwest section of the tavern. Art opened at 12 noon on the 4th of July 1933, and closed an hour later at 1:00 P.M. to go to a local ball game.
Doc's Tavern, Ocean Park, WA |
Art didn't give up. He had a new building built at the site, which was the old Richfield Station (now Jack's Country Store's new addition). The Tavern, complete, including labor and materials, cost $744.00. He renamed it "Arts" and operated it until 1944, then sold it to A.W. "Doc" Watson.
Doc's Tavern, in business for 79 years, is the oldest tavern or bar in our area, as the liquor license was purchased immediately following the repeal of prohibition.* There have been only three owners, which is nearly unheard of in the liquor industry. Art Matthews, the first; A.W. "Doc" Watson was the second and although he passed on, is a legend in local tavern history; the third, Don Sheldon, Doc's grandson, is carrying on the family business and had the opportunity to share many years in close relationship with Doc Watson.
Before the building housing Doc's Tavern was a tavern, it had many uses. An ice cream parlor (from which the stools you sit on still exist), beauty shop, W.W.I. recruiting office, pool hall, restaurant, bakery, real estate office, antique shop, and gas station. The tavern is actually 5 buildings under one roof and the oldest section was built in 1883. There is an example of the foundation with iron nails and hand carved dowels connecting the corner. This was discovered as we replaced the foundation.
Doc's Tavern, Ocean Park, WA |
In 1976, Don Sheldon began working at "Arts" under the guidance of Doc Watson, and in 1979, was hired as a manager of the tavern. Doc died on April 16, 1980, while enjoying his favorite pastime, fishing. Don Sheldon then purchased "Arts" and renamed it "Doc's Tavern" in Doc's memory....
Your friend Don Sheldon"
*Very small nit here: The 21st amendment and the repeal of prohibition actually became effective only on December 5, 1933. However, it is still possible that a (legal) tavern was opened July 4 of that year as it was actually the Beer and Wine Revenue Act, effective April 7 of that year, that allowed the legal flow of beer taps to resume.
Est. 1980 - Building constructed: 1883 (oldest section)
Previous bars in this location: The Whalebone, Art's
Web site: facebook
Articles: yelp - chinookobservor - tripadvisor
Sunday, September 21, 2008
#703 - Juju, Seattle (Belltown) - 3/19/2008
Juju - 2224 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA |
Est. 2008 - Closed Nov. 2012 - Building constructed 1911
#702 - The Polar Bar, (Arctic Club Hotel) Seattle - 3/19/2008
seattletimes - thestranger - gastrolust - cornichon
#701 - The Crimson C, Seattle (downtown) - 3/19/2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
#700 - Ama Ama Oyster Bar, Seattle (West Seattle) - 9/4/2008
Update: Ama Ama closed in 2009
The most swank bar in Seattle -- absolutely beautiful everywhere you look, like a living Shag painting.
Try the: Starrlight
4752 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116 (map)
Est. 2007 - Closed 2009 - Building constructed: 1910
Previous bars at this location: Guppy's West, Ovio Bistro
Subsequent bars at this location: Table 35, A Terrible Beauty
(ama-amaseattle.com - facebook - yelp - Seattle PI)
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