Seattle's Greatest Dive Bar?
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The Duchess
That dude never grew up camping. Was the first time he ever took a "non indoor" plumbing #2 in his (post diapers) life. We still make fun of the guy to this day.dflea said:
lmaoYellowSnow said:
I was there in the late 90s with a teammate. The dude had to pinch a loaf real bad and proceeds to the stall which at the Duchess is basically zero privacy. Some drunken frat guy walks and in and say "bro - worst place ever to take a shit!".DerekJohnson said:
When I've urinated at The Duchess I've wondered what kind of bacterial growth was affixing itself to the bottom of my shoes.YellowSnow said:
The Duchess checks all the boxes...TurdBomber said:
There. BTW, the old Buckaroo sign is in some bar in Georgetown, now. Saw it last weekend.YellowSnow said:
The Buckaroo was north of the ship canal.TurdBomber said:No love for the Alki Tavern or the Moon Temple Cocktail Lounge.
Bunch of North End Provincials on these boreds.
What's wrong with you people? Not even the Buckaroo.
That said, I was in the Blue Moon once with a hot lady friend who asked the bartender for a cleann ashtray, whereupon the gray haired dude grabbed the ashtray, dumped it on the floor, and tossed it back onto the table.
Now that's a fucking Dive for ya.
Also, how is the Duchess on this list? When I was in school, it was Greek as Fuck and clean as a whistle. Nothing but Cali College Sweatshirts and backwards "Cal" hats, to ensure I'd know the posers were from No Cal, as if I couldn't tell.
- OG Seattle Tavern which didn't serve spirits until well into the 2002's
- Shitty service from surely bartenders
- Narsty bathrooms - ever tried to take a dump at the Duchess?
- 80 year old furniture
That it's popular with college kids due to proximity doesn't make it a classy, non-divey type of establishment.
So my fren got stage fright and went outside somewhere to take a crap in the bushes. -
Pacific InnJust celebrated 12 years with the beard down in Seattle a couple of weekends ago. Waited for a restaurant table at what I thought was a pretty bitchin' dive bar. Was pleased to see the Pacific Inn was on this list.
I can probably top all cummers' bar shit horror stories, though: Thirsty Thursday is the big drinking day here--or used to be in ancient times when I was young and bar-hopping, and the migration was very predictable, as everyone would start the night at a local dive bar for $2 pitchers, then everyone would wander over to the local meat market/dance club for fifty-cent wells. The first and last Thirsty Thursday of every school quarter was always the craziest, as every person in their early twenties in town would all try piling into a single tiny bar. The line to get in would wrap around the block, the line to get to the bar and get a pitcher looked more like a mosh pit, and the bar would immediately run out of pitchers, leading to an "every man for himself" steal-a-dirty-pitcher-and-get-it-filled scenario.
What was also long was the line to the men's room, which was not only the filthiest bathroom I've seen in my life to this day, but featured only a small trough to the left and a sink and shitter to the right. There was no stall for the toilet, just a tiny divider wall between sink and toilet. The door to the bathroom... did not exist, so if you had to take a shit, everybody in that corner of the bar could pretty much see you doing it. And I had to take a shit suddenly. If I left for greener pastures, my night was over, as no way would I make it through the long-ass line to get back in again. So I made my way through the bathroom line and rounded the divider to the shitter.
Whole time I was blowing ass, dudes are rocking up and pissing in the sink right next to me while laughing at my predicament. I'm hearing people from well into the bar saying, "Holy fuck, somebody's actually taking a shit in there!" And afterward, I had to make the walk of shame past the bathroom line, with guys literally pointing and laughing.
/csb -
The Duchess
Shitty bathroom there at the PI. But the fish and chips are the best in Seattle.1to392831weretaken said:Just celebrated 12 years with the beard down in Seattle a couple of weekends ago. Waited for a restaurant table at what I thought was a pretty bitchin' dive bar. Was pleased to see the Pacific Inn was on this list.
I can probably top all cummers' bar shit horror stories, though: Thirsty Thursday is the big drinking day here--or used to be in ancient times when I was young and bar-hopping, and the migration was very predictable, as everyone would start the night at a local dive bar for $2 pitchers, then everyone would wander over to the local meat market/dance club for fifty-cent wells. The first and last Thirsty Thursday of every school quarter was always the craziest, as every person in their early twenties in town would all try piling into a single tiny bar. The line to get in would wrap around the block, the line to get to the bar and get a pitcher looked more like a mosh pit, and the bar would immediately run out of pitchers, leading to an "every man for himself" steal-a-dirty-pitcher-and-get-it-filled scenario.
What was also long was the line to the men's room, which was not only the filthiest bathroom I've seen in my life to this day, but featured only a small trough to the left and a sink and shitter to the right. There was no stall for the toilet, just a tiny divider wall between sink and toilet. The door to the bathroom... did not exist, so if you had to take a shit, everybody in that corner of the bar could pretty much see you doing it. And I had to take a shit suddenly. If I left for greener pastures, my night was over, as no way would I make it through the long-ass line to get back in again. So I made my way through the bathroom line and rounded the divider to the shitter.
Whole time I was blowing ass, dudes are rocking up and pissing in the sink right next to me while laughing at my predicament. I'm hearing people from well into the bar saying, "Holy fuck, somebody's actually taking a shit in there!" And afterward, I had to make the walk of shame past the bathroom line, with guys literally pointing and laughing.
