I haven't forgetting about you I promise! I got sick, than swamped at work, than went on vacation, now I'm catching up from vacation while getting ready to go on yet another vacation. All the while I've still been doing happy hour just haven't had time to post them so sorry!
I will get back to it soon maybe even tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Crimson C in Pioneer Square
Crimson C is a nice place to stop in before an M's game for happy hour or during the ArtWalk to take a breather from all the art.
They have happy hour Monday through Friday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, one of the longest happy hours around town.
The food now is kind of a Thai fusion, and not that but and it's cheap, they offer $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 plates with a nice variety and even something for the vegetarian if you have one.
Like their food they offer $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 drink specials, beer, well and wine, again a little something for everyone.
What I like most about Crimson C are their comfy chairs and couches in the front of the bar, you can just sink into them and take a load off. But be careful they are so comfy if you have one too many drinks you might start dozing off. The rest of the decor is pretty nice I love the mirrors on the brick walls and red wood walls really warm the place up. And on a plus the ladies room was clean and fully stocked even at the end of happy hour.
Over all I'd give Crimson C a 4.0 cheers our of 5.
They have happy hour Monday through Friday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, one of the longest happy hours around town.
The food now is kind of a Thai fusion, and not that but and it's cheap, they offer $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 plates with a nice variety and even something for the vegetarian if you have one.
Like their food they offer $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 drink specials, beer, well and wine, again a little something for everyone.
What I like most about Crimson C are their comfy chairs and couches in the front of the bar, you can just sink into them and take a load off. But be careful they are so comfy if you have one too many drinks you might start dozing off. The rest of the decor is pretty nice I love the mirrors on the brick walls and red wood walls really warm the place up. And on a plus the ladies room was clean and fully stocked even at the end of happy hour.
Over all I'd give Crimson C a 4.0 cheers our of 5.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Charlies on Broadway in Capitol Hill
Charlie’s on Broadway has happy hour everyday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and again late night from 10:30 pm to 1:00 am. They offer both food and drink specials; $2.75 MGD and Miller Lite, $3.75 Microbrew pounder of the day and $4.00 daily drink specials.
Monday - Margarita
Tuesday - Grape Nehi
Wednesday - Long Island
Thursday - Kamikaze
Friday - Sea Breeze
Saturday - Sex on the Beach
Sunday - Bloody Mary
I wasn't too impressed with much at Charlie’s, the food didn't wow me but the drinks are poured with a fairly heavy hand but it's well vodka so a heavy well drink is not something I care for. It does give off a seedy vibe but in a good way and attracts and eclectic crowd. If I'm roaming around Capitol Hill looking for happy hour Charlie’s is one of those places that always seem to be open and have seating.
Over all I'd rate Charlie’s 3.0 out of 5 cheers.
Monday - Margarita
Tuesday - Grape Nehi
Wednesday - Long Island
Thursday - Kamikaze
Friday - Sea Breeze
Saturday - Sex on the Beach
Sunday - Bloody Mary
I wasn't too impressed with much at Charlie’s, the food didn't wow me but the drinks are poured with a fairly heavy hand but it's well vodka so a heavy well drink is not something I care for. It does give off a seedy vibe but in a good way and attracts and eclectic crowd. If I'm roaming around Capitol Hill looking for happy hour Charlie’s is one of those places that always seem to be open and have seating.
Over all I'd rate Charlie’s 3.0 out of 5 cheers.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Mitchelli Trattoria in Pioneer Square
Mitchelli Trattoria use to be what I considered a hidden gem of a happy hour spot in Pioneer Square unfortunately things have changed over the years. The martinis (classis, gibson, dirty or fruity) are now half the size they once were, use to be served in martini glasses now served in what appears to be a cordial glass and their prices went from $2.75 to $3.25. When you consider it would take two drinks to make a normal martini you'd be paying $6.50 which is not a very happy hour special to me. $3.25 for a normal sized martini at happy hour is a good deal, half the size not so good.
They still have their $1.00 pizzas which are the size of a bread plate, so yes they are small but they are worth the buck you pay and you are offered a few options: Italian cheese, margherita, BBQ chicken and pepperoni. I've had the cheese and marghertia and have enjoyed both. Besides the $1.00 pizza they also offer the following for a $1.95: calamari fritti, Caesar salad and a baked artichoke-spinach dip, the calamari and salad are both good deals.
