Needle and Thread hides above Tavern Law on 12th Avenue. Pick up the vintage telephone in the back of the downstairs bar and the vault door buzzes you up to a 36 seat menu free cocktail room.
Tip: Reservation only via OpenTable, parties of one to six, up to six days ahead. The bartender builds drinks to your taste from scratch.
Address: 1406 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
The Doctor's Office on East Olive Way is the intimate global spirits tasting room where Matt Powell built personalized cocktails to order, ranked in the World's 50 Best North America list.
Tip: Reservations strongly encouraged via the bar's site; the room is tiny and walk ins are rare on weekends. Daily 16:00 to 01:00.
The Hideout on Boren is Greg Lundgren's First Hill art bar, 20 years deep, with classic cocktails poured under contemporary work from more than 80 local artists on every inch of wall.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday with discounted wells. Saturday opens at 18:00, Sunday closed.
Pony on East Madison is the gay dive in a 1930s gas station, with a graffiti washroom, a tiny dance floor and a covered patio. Built as a tribute to the Castro and West Village bars of the 1970s.
Tip: Open Monday to Thursday 17:00 to 02:00, Friday to Sunday 15:00 to 02:00. Cash and card both work; no cover. Sunday afternoons fill the patio.
Wildrose on East Pike opened New Year's Eve 1984 and is the oldest lesbian bar in the country, with a DJ booth that runs Friday and Saturday from 21:00 and a Pride takeover each June.
Tip: Closed Monday. DJs every Friday and Saturday from 21:00 to 02:00. Cash and card; no cover. Outdoor seating for warmer months.
Bathtub Gin tucks into the alley off 2nd Avenue, inside the boiler room of the 1928 Humphrey Building. A multi level Belltown speakeasy with a real bathtub in the window seat.
Tip: Open nightly 17:00 to 02:00. Look for the unmarked alley door off 2nd Avenue between Bell and Blanchard; no reservations, walk in.
The Doctor's Office on East Olive Way is the intimate global spirits tasting room where Matt Powell built personalized cocktails to order, ranked in the World's 50 Best North America list.
Tip: Reservations strongly encouraged via the bar's site; the room is tiny and walk ins are rare on weekends. Daily 16:00 to 01:00.
The Hideout on Boren is Greg Lundgren's First Hill art bar, 20 years deep, with classic cocktails poured under contemporary work from more than 80 local artists on every inch of wall.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday with discounted wells. Saturday opens at 18:00, Sunday closed.
Bookstore Bar at the Alexis Royal Sonesta on 1st Avenue is the library style hotel bar with floor to ceiling bookshelves, an award winning bourbon list and quiet cocktail service.
Tip: Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations via OpenTable; the bar holds the dark wood, the smaller dining room sits one step up.
Pony on East Madison is the gay dive in a 1930s gas station, with a graffiti washroom, a tiny dance floor and a covered patio. Built as a tribute to the Castro and West Village bars of the 1970s.
Tip: Open Monday to Thursday 17:00 to 02:00, Friday to Sunday 15:00 to 02:00. Cash and card both work; no cover. Sunday afternoons fill the patio.
Wildrose on East Pike opened New Year's Eve 1984 and is the oldest lesbian bar in the country, with a DJ booth that runs Friday and Saturday from 21:00 and a Pride takeover each June.
Tip: Closed Monday. DJs every Friday and Saturday from 21:00 to 02:00. Cash and card; no cover. Outdoor seating for warmer months.