Watch for the occasional after hours events on Saturday.īroadway New American Grill is the most gay restaurant on Broadway with a small bar area as well. The $4 martini happy hour is popular with a mixed crowd. While technically a gay-friendly bar, The Chapel still deserves a mention and worth a visit in the that it is housed in a historic old mortuary. If you see it on a gay club list somewhere it is probably outdated. NOTE: Sugar has changed formats in March 2007 and is no longer a gay club. Sadly weekdays look slow so please at least pay them a visit on your next trip so we don't lose another restaurant. The owners have worked hard to create their quaint upscale environment. It is a relatively new intimate bar to the scene if you are in a relaxed mood to sit and listen to live music or have an intimate chat with special friends next to a towering flame. Martin’s Off Madison is an eclectic martini and piano bistro with equally classy late night dining. It can be more than your average neighborhood bar the key is catching it when it is not slow. With the strongest drinks around and hot bar food is available and cooked to order until 10 PM.
This can be a popular and friendly place for bears and their admirers. The large wraparound deck provides a nice place to socialize on warm days. Recently, Thumpers closed down after 22 years of business leaving C.C. The bartenders mostly have a positive attitude but can occasionally get moody. The kind of place where a gay baseball team would hang out and great place to start the night on weekends. At times it feels like it has the right mix of real people. There is a generous amount of room for a bar of this type and even though it gets crowded it feels more relaxed but socially busy. This feels like R Place USE TO BE with darts, pool tables, pinball, sports orientated memorabilia and a very good selection from the video jukebox. Madison Pub is one of the most comfortable gay bars with a more sporty adult crowd. Good place to find special events during the weekday.
Unlike the straight hip hop bars you rarely find trouble here. The 2nd floor balcony is more casual with a pool table and small video screen but cramped. Its gay hip-hop format on the 3rd floor is popular with a certain generation. My feeling about this place is you either hate it, love it, or you hate it but you are forced to love it because you love the people that hang out there. If you are looking to hop instead of dance R Place may be your scene. Currently, there are few places in Seattle that get going as early as this one. There is a mix of mostly younger but some older patrons as well.
Update 06/07 - The place is still quite a scene Thursday through Sunday. The main thing they lack is a dance floor which means by midnight many people move on to the next bar. The Karaoke Sunday beer bust can also be popular as well with $1 beers and $5 pitchers and starts at 2 p.m. The place can be a bit cliquish in that you either know people here or you feel out of place and caters to a young crowd on weekends. Purr Cocktail Lounge, has become a ritual to start the night for so many people. Most of the bartenders have a great attitude but something with the system makes things slow at times. During weekends the drink line takes longer then it should. Caters to a younger nicely dressed crowd and stiff drinks that makes it a decent place to start the night and get orientated. However, this tight but brightly lit video bar with a large central oval bar can get crowded.
Manray, a trendy bar with ultra modern décor, has never been the same since nearby residents forced the closure of their outdoor atrium. Friday's are the slowest of the three nights and Sunday is typically the most crowded. They even stay open till 3 am on Saturday giving you an extra hour after beer time ends. Years ago, whenever The Cuff became the Cuff Complex Nightclub, Fridays and Saturdays also became more mainstream gay and not exclusively for leather or bears. This event draws a large mix of mainstream gays into this "leather" bar with a dance floor and DJ. On Sunday the Cuff Complex has their Classic Tea Dance starting at 6 pm until close with no cover and one dollar beers.