If you don't like martinis they also have beer and wine for $3.25 a glass but the wine isn't that great and they only offer the beer special on one of their drafts which never seems to be one I like.
Over all I'd rate Mitchell's 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the do have both food and drinks specials and free Wi-Fi access if you need it. Oh I guess I should mention their happy hour only runs Monday through Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
They still have their $1.00 pizzas which are the size of a bread plate, so yes they are small but they are worth the buck you pay and you are offered a few options: Italian cheese, margherita, BBQ chicken and pepperoni. I've had the cheese and marghertia and have enjoyed both. Besides the $1.00 pizza they also offer the following for a $1.95: calamari fritti, Caesar salad and a baked artichoke-spinach dip, the calamari and salad are both good deals.
If you don't like martinis they also have beer and wine for $3.25 a glass but the wine isn't that great and they only offer the beer special on one of their drafts which never seems to be one I like.
Over all I'd rate Mitchell's 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the do have both food and drinks specials and free Wi-Fi access if you need it. Oh I guess I should mention their happy hour only runs Monday through Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Nijo in Downtown Seattle
Nijo is another favorite happy hour spot of mine offering both food and drink specials. Their happy hour runs from daily 4pm to 6pm and Thursday through Saturday they have a late night happy hour from 10pm to 12am but please note a drink purchase is required for happy hour menu but soft drinks, tea and juice are ok.
Another great thing about Nijo's happy hour is you don't have to sit in the bar to enjoy happy hour; you can enjoy it from a table in the restaurant part. Another thing is they also take reservations so you could in a sense make reservations for happy hour if you wanted too.
As soon as you sit down Water is poured for you to sip on while checking out their extensive happy hour menu (everything is listed on their website.) One strange thing I love about their water is that they keep fresh orange slices in it which provides for a nice refreshing taste.
I've tried all of their $4.00 happy hour cocktails with the exception of the Caucasian, it's a white Russian and this fat chick is not a fan of the white Russians. The Blueberry morning is blueberry stoli, cranberry and pineapple juice so it's red not blue when it arrives. The Lychee martini was cloudy but good and I think the strongest of their happy hour cocktails. The coconut cosmopolitan was more like a vodka cran with coconut in it, it wasn't very cosmo like but I still drank and enjoyed it.
If you like sushi you can't really go wrong with the food here, I had albacore and eel nigiri along with a spicy tuna roll each were only $3.00 and totally worth their price the spicy tuna roll was a whole roll with eight pieces, the fish is fresh and plentiful.
One word of caution when happy houring at Nijo, they don't have their own restroom so you have to use the one in the lobby of the building. Be sure to ask your server for the number to get into the ladies room and write it down otherwise if you have one too many cocktails you might forget and have an accident.
Over all I'd give Nijo a 4.0 out of 5 cheers for happy hour.
Another great thing about Nijo's happy hour is you don't have to sit in the bar to enjoy happy hour; you can enjoy it from a table in the restaurant part. Another thing is they also take reservations so you could in a sense make reservations for happy hour if you wanted too.
As soon as you sit down Water is poured for you to sip on while checking out their extensive happy hour menu (everything is listed on their website.) One strange thing I love about their water is that they keep fresh orange slices in it which provides for a nice refreshing taste.
I've tried all of their $4.00 happy hour cocktails with the exception of the Caucasian, it's a white Russian and this fat chick is not a fan of the white Russians. The Blueberry morning is blueberry stoli, cranberry and pineapple juice so it's red not blue when it arrives. The Lychee martini was cloudy but good and I think the strongest of their happy hour cocktails. The coconut cosmopolitan was more like a vodka cran with coconut in it, it wasn't very cosmo like but I still drank and enjoyed it.
If you like sushi you can't really go wrong with the food here, I had albacore and eel nigiri along with a spicy tuna roll each were only $3.00 and totally worth their price the spicy tuna roll was a whole roll with eight pieces, the fish is fresh and plentiful.
One word of caution when happy houring at Nijo, they don't have their own restroom so you have to use the one in the lobby of the building. Be sure to ask your server for the number to get into the ladies room and write it down otherwise if you have one too many cocktails you might forget and have an accident.
Over all I'd give Nijo a 4.0 out of 5 cheers for happy hour.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Brooklyn in downtown Seattle
I think The Brooklyn is my favorite happy hour spot downtown. For one it's a bit classier than some of the other joints around and two the crowd isn't full of the young 20 something’s just looking to get their drink on it's full of professionals who need a drink or two or four to relax before heading home.
