- Kelly O
- Dapper barkeep at Tavern Law.
Over in the Seattle Times news-paper, an article about “the hot new bar trend,” now with bonus hyphen.
Thanks to the resurgence of classic cocktails, we now have a new species of cocktail den lurking in the hippest neighborhoods.
But good luck finding them.
A GPS might help…
Already hot in San Francisco, Chicago and especially in New York City, where this trend started, these legal “speak-easies” are the new “it” thing in Seattle’s nightlife.
This week in The Stranger: an examination of Belltown’s (tiny, great) Bathtub Gin & Co. Last week: some obsessing about Capitol Hill’s Tavern Law and the whole nationwide speakeasy fad. And feel free to write your own damn review of Capitol Hill’s Knee High Stocking Co. since we haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Didn’t know about this place:
At Maxwell’s, a fine dining restaurant in Tacoma‘s historic Walker Building, a server punches a code into a keypad to open the mahogany panel that is actually a door hiding a bar. 454 St. Helen’s Ave., Tacoma (253-683-4115 or www.maxwells-tacoma.com).
Thank-you, Seattle Times!
I’ll just wait for dipshits to place them on Google Maps about ten blocks away from where they really are, like they do with every other kind of place these days.
Jesus…you have a hard-on for Seattle Times reporting lately. First the link to the Bruni article and now this. Are you the new “Times Critic” for SLOG?
Isn’t that a picture of the bartender who got shot at Serafina last Summer?
How can we have speakeasies if booze is legal? These numbnuts should go to Kabul if they want to drink on the sly.
I’ll just stick with getting a free beer at Moe Bar with the Washington Bus tonight from 6-8 pm, thanks.
It’s funny, because there are actual, honest-to-goodness illegal speakeasies (no hyphen) all over town, but of course nobody knows about them – particularly the press – because, well, that’s pretty much the point, isn’t it?
I predict the faux-speak-easy bar fad will burn out in about two years here in Seattle, to be replaced by the faux-post prohibition bar fad, followed closely by the faux-non-liquor-serving-tavern fad.
#4…the answer is “Hipster Douchebags”
Webster’s New World Dictionary spells it with the hyphen.
Well, then Webster’s is wrong.
Tell them to check out the OED and fix it.
@6 for the win (ironic I know, but there you have it)
Will, nobody pays attention to all your “for the win” comments. In fact it’s considered an embarrassment to the original commenter.
I haven’t seen petty jealousy like this since ECB ran that racket. Way to pick up the slack BJC!
you’re welcome
I predict the next Seattle hipster fad will be “milk bars,” where the milk will be served in saucers. Bring it on!
Perhaps @13, but will bowler hats, cod-pieces, Russian slang, and heavy eyeliner on only one eye come into fashion at the same time?
I don’t care what’s considered trendy, in New York or on Capitol Hill. Gimme a shot of Jameson’s and go fuck yourself.
Next up: Blind Pigs! (or “Blind-pigs”?) Best wishes.
@13, I vote for ironic donkey shows.
@13 – can we dress up in furry outfits, like cats and puppies?
Check out Muse’s latest vid for attack of the teddy bears.
@6 Unfortunately the press does find out about them.Like Eric Grandy writng articles about Cafe Unamerican and Egg Room a few years back.
This is one of the tackiest fads I’ve ever heard of.Let the yuppies feel hip acting like there being naughty in a controlled, legal environment.I’ll be at the actual after hours clubs that appear and disappear all over town.