Seattle
There’s a tug of loyalties with Stumptown, Portland’s coffee pioneers founded in 1999 by Duane Sorenson, who originally hails from Puyallup near Seattle…
Must-see nightlife in Washington
Queen Anne & Lake Union
Half of the long, skinny room at Mecca Café is a ketchup-on-the-table diner, but all the fun happens on the other side, where decades worth of beer mat…
Seattle
The back patio here is an excellent place to observe the nocturnal habits of Hipsterus northwesticus. Linda’s is one of the few joints in town where you…
Seattle
A bohemian beauty tucked away in the northern part of the U District, the Racer is an eclectic head-spinner full of crazy little details. It's known for…
Spokane
Get in on Spokane's serious-cocktail scene (no, really!) at this speakeasy-style joint with a snug little bar in the basement. The building once belonged…
Olympic Peninsula & Washington Coast
Olympia's most famous coffee outlet stands out, even in the caffeine-fueled Pacific Northwest. If you like your morning brew fair-trade, shade-grown and…
Seattle
During a 2014 renovation Capitol Hill's default old-world pub got rid of dark booths and the suit of armor that once guarded the door. These have been…
Pioneer Square, International District & SoDo
In SoDo by T-Mobile Park, this brewpub has the cleaned-up-industrial feel – all bricks and brass and designer lighting – that defines modern Pacific…
Seattle
You could almost absorb the beer off the wallpaper in Seattle's oldest surviving pub: it's been serving since 1888, when the city was a youthful 37 years…
Seattle
Continuing a tradition that began with the Pilgrim Fathers (who allegedly smuggled a barrel of cider onto the Mayflower), Schilling is at the forefront of…
Washington Coast
This comfy locals' hangout has a bunch of pool tables, cute sayings scrawled on the walls ('We're all here because we're not all there') and much better…
Seattle
A relative old-timer, Hale's was only the third microbrewery in Washington State when it opened in 1983. Its large, contemporary brewery and pub on the…
Queen Anne & Lake Union
The McMenamin brothers' microbrewing empire is a product of Portland, OR, but you can enjoy a comforting out-of-state taste of the brand's ever-successful…
Olympic Peninsula
This cool space is more like a little old-fashioned apothecary than your average brewpub. You'll find no ordinary pilsners or IPAs here – Propolis brews…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Leading the way in the US microbrewery revolution, this brewpub was an early starter, opening in 1989 underneath Pike Place Market. Today it continues to…
Ballard & Discovery Park
This Scottish-style pub sells the inevitable phone book’s worth of whiskey varietals in a bar overlooked by the framed countenances of notable Scots…
Seattle
LGBTIQ+ travelers who prefer catching up over a plate of nachos to blasting EDM will want to post up at this congenial pub. It's known as a bar for bears …
Central Washington
This is the flagship location of D&M, the local roasting company. It's spacious and work friendly, with long shared tables ideal for spreading out with a…
Ballard & Discovery Park
Maritime Pacific Brewing’s Jolly Roger Taproom is a tiny, pirate-themed bar with a nautical chart painted onto the floor. These days it's less scurvy…
Washington Coast
The kitchen is long gone, but this tiny, stylishly rustic taproom (complete with driftwood bar) serves little baskets of hot nuts to go with its…
Central Washington
With a focus on craft cider and mead, this taproom makes the most of the Leavenworth–Wenatchee area's apple country. (Excellent craft beers are also…
Belltown & Seattle Center
There are Belltown relics and then there's the Five Point whose seedy neon sign and cantankerous advertising blurb ('cheating tourists and drunks since…
Seattle
A sibling to the Hilltop Ale House in Queen Anne, this is the kind of place that, if you lived nearby, you’d find yourself in several times a week. It’s…
Washington Coast
This enormous pub is a popular and lively local spot. There's a bunch of pool tables in a back room, a huge happy-hour menu of better-than-average bar…
Olympic Peninsula & Washington Coast
When your latte is named after an Ursula K LeGuin story, or comes with a skeleton head drawn in the foam, you smile. When said latte is one of the best…
Belltown & Seattle Center
This storied indie dance club, where many of Seattle's defining cultural events happened (such as Nirvana album releases), welcomes everyone in the LGBTIQ…
Spokane
In a modern space with concrete floors and big windows, this brewery cranks out some of Spokane's best-loved beers. It's known for IPAs (try the kumquat…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Pike Place Market is a good spot to sample the wares of some of Washington’s best wine producers, and there are few better places than the Tasting Room,…
Belltown & Seattle Center
There’s nothing mad about Bedlam, unless you count the wall-mounted bicycle and the Space Needle sculpture – made out of old junk – that guards the door…
Queen Anne & Lake Union
With an Italian name that translates as 'coffee thief,' apparently because it set out to pinch business from Starbucks, Ladro has subsequently established…
Bellingham
One of Bellingham's most ambitious brewpubs, this place is in a strange location behind an industrial building that gives it secret-spot appeal. Hang out…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
One of three West Coast Kells, this Pike Place Market Irish pub is the most atmospheric and authentic, with its exposed-brick walls, multiple nooks and…
Olympic Peninsula & Washington Coast
This upscale Prohibition-style cocktail bar inhabits a 1927 bank building – you can even drink in the vault. The space and the drinks are equally…
Ballard & Discovery Park
Sexton has a menu with a strong bourbon and cocktail bias. Everything is delicious, if a bit pricey, but you can always come during happy hour (5pm to 7pm…
Seattle
Weekend cabaret performances, amateur strip shows, go-go boys and DJs – there’s something entertaining going on pretty much every night at this three…
North Cascades
The first of several snack huts on the Cascade Loop, this place 3 miles east of Rockport is a working farm that makes organic fruit shakes, ice cream,…
North Cascades
Nothing beats beer and pizza after a big mountain adventure, and this outfit definitely knows its beer. North Fork calls itself a 'beer shrine,' which is…
Washington Coast
Decked out like a postapocalyptic zombie-safe bunker, this little brewpub is a fun hangout, with a couple of pinball machines, board games, end-times art…
Seattle
Let's dispel a myth: it's this place, not Starbucks, that's the oldest functioning coffee bar in Seattle. Founded in 1975, it was a bona fide espresso bar…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
This backdrop to Madison Beach is definitely more pub than bar and has a loyal local following of drinkers slapping on the after-sun lotion. You can get…
