Seattle: Bars and clubs
Alibi Room 85 Pike St tel 206/623-3180. Swank martini bar tucked in a dramatic alley behind the Pike Street Market. Excellent food in café-type rooms upstairs, DJs spinning tunes on the dance floor downstairs, and a good selection of film scripts in the library.Comet Tavern 922 E Pike St, Capitol Hill tel 206/323-9853. The oldest bar on Capitol Hill, and a grunge institution, is not surprisingly a smoky dive and a bit of a rocker's hangout with pool tables.
Doc Maynard's Public House 610 1st Ave S tel 206/682-4649. Fun, restored 1890s Pioneer Square saloon popular with tourists and featuring live reggae, classic and alternative rock music.
Dutch Ned's Saloon 201 1st Ave S tel 206/340-8859. The main draw of this friendly Pioneer Square bar is the Seattle Slam poetry night on Wednesdays ($3), when raucous locals come to cheer their favorite frantic wordsmiths.
Linda's Tavern 707 E Pine St, Capitol Hill tel 206/325-1220. Immensely popular with musicians mainly for its jukebox stocked with classics and current indie rock acts. DJs also pop up several times a week.
Old Timer's Tavern 620 1st Ave S tel 206/623-9800. Narrow and crowded tavern with nightly blues and jazz acts.
Tractor Tavern 5213 Ballard Ave NW tel 206/789-3599. A popular music joint in Ballard with great character and especially good microbrewed beers.
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