Description: Eternally popular with tourists, Lowell's is a trilevel bar and eatery located in Pike Place Market.

Decor: Slider rails for cafeteria trays, cavernous wooden booths, schmaltzy murals, glorious views of Puget Sound, nightmarish color combos (mauve and pine green).

Bread-bowl wonderments found at Lowell's: The chowder slider, a hollowed-out sourdough roll filled with clam chowder ($3 during happy hour).

Bread-bowl wonderments found elsewhere in the world, but not at Lowell's: The Fool's Gold Loaf, a hollowed-out loaf of Italian bread filled with smooth peanut butter, grape jelly, and fried bacon (said to be Elvis Presley's favorite treat).

Happy hours: Mon–Thurs 4–7 pm.

Happy-hour drink specials: $1 off drafts (Manny's, New Belgium's 2 Below Ale), $1 off wells.

Happy-hour food specials: $3 appetizers, such as the Papas Adovadas (seasoned french fries).