/csb -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off....I’m very much a West Seattle guy so all my choices are West Seattle centric.
The Alki Tavern might’ve been my favorite all tim dive bar.
Pogies is somehow still in business despite massive gentrification in the junction.
I always The 5 Point was quite the dive bar.
And lastly, there’s a place called BeeZees in the Burien/Des Moines/Seatac area. -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off....
@huskyhooligan???!!!??DerekJohnson said:
Stage Fright in the bathroom stall. YikesYellowSnow said:
I was there in the late 90s with a teammate. The dude had to pinch a loaf real bad and proceeds to the stall which at the Duchess is basically zero privacy. Some drunken frat guy walks and in and say "bro - worst place ever to take a shit!".DerekJohnson said:
When I've urinated at The Duchess I've wondered what kind of bacterial growth was affixing itself to the bottom of my shoes.YellowSnow said:
The Duchess checks all the boxes...TurdBomber said:
There. BTW, the old Buckaroo sign is in some bar in Georgetown, now. Saw it last weekend.YellowSnow said:
The Buckaroo was north of the ship canal.TurdBomber said:No love for the Alki Tavern or the Moon Temple Cocktail Lounge.
Bunch of North End Provincials on these boreds.
What's wrong with you people? Not even the Buckaroo.
That said, I was in the Blue Moon once with a hot lady friend who asked the bartender for a cleann ashtray, whereupon the gray haired dude grabbed the ashtray, dumped it on the floor, and tossed it back onto the table.
Now that's a fucking Dive for ya.
Also, how is the Duchess on this list? When I was in school, it was Greek as Fuck and clean as a whistle. Nothing but Cali College Sweatshirts and backwards "Cal" hats, to ensure I'd know the posers were from No Cal, as if I couldn't tell.
- OG Seattle Tavern which didn't serve spirits until well into the 2002's
- Shitty service from surely bartenders
- Narsty bathrooms - ever tried to take a dump at the Duchess?
- 80 year old furniture
That it's popular with college kids due to proximity doesn't make it a classy, non-divey type of establishment.
So my fren got stage fright and went outside somewhere to take a crap in the bushes. -
The Duchess
West Seattle is basically like a trip to Tacoma for me. I hardly ever went there.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:I’m very much a West Seattle guy so all my choices are West Seattle centric.
The Alki Tavern might’ve been my favorite all tim dive bar.
Pogies is somehow still in business despite massive gentrification in the junction.
I always The 5 Point was quite the dive bar.
And lastly, there’s a place called BeeZees in the Burien/Des Moines/Seatac area. -
So you see what I mean by "provincial?"YellowSnow said:
West Seattle is basically like a trip to Tacoma for me. I hardly ever went there.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:I’m very much a West Seattle guy so all my choices are West Seattle centric.
The Alki Tavern might’ve been my favorite all tim dive bar.
Pogies is somehow still in business despite massive gentrification in the junction.
I always The 5 Point was quite the dive bar.
And lastly, there’s a place called BeeZees in the Burien/Des Moines/Seatac area.
Take heart that you're not alone. Many in Seattle don't know shit about what exists beyond their pod.
Columbia and Hillman Cities say "Hi." South Park and Allentown say "Hola!" -
The Duchess
I rarely go east of downtown White Wakanda. Just a bunch of juniper and pours that hate Cali fags and Seattle Diaspora.TurdBomber said:
So you see what I mean by "provincial?"YellowSnow said:
West Seattle is basically like a trip to Tacoma for me. I hardly ever went there.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:I’m very much a West Seattle guy so all my choices are West Seattle centric.
The Alki Tavern might’ve been my favorite all tim dive bar.
Pogies is somehow still in business despite massive gentrification in the junction.
I always The 5 Point was quite the dive bar.
And lastly, there’s a place called BeeZees in the Burien/Des Moines/Seatac area.
Take heart that you're not alone. Many in Seattle don't know shit about what exists beyond their pod.
Columbia and Hillman Cities say "Hi." South Park and Allentown say "Hola!"
P.S. I’ve drunk many pints at the Columbia City Alehouse despite being a provincial -
One thing I like about West Seattle is how Tacoma-like it is. No nonsense, hard drinkers, lots of pickup trucks and self-employed types. Slowly but surely getting pushed out and priced out by the skinny jean & fat girlfriend crowd, but still blue collar enough to relax and breathe.YellowSnow said:
West Seattle is basically like a trip to Tacoma for me. I hardly ever went there.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:I’m very much a West Seattle guy so all my choices are West Seattle centric.
The Alki Tavern might’ve been my favorite all tim dive bar.
Pogies is somehow still in business despite massive gentrification in the junction.
I always The 5 Point was quite the dive bar.
And lastly, there’s a place called BeeZees in the Burien/Des Moines/Seatac area.
Plus White Center and Georgetown bars are close by when I need that Fremont-in-the-90's feeling. -
The Duchess
I like Lenny’s. Owned my first house just down the street.TurdBomber said:Fuck this poll for not mentioning Lenny's in Wallingford/Tangletown. Sturdy Hells Angels type woman bartender in black motorcycle or concert T-shirts who went by "Rocky." Only a Class A dive could do that.
