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punk bands but now sparkles enough to live up to its name. It hosts a variety of music,
film and theatrical performances.
LAVA LOUNGE
COCKTAIL BAR
( 206-441-5660; 2226 2nd Ave; 3pm-2am; 13)
This tiki-themed dive has games of
all kinds and over-the-top art on the walls (you can't miss the Mt St Helen's mural).
High-backed booths encourage all-night lingering.
BEDLAM
CAFE
(
www.bedlamite.com
;
2231 2nd Ave; 6am-8pm, to 9pm Fri & Sat; 13)
There's nothing
mad about Bedlam, unless you count the wall-mounted bicycle and the Space Needle
sculpture - made out of old junk - that guards the door. Welcome to a one-off coffee
bar with no pretensions and a low geek count that specializes in decent lattes and ultra-
thick slices of wholemeal toast loaded with peanut butter and jam.
FRONTIER ROOM
BAR
( 206-441-3377;
www.frontierroom.com
;
2203 1st Ave; to 2am Tue-Sat; 13)
Once an
old-school holdover from Belltown's gritty whiskey-drinkin' days, the Frontier Room
went through a phase of being colonized by frat boys and par-tay-ers - sort of a micro-
cosm of Belltown as a whole. It now seems to have calmed down some and is focused
on serving pretty good barbecue to the late-night crowd.
ROB ROY
COCKTAIL BAR
( 206-956-8423;
www.robroyseattle.com
; 2332 2nd Ave; 4pm-2am; 13)
A proper
cocktail lounge, Rob Roy is dignified yet comfortable - there's a long, dark bar and
sophisticated touches like cologne in the restroom, but there's also puffy wallpaper,
squishy leather couches and a boar's head and antlers on the wall.
TWO BELLS BAR & GRILL
PUB
( 206-441-3050; 2313 4th Ave; 11am-late Mon-Fri, 1pm-late Sat, 11:30am-late Sun; 13)
Flee the white-belt-and-skinny-jeans crowd and seek refuge in the Two Bells, a neigh-
borhood pub with the friendliest barkeeps in town and a familiar crew of regulars
