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MAR 3, 2011


RView FOOD & DRINK / BOOZE / VIEW
RView

The Space Needle had a bar, but the people who own it ruin everything. The Cloud Room also was dispatched to heaven. For drinking in the sky now, there's just RView. It's on the 28th floor of the Marriott Renaissance, and it's got all the charms of a corporate hotel lounge: wall-to-wall carpeting, bad art, business travelers who move to tables farther away if you laugh too loud. The happy-hour food is practically free and still not worth it. The name conjures an unholy union of R Place and Harborview. But RView is embedded amid downtown's skyscrapers. Between two tall buildings, the sun sets on Puget Sound. Between two more, you can see, improbably, the Space Needle. Here, a well drink tastes better, and the city looks more citylike, than ever before. (RView, 515 Madison St, 28th Floor, 583-0300, 4–11 pm, 21+) by Bethany Jean Clement

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Free Lunch 1
Why does Seattle close all its top-floor bars? There also used to be a great restaurant/bar (Mirabeau, I think - unrelated to the former lounge on lower Queen Anne) which sat on the top floor of the Seafirst Plaza building. Fantastic views.

There should be a law that when you build a skyscraper, the top floor MUST be a restaurant.
Posted by Free Lunch on March 3, 2011 at 11:40 AM · Report
Free Lunch 2
Oh, and just slightly off topic - did you know there's a Starbucks on the 40th floor of the Columbia Tower? I think that needs to be added to my tour for the relatives.
Posted by Free Lunch on March 3, 2011 at 11:44 AM · Report
Westlake, son! 3
Awesome! The Hilton also has a sky bar/restaurant.

Posted by Westlake, son! on March 3, 2011 at 11:46 AM · Report
kitschnsync 4
The happy-hour food is practically free and still not worth it.

So true. The taco bar is revolting.
Posted by kitschnsync on March 3, 2011 at 12:08 PM · Report
Will in Seattle 5
@2 that used to be one of my fave places when I worked there.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on March 3, 2011 at 1:13 PM · Report
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@3: No kidding! Have to check it out. Thanks!
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on March 3, 2011 at 1:23 PM · Report
kk in seattle 7
@3/6: Unfortunately, it closes at 2:00 p.m.. (Yes, p.m., not a.m.) What's up with that?
Posted by kk in seattle on March 3, 2011 at 2:25 PM · Report
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@7: Good lord, 2 p.m. isn't even a time! No wonder no one's ever been there.
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on March 3, 2011 at 3:25 PM · Report

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