Seattle's Greatest Dive Bar?
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The Blue Moon
Natives refer to it as the Norf endYellowSnow said:
I like to rep the north of the ship canal.huskyhooligan said:Solid list from Thrillist.
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/seattle/best-dive-bars-in-seattle
Some very north end options on the list. Lenny's funny enough is or was owned by a retired history / gym teacher at Roosevelt. He and the old basketball / track coach used to be there and ogle the younger women. Can't blame them. Fizzy Izzy was fucking delicious. Some of the best tots I've ever had.
I feel like Linda's is a place where people who want to be edgy but aren't actually edgy go to drink. Edgy try hards.
Vote is for Blue Moon though. No place has the mix of shitty bands, mostly homeless clients, and underage drinkers a true dive bar should have.
Seattle is generally blessed by a good bar scene, with lots of options for all types. -
The Blue Moon
Some rise, to the occasion, some don't.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
@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. -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off....
I haven’t been to West Seattle since 2019 but I feel like the blue collar crowd isn’t there anymore except in a few locations.TurdBomber said:
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 Rez
That's too bad, the place could be a lot of fun, especially throwing darts after a few beers. When I was at UW, it was a regular post exam decompression tank for me and a number of my buddies. Threw a few back with some of my professors there as well. Still remember some interesting brews from there, Felinfoel being one I haven't had since.DerekJohnson said:
I never felt comfortable at the College Innhaie said:I would vote Blue Moon because it had that vintage dive bar customer service whereby the bartender would treat students like complete garbage.
One time right after I graduated I walked in and was so fucked up I just said "give me whatever your favorite beer is" and the old salty dude just rolled his eyes and shoved a bottle of Sierra Nevada at me. I respect that kind of "I hope this kid is driving so he can just roll right off of the the I-5 overpass" vibe.
College Inn wasn't a dive bar, it was like what you'd get if you've ever been to Estonia or some other pissed off Eastern European country, but it was my favorite and had a shit ton of pool tables too. -
The Duchess
I’ve only been there a few times. Most recently with @Laocoön . Pretty decent spot but we just never seemed to gravitate there in college.Southerndawg said:
That's too bad, the place could be a lot of fun, especially throwing darts after a few beers. When I was at UW, it was a regular post exam decompression tank for me and a number of my buddies. Threw a few back with some of my professors there as well. Still remember some interesting brews from there, Felinfoel being one I haven't had since.DerekJohnson said:
I never felt comfortable at the College Innhaie said:I would vote Blue Moon because it had that vintage dive bar customer service whereby the bartender would treat students like complete garbage.
One time right after I graduated I walked in and was so fucked up I just said "give me whatever your favorite beer is" and the old salty dude just rolled his eyes and shoved a bottle of Sierra Nevada at me. I respect that kind of "I hope this kid is driving so he can just roll right off of the the I-5 overpass" vibe.
College Inn wasn't a dive bar, it was like what you'd get if you've ever been to Estonia or some other pissed off Eastern European country, but it was my favorite and had a shit ton of pool tables too. -
The Duchess
first time I met dave samek was there in 1997Southerndawg said:
That's too bad, the place could be a lot of fun, especially throwing darts after a few beers. When I was at UW, it was a regular post exam decompression tank for me and a number of my buddies. Threw a few back with some of my professors there as well. Still remember some interesting brews from there, Felinfoel being one I haven't had since.DerekJohnson said:
I never felt comfortable at the College Innhaie said:I would vote Blue Moon because it had that vintage dive bar customer service whereby the bartender would treat students like complete garbage.
One time right after I graduated I walked in and was so fucked up I just said "give me whatever your favorite beer is" and the old salty dude just rolled his eyes and shoved a bottle of Sierra Nevada at me. I respect that kind of "I hope this kid is driving so he can just roll right off of the the I-5 overpass" vibe.
College Inn wasn't a dive bar, it was like what you'd get if you've ever been to Estonia or some other pissed off Eastern European country, but it was my favorite and had a shit ton of pool tables too. -
A lot of blue collar has given way to the inked up and pierced crowds. Black Dickies have replaced blue jeans in lots of places, too. But some of those black-pantsed guys and gals are plumbers, mechanics and carpenters, so the tradesmen and women are still here.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
I haven’t been to West Seattle since 2019 but I feel like the blue collar crowd isn’t there anymore except in a few locations.TurdBomber said:
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.
But the IT dorks have ruined a lot of places with their faggotry and ridiculous demand for yet another IPA, in bars that already served 20 of them. I don't understand the milquetoast crowd that consumes that shit, but to each their own, I guess. -
The Duchess
Nice greasy tavern burgers, if I recallYellowSnow said:
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.
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The Blue Moon
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Delicious Scotch Ale, brewed near Gorst. Unbeatable.
Perfect for Dive bars hovering along at 9.2% ABV.
