Post #30313 by woofmutt on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 12:13 AM

I just had a look at that Weakly article...

First off, it should be known that the Weekly is, in my opinionated opinion, a piece of crap. Its target audience seems to be well settled in middle class 37-52 year olds who put "Question Authority" bumper stickers on their Ford Explorers. The whole rag has a sort of desperate "We're still cool, right?" tone to it. Case in point is this bar article which should have been titled "Let's go somewhere funky, it's fun!" Anyway, to the bars I know of...The Roanoke probably is charming to the Mercer Island set. I've never been in it but when I went by the parking lot was packed with BMW's, Volvos, Saabs, Mercedes, etc. Which in itself isn't proof that wondefullness isn't happening inside...The Drift on Inn is a mini non-tribal casino. It used to be a small roadhouse, now you can't see where the original structure was...The New Luck Toy, in West Seattle, is actually one of Seattle's few Chinese restaurants that hasn't been messed with. And it has the coolest name. The interior is original, lots of bamboo. The bar is completely forgettable and busy with fully loaded regulars at 3 in the afternoon, each smoking two cigarettes at once. Bring your own oxygen. Working class white folk love the food. The New Luck Toy may be the one Seattle location worth going out of your way for as it's located half a block from Seattle's coolest record store, Easy Street. There's also an antique mall nearby, two small thrift shops, and of course several hundred coffee joints.