The Red Door

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So I was sitting here tonight, recalling places I've been. I haven't been to the Red Door for a while, but I HAVE been there enough times to give a good review.

The menu is decently varied, there's a full bar and the have Strongbow, ah...good. The service can be a little slow, but lets work backwards so you know when to go for the best service. After 12am, forget it - virtual frat/sorotity party, it's hard enough just to get a drink, or for the bartender to hear you. If you get there no later than 8, a table would be slim pickings, but you can still hear yourself and get food before all hell breaks loose. Get there at 6, and your set, oh and if your there for lunch, no problem. Good food and decent drinks.

Really, I think most people go there to be around people. If you don't like to be around people, then don't go. But, hey if you like the crowd then you'll have a blast. Now for an important detail - this place can be a meat market a lot of the time. But, at the same time, the girls aren't exactly looking the other way. In the Summer - chrimeny it's a single's bar all the way. Let me tell ya, I'm glad I'm not out there shopping right now, it really gets to be a zoo.

So, get out there, talk, meet people, but just know what to expect at this place, you know what I mean. There are some nice people there too. Or, just get down there with a friend, have a burger and a beer and relax.

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Another late September outing with Tom to a few Seattle bars

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It was three bars, and I think some poker and stuff, and blog worthy.

The occasion was Tom and I celebrating my 27th birthday, back in September. I make the usual drive down to Tom's place, chill for a bit, then head out to start the night at People's Pub. It's the usual great thing, Brats and Strongbow and a little extra liquor thanks to Tom.

Ok, so next, we're out one door, walk a block down to Old Town Ale House. There, we consume another couple of pitchers of Strongbow and a giant plate of fries, and now I'm for all intensive purposes, drunk and thoroughly blarring.

Next! Out that door and literally into the next door down, Hatty's Hat, which I've never been all the fond of. Alcohol clouds one's judgment, therefore Hatty's Hat. I mean, I've never seen anyone named hatty OR their silly hat. In we went and Tom orders light Czech beer. It wasn't all that good, but again, judgment clouded, or after half a pitcher of that stuff, drowned.

Now, the rest I have to try my best to piece back together. I THINK we went over to The Old Peculiar, where one buzzed and one drunk guy drank lightly and threw darts, and then headed down to Denny's. Do they serve CHILIdogs?!!

That's the bday story folks, who knows what the 28th bday will bring.

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Another, better Leilani Lanes Tiki Lounge experience

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This time, again over the Summer was much better. The best part was the guy doing Billy Idol - White Wedding, he was really good, very raw, a very Billy Idolish thing, seeing as he was doing a Billy Idol song, and I didn't get stared at this time.

The drinks were again mediocre, so that was that. Still, the best thing was the 70s tiki stylings. I think that will be the best thing about the bar until it all goes up in a heap of bulldozed wooden panely and cement goodness.

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An experience at Leilani Lanes Tiki Lounge

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So, way before the days of this Seattle Bar Blog, I found myself with a friend at the lounge, during happy hour and there was a set of Karaoke going on.

So as I go to get the first round of drinks, I hear the start of "I can't help falling in love with you", by the king. I turn around and it's some old drunk bastard with faded clothes, nasty hair and an hat that looks like king kong ate it and spit and back up; but I digress.

So I walk back with the drinks and the karaoke-er is staring right at us singing this love song, um, I thought to myself, "self...I feel uncomfortable".

We had a second round (from what I can remember), I did a couple of card tricks, and we headed out. And so it has been blogged, another Seattle bar experience.

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