Help finding cool old lounges with retro decor in Seattle? - Bilge

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Tue, Jun 3, 2008 6:06 PM there used to be a place a couple doors down from the Moore Theater that was really cool, but it got trendy and probably went downhill thereafter... -Suffering Bastard in Maine- That's the Nite Lite, it's still open, the hipsters have mostly moved on, it has a fire place, and it's one of my favorite bars in Seattle. The Nite Lite used to be a restaurant on one side, lounge on the other. Separate doors. A few years back when the place suddenly became the hot spot for hipsters they remodeled the restaurant half into more bar space. The remodeled half looks like a college bar. The original lounge part is pretty much as it was. (I think the windows are new.) Most of the clientele seems like they've been hanging around there for decades. The bar is glass topped and beneath it are all sorts of odds and ends souvenirs and pictures from events at the Nite Lite. Drinks at the Nite Lite are basic bar drinks, stick to beer and wells and you'll be happy. They have food, though availability depends on the reliability of the cooking staff. The bar staff isn't "Hi! How yuh doin'!" but usually friendly if you're not a rowdy ass. There's rarely table service, order at the bar. I'm pretty sure the Nite Lite is cash only. They have one of the better jukeboxes in town, well stocked, loud, and $5 gets you a lot of plays which gives you the chance to control the atmosphere. I usually turn it into a honky tonk. (My selections got a drunk thrown out one night when he roared "Who the hell played all this country music?" Sandy the bartender, a fan of old country, immediately grabbed his drink and said "OK, that's it, you're done.") One of the Nite Lite's big claims to fame was its role as a 1960s San Francisco bar in the pretty good and somewhat unknown movie Dog Fight starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. There is a model of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Nite Lite left over from the movie. (Most people have no idea why the model is there in a Seattle bar.) The Nite Lite can get swamped just before shows at the nearby Moore theater. If you're there when a wave of people pour in just wait it out, they're usually gone in half an hour. [This Message was repeatedly edited by: woofmutt because he hates typos, messed up code, and the wrong use of "it's".] woofmutt [ Edited by: woofmutt 2008-06-03 18:08 ] [ Edited by: woofmutt 2008-06-04 00:08 ]

there used to be a place a couple doors down from the Moore Theater that was really cool, but it got trendy and probably went downhill thereafter... -Suffering Bastard in Maine-

That's the Nite Lite, it's still open, the hipsters have mostly moved on, it has a fire place, and it's one of my favorite bars in Seattle.

The Nite Lite used to be a restaurant on one side, lounge on the other. Separate doors. A few years back when the place suddenly became the hot spot for hipsters they remodeled the restaurant half into more bar space. The remodeled half looks like a college bar. The original lounge part is pretty much as it was. (I think the windows are new.) Most of the clientele seems like they've been hanging around there for decades.

The bar is glass topped and beneath it are all sorts of odds and ends souvenirs and pictures from events at the Nite Lite.

Drinks at the Nite Lite are basic bar drinks, stick to beer and wells and you'll be happy. They have food, though availability depends on the reliability of the cooking staff. The bar staff isn't "Hi! How yuh doin'!" but usually friendly if you're not a rowdy ass. There's rarely table service, order at the bar. I'm pretty sure the Nite Lite is cash only.

They have one of the better jukeboxes in town, well stocked, loud, and $5 gets you a lot of plays which gives you the chance to control the atmosphere. I usually turn it into a honky tonk. (My selections got a drunk thrown out one night when he roared "Who the hell played all this country music?" Sandy the bartender, a fan of old country, immediately grabbed his drink and said "OK, that's it, you're done.")

One of the Nite Lite's big claims to fame was its role as a 1960s San Francisco bar in the pretty good and somewhat unknown movie Dog Fight starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. There is a model of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Nite Lite left over from the movie. (Most people have no idea why the model is there in a Seattle bar.)

The Nite Lite can get swamped just before shows at the nearby Moore theater. If you're there when a wave of people pour in just wait it out, they're usually gone in half an hour.

[This Message was repeatedly edited by: woofmutt because he hates typos, messed up code, and the wrong use of "it's".]

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