Perched at the north end of Post Alley in the Pike Place Market, the Pink Door hosts a daily happy hour rich with gourmet treats at budget prices. Among the $5 offerings: rigatoni with marinara and meatballs; pizza topped with seasonal basil pesto, artichoke hearts, pancetta, and mozzarella; and black-olive tapenade spread on rustic bread. As for intoxicants, happy hour brings $2 draft beer (Manny’s, Imperial IPA, Hale’s Red Menace), $3 wine (Montepulciano, pinot grigio), and $3 well drinks. The wildly varying nightly entertainment caters to those who enjoy seductive women, mystical diviners, and taut, swinging bodies (Saturday’s burlesque show, assorted nightly tarot readings, and Sunday’s dining-room trapeze act, respectively).
Marti Jonjak—The Stranger’s fashion columnist—has a technical degree in apparel design and works in the garment industry. Her treasured casual-wear aesthetic is both glamorous and trashy, suggesting... More by Marti Jonjak