The best part is they have food and drink specials daily! And get this their food specials are from 4:00 pm to close everyday, so you can get cheap good food all night long at The Brooklyn. Their drink specials go from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm so still plenty of time to have a few cocktails before heading home.
Currently for their food they offer the following all for $4.99 each:
Beechers Market Herb Poutine
Mini Steak Sliders
Steamed Clams
Flat Bread Pizza
Mini American Kobe Cheeseburger
Dungeness Crab Wonton
Steamed Mussels
Satay
Calamari
Buffalo popcorn Shrimp
Caesar Salad
The best are their drink specials:
Drafts and wine $2.99
Select calls $3.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Cuervo, Cutty, E&J, Jim Beam and Bacardi)
Martinis and manhattans $4.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Jim Beam)
$4.99 daily drink specials
Monday - Ruby Red Cosmo
Tuesday - Prickly Pear Margarita
Wednesday - Tangerine Kamikaze
Thursday - Ten Cane Mojito
Friday - Raspberry Lemon Drop
Saturday - Sidecar Named Desire
Sunday - Berrytini
They make their own infused vodkas and use them for the Berrytini, Raspberry Lemon Drop and they have one with bell peppers they use for their Bloody Marys. I really like the Berrytini and Raspberry Lemon Drop both are fabulous and when I'm feeling cheap a Skyy tonic always hits the spot. I've tried their clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp and crab wontons and have loved every bite of them.
Overall I'd have to rate The Brooklyn's happy hour a solid 5.0 seeing at it is currently my favorite.
The best part is they have food and drink specials daily! And get this their food specials are from 4:00 pm to close everyday, so you can get cheap good food all night long at The Brooklyn. Their drink specials go from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm so still plenty of time to have a few cocktails before heading home.
Currently for their food they offer the following all for $4.99 each:
Beechers Market Herb Poutine
Mini Steak Sliders
Steamed Clams
Flat Bread Pizza
Mini American Kobe Cheeseburger
Dungeness Crab Wonton
Steamed Mussels
Satay
Calamari
Buffalo popcorn Shrimp
Caesar Salad
The best are their drink specials:
Drafts and wine $2.99
Select calls $3.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Cuervo, Cutty, E&J, Jim Beam and Bacardi)
Martinis and manhattans $4.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Jim Beam)
$4.99 daily drink specials
Monday - Ruby Red Cosmo
Tuesday - Prickly Pear Margarita
Wednesday - Tangerine Kamikaze
Thursday - Ten Cane Mojito
Friday - Raspberry Lemon Drop
Saturday - Sidecar Named Desire
Sunday - Berrytini
They make their own infused vodkas and use them for the Berrytini, Raspberry Lemon Drop and they have one with bell peppers they use for their Bloody Marys. I really like the Berrytini and Raspberry Lemon Drop both are fabulous and when I'm feeling cheap a Skyy tonic always hits the spot. I've tried their clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp and crab wontons and have loved every bite of them.
Overall I'd have to rate The Brooklyn's happy hour a solid 5.0 seeing at it is currently my favorite.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bal Mar in Ballard
If you're in Ballard and looking for a place to stop in for Happy Hour Bal Mar isn't a bad choice.
Their happy hour is daily from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm with both food and drink specials. I love it when a place has both food and drink specials and happy hour everyday of the week.
Their happy hour food specials are:
Steamed Manila Clams for $5.00
Chicken Potstickers for $4.00
Chicken Satay for $5.00
Steamed Edamame for $3.50
Their happy hour drinks specials are:
Featured Cocktail of the Month $6.00
House Red or White Wine $5.00
Premium Well Spirits $4.00
Draught Beer Pints $3.50
One thing to also mention on Monday's its all night happy hour for food but not drinks.
My last visit I only had a glass of their red it was a Merlot and for $5.00 it wasn't bad not great but not bad either. Their dim lighting and faux brick/concrete wall warms the place up a bit and kind of makes you feel like maybe you are in Belltown not Ballard, though word on the street is Ballard is becoming the new Belltown. The service was a bit snotty but good in a weird way and on a plus they were always refilling our water glasses the whole time we were there.
Overall I’d give them a 4.0 out of 5 cheers.
The Matador in Ballard
The Matador in Ballard it's an OK place for happy hour but not a place for me in the evening that's for sure. One super sucky thing about The Matador's happy hour is they have no drink specials, come on people have both food and drink specials to make this fat chick happy.
