Here’s an excellent expedition for a sunny day: Meet up with a friend and take a long stroll to Earl’s in the University District, which has been helping folks get tipsy for the past 20 years. Get your drinks at the bar and take them to the open-air window covered with wire fencing. You can watch the college kids walk by, smell the fresh air, and relearn to love life. Last time I was at Earl’s, a young man with sunglasses and a dreamy expression wafted past on the sidewalk, offering strangers hits from a joint and saying, “Man, I love Seattle.” Sit at Earl’s long enough, and you’ll love Seattle, too. (Earl’s on the Ave, 4333 University Way NE, 525-4493, 11 am–2 am, 21+)
Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua.... More by Brendan Kiley
Please, people: just say no to Algerian font.
The new Earl’s is nothing compared to the old one. But it will have to do, won’t it? The drinks are the same, even if the vibe is not. Cheap and harder than my teeth.
A nice day is wasted on the U District.
How much did earl’s have to pay for this to be written? Seriously, this is the most bro’ed out, terrible places to drink outside of a frat basement. Thumbs down!
Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew.
@4 I was in a fraternity and I kinda agree with you. One of the bouncers there is a psycho.