Seattle's Best Off-The-Wall Date Spot 2008

Intimate tables, pink lighting and a subterranean setting create a shabby-chic speakeasy feel at Seattle’s first can-can club.

Reviews:

• “Great Performers”
• “Always a good time! Perfect for a bachelorette party!”
• “Perfect for Bachelorette Parties”
• “Good Show???”
• “Interesting evening out”

Tips: After 10pm, a cover might apply some nights depending on the entertainment.

Can Can

This quirky, kitsch-filled Italian bistro is a Wallingford institution.

Reviews:

• ""Last Meal" Quality Italian Fare"
• “Favorite Restaurant in Seattle”
• “good man”
• “Second Visit – Won’t return – Marginal Value”
• “Don’t expect your usual Italian dinner”

Tips: The servers sometimes seranade the customers with operatic airs.

Bizzarro Italian Cafe

A pool hall and bowling alley for the young, hip and amateur.

Reviews:

• “Watch that liquor!”
• “Close fun for SU”
• “Great Pool and Bowling. Restaurant servers and kind of rude.”
• “Great place to play pool”
• “Best Place for Private Parties! Flexibility, Great Food, Fun Entertainment…”

Tips: Ladies play free pool on Sundays.

Garage
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Phinney Ridge find is eager to please: sprawling beer list, specials galore and exotic-meat burgers (from alligator to yak.)

Reviews:

• “Cool bartender/owner. Delicious burgers. Welcoming to everyone.”
• “Kort Haus Rock!”
• “Best burger in town”
• “Loved it, will go back for sure!”
• “Great Dive”

Tips: Check out Taco Thursday; create your own taco from the fixins’ bar.

Kort Haus

This Post Alley favorite is part Italian restaurant and part musical cabaret.

Reviews:

• “Amazing food and atmosphere”
• “Wonderful!!!”
• “Nice atmosphere, nice view, decent food”
• “!!~* (¯`‘•.¸(¯`’•.¸¡¡• Scrumptious Meals and Spectacular View! Delightful! •¡¡¸.•’´¯)¸.•’´¯) *~!!”
• “Great food, great service”

Tips: The best way to find it is to follow street numbers closely. The pale pink door is on the west side of the alley; note the rooftop deck to the south.

Pink Door

Old-school vid’s, hot dogs and beer.

Reviews:

• “Something to DO!”
• “Pink Icee’s”
• “Charming Dive”
• “Great place for a first date”
• “great place to meet locals”

Tips: Bad opening act at the Crocodile? The neighboring Shorty’s is the perfect spot to waste a few minutes on video games and pinball.

Shorty’s Coney Island

The tour of this beautiful facility is such a draw that even locals make repeat visits.

Reviews:

• “Don’t expect to see grapes”
• “Great scenery”

Tips: The winery grounds are a perfect spot for a picnic and a concert.

Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Tour

A good location and easy paddling make this a prime place to take to the water in a rented kayak.

Reviews:

• “Great service and equipment – a quality gig”

Tips: Sate your post-kayaking appetite at Agua Verde’s cafe, which serves authentic Mexican food.

Agua Verde Paddle Club

A playful take on South Pacific cuisine.

Reviews:

• “Great private dinning room!”
• “Great for kids!”
• “Good for happy hour”
• “Thank you for bring the King back…”
• “Cute place, but…”

Tips: Drink deals abound during the week: Mondays offer $4 mai tais all day long, on Wednesdays students get happy hour prices all night, and on Thursdays anyone can get a burger and a pint for $10.

Luau Polynesian Lounge

A tour beneath Seattle’s streets reveals the real dirt on the city’s often unclean past.

Reviews:

• “Fun for tourists, interesting facts…can be smelly”
• “It’s a good tour to learn Seattle history”
• “Educational AND fun”
• “Basements and Alleys”
• “Love this tour”

Tips: Several tour attendees over the years have gotten strange feelings on this tour of old Seattle. One of the most prominently spooky spots is the area called “The Vault.” Several people claim to have seen the shadowy figure of a male bank guard there.

Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour

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