We don't have a Bourbon Street (New Orleans) or a 6th Avenue (Austin) or a Beale Street (Memphis) or the like here in Seattle. But there are areas where there are concentrations of bars, and occasionally clubs, including:

Capitol Hill - clubs & bars (and restaurants) in good numbers

Fremont - particularly the east end (around Stone Way - and also Frelard)

Ballard - around Ballard Avenue

Wallingford - 45th Ave around the SeaMonster bar

But mostly - in my book anyway - it's downtown Seattle, with a nice concentration of dive and iconic pubs near Pike Place (Zig Zag, JarrBar, Radiator Whiskey (great late night food too), The Nest (upscale), Kells, Owl & Thistle, the Diller Room (love it) - all the way down to the bars in Pioneer Square (The Pharmacy is a favorite).

Little clue re: clubs - other than if we're out after 1a - we hear the thumping from a number of buildings in Pioneer Square, along 1st and 4th Avenues, and most definitely in Cap Hill. I'll leave it to the younger folk to ID the clubs (and more bars).

I like Dave's list for downtown a lot!! Those are some great bars/pubs downtown. Throw in places up in Belltown (north end of downtown) like Black Bottle and Bathtub Gin you have dozens of options.

Trick on Capitol Hill is finding which area... there's Broadway (used to be "it" but not so much these days), the Pike/Pine Corridor (probably would be my recommend for both restaurants and bars), also 15th Ave East has a few (Smith, Liberty, Harry's, etc.).

thanks so much for this! Places like the diller roomfor instance is exactly what I'm looking for!

Then keep Owl & Thistle on your list for sure :)

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