Where are some good bars, hotels and cafés in the area?
We go regularly to the Elysian, a brew pub with great burgers, Philly cheese steaks, fries and—most importantly—award-winning beers, which are all made in the large kettles right in the bar. The list of chewy, bready, spiky beers goes on for a couple of pages, but we recommend the Dragonstooth, a dark beer that kicks like a mule, or Bête Blanche, a Belgian-style ale (14th Avenue & Pike on Capitol Hill). La Spiga is great, too. It has high ceilings, an extensive wine list, a big view of the city, a long bar, high, wooden booths and an L-shaped couch for people-watching. Ask if they have a Barbera by the glass. La Spiga is located on 12th Avenue, close to Pike. Via Tribunali serves beer by the pint, wine by the glass and some awfully good thin-crust pizza made in the wood oven that sits in the corner, pleasingly close to the Jameson’s (on Pike, between Broadway and 11th Street). 1200 Club is a good place to close the deal. Drink-drinks served in a coolly dark room. (12th Avenue & Pike).
