The official SIFF lounge is Boom Noodle on Capitol Hill. Having watched a number of them for reviewing purposes (including this little gem, and this one), I’m convinced that every SIFF film would benefit from a sake bomb or two, before and/or after (and some during). At the lounge, show your ticket stub any time of day and get $1 off beer and sakes, $3.75 well drinks, and $3.50 Sapporo sake bombs.
How can SIFF have an “official lounge” when its theaters are in Kirkland, West Seattle, Queen Anne and downtown, as well as on Capitol Hill?
Remember when, not so long ago, all SIFF theaters were on Capitol Hill, with maybe a splash of downtown? SIFF is still great but it lacks the intimacy of yore.