Region: Ballard.

Happy hours: Daily 3–7 pm.

Overheard bartender/customer dialogue topics: Memorable
Halloween costumes of years gone by, such as a Minotaur (complete with
hooves, medieval weaponry, and a headpiece embellished with horns and
matted curls), or Tippi Hedren’s character from Hitchcock’s The
Birds
(featuring an abundance of synthetic fowl entangled in hair
and affixed to clothing).

Happy-hour drink specials: $1 off all drinks, such as
$3–$4 tap beer (Pilsner Urquell), $1.50–$2.50 bottles
(Anchor Steam), $3.50–$5.75 glasses of wine, and variety-priced
discount cocktails.

Happy-hour food specials: Mon–Fri $1 off all
appetizers, such as $4.25 salmon quesadillas or $5.25 hot wings.

Hattie’s Hat

5231 Ballard Ave NW, 784-0175.

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...