Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DANCE CLUBS
Bada Lounge
If Swedish modern, molded plastic, and techno are your scene,
this place is for you. With its retro-futurist decor and wall of monitors project-
ing video wallpaper, this club/restaurant is as stylin' as they come here in Seat-
tle. The white-on-white decor is calculated to make people in black look their
very best. Early in the evening, this is a pan-Asian restaurant, and later on there's
dancing to DJ-driven dance tracks.
2230 First Ave.
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206/374-8717.
Club Medusa
Located just a couple of blocks from Pike Place Market, this
dance club affects a Roman/Greek ruins decor and, with its bouncer in a suit
and tie, is a big hit with the young, fashion-conscious scene-makers from the
Belltown clubs a few blocks away. This club is open Thursday through Saturday
only.
2218 Western Ave.
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206/448-8887.
Cover free to $15.
Contour
Located a few blocks up First Avenue from Pioneer Square, this mod-
ern dance club attracts a more diverse crowd than most Pioneer Square clubs. The
music ranges from deep house to trance to drum-and-base, and the partying on Fri-
days and Saturdays goes on until 8am. Laser light shows, fire dancers—this joint is
one wild party!
807 First Ave.
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206/447-7704.
www.clubcontour.com. Cover $5-$10
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THE BAR & PUB SCENE
BARS
The Waterfront
Restaurant 67 Bar
If you get any closer to the water, you'll have wet feet.
Located inside downtown Seattle's only waterfront hotel, this bar boasts what
just might be the best bar view in the city. Watch the ferries come and go, or see
the sun set over Puget Sound and the Olympics.
In The Edgewater Hotel, Pier 67, 2411
Alaskan Way.
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206/728-7000.
Downtown
The Bookstore—a Bar
Located just off the lobby of the posh Alexis Hotel,
this cozy little bar is—surprise—filled with books. There are plenty of interest-
ing magazines on hand as well, so if you want to sip a single malt and smoke a
cigar but don't want to deal with crowds and noise, this is a great option. Very
classy.
In the Alexis Hotel, 1007 First Ave.
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206/382-1506.
McCormick & Schmick's
The mahogany paneling and sparkling cut glass
lend this restaurant bar a touch of class, but otherwise the place could have been
the inspiration for
Cheers.
Very popular as an after-work watering hole of Seat-
tle moneymakers, McCormick & Schmick's is best known for its excellent and
inexpensive happy-hour snacks.
1103 First Ave.
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206/623-5500.
Oliver's
Maybe you've seen one too many places that claim to make the best
martini and you're dubious. Here at Oliver's they've repeatedly put their martinis
to the test and come out on top. The atmosphere is classy and the happy-hour
appetizers are good, but in the end, only you can decide whether or not these mar-
tinis are the best in Seattle.
In the Mayflower Park Hotel, 405 Olive Way.
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206/623-8700.
Belltown
Axis
This is where it all begins most nights for the black-clad crowds of ultra-
hip Seattle scenesters who crowd the sidewalks and bars of Belltown on week-
end nights. Get here early enough and maybe you'll even snag one of the coveted
sidewalk tables. If you're too late, don't worry: The front walls roll up and there's
still the second row. It's a serious singles scene with good food.
2214 First Ave.
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206/441-9600.