Their happy hour runs daily from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and again from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, my last visit was during the early happy hour not late. They offer $4.00 to $5.00 snacks for happy hour food; you have your choice of the following:
Chicken or Shrimp Quesadilla
Nachos
Spicy Fried Calamari
Matador Chili
Matador Romaine Salad
Roasted Tomato & Chicken Soup
Fire Jumbo Prawns
Tex-Mex Spring Rolls
Ancho-Chipotle Wings
Chicken or Steak Tacos
Baja Shrimp Tacos
Blackened Fish Tacos
There was a group of us and we shared the shrimp quesadilla, nachos, spicy fried calamari, fire jumbo prawns, chicken tacos and Tex-Mex spring rolls. I tried the quesadilla which was good, the nachos which I liked the best and the fire jumbo prawns which were very tasty but not so much firey. To go with my food I tried to enjoy a glass of their red sangria, it didn't do much for me but I still drank it. A couple people had the mojito and others had beer they all seem happy with their choices so I guess I was just in a un-sangria mood that day.
Service was pretty crappy, we asked for chips and salsa and never received them, and before we were done we had our check on the table and were basically being asked to leave so we did.
Over all I'd give them 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the food was good but no drink specials and crappy service brings them down in my book.
Their happy hour runs daily from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and again from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, my last visit was during the early happy hour not late. They offer $4.00 to $5.00 snacks for happy hour food; you have your choice of the following:
Chicken or Shrimp Quesadilla
Nachos
Spicy Fried Calamari
Matador Chili
Matador Romaine Salad
Roasted Tomato & Chicken Soup
Fire Jumbo Prawns
Tex-Mex Spring Rolls
Ancho-Chipotle Wings
Chicken or Steak Tacos
Baja Shrimp Tacos
Blackened Fish Tacos
There was a group of us and we shared the shrimp quesadilla, nachos, spicy fried calamari, fire jumbo prawns, chicken tacos and Tex-Mex spring rolls. I tried the quesadilla which was good, the nachos which I liked the best and the fire jumbo prawns which were very tasty but not so much firey. To go with my food I tried to enjoy a glass of their red sangria, it didn't do much for me but I still drank it. A couple people had the mojito and others had beer they all seem happy with their choices so I guess I was just in a un-sangria mood that day.
Service was pretty crappy, we asked for chips and salsa and never received them, and before we were done we had our check on the table and were basically being asked to leave so we did.
Over all I'd give them 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the food was good but no drink specials and crappy service brings them down in my book.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Showbow SoDo Happy Hour
The happy hour at the Showbox SoDo runs Tuesday through Sunday from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm and only beer specials:
$4.00 Pabst Tall Boys
$4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans
$2.50 Coors
$2.50 Coors Light
No food and that makes this fat chick sad but I got over it. I had the $4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans and let me tell you a can of Pilsner Urquell tastes nothing like it from the bottle or draft it some bad stuff. While there I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, it came with fries and both were meh I wasn't a fan of either. A couple people had some of their pizza and enjoyed it but I'm not sure I would.
The bar was a bit overwhelmed but the bartender did do a good job of trying his bets to make sure everyone was taken care of. The ladies room was pretty bad over 50% of the stales were lacking locks to lock the door, I hate holding the door shut while I tinkle so this upset the fat chick.
Overall it I'd say it's an OK place to stop in before a game but I wouldn't never make a point of hitting this place on a regular bases.
Over all I'd give it a 2.5 cheers out of 5.
$4.00 Pabst Tall Boys
$4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans
$2.50 Coors
$2.50 Coors Light
No food and that makes this fat chick sad but I got over it. I had the $4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans and let me tell you a can of Pilsner Urquell tastes nothing like it from the bottle or draft it some bad stuff. While there I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, it came with fries and both were meh I wasn't a fan of either. A couple people had some of their pizza and enjoyed it but I'm not sure I would.
The bar was a bit overwhelmed but the bartender did do a good job of trying his bets to make sure everyone was taken care of. The ladies room was pretty bad over 50% of the stales were lacking locks to lock the door, I hate holding the door shut while I tinkle so this upset the fat chick.
Overall it I'd say it's an OK place to stop in before a game but I wouldn't never make a point of hitting this place on a regular bases.
Over all I'd give it a 2.5 cheers out of 5.
Fat Chick at Happy Hour
I'm a fat chick who likes happy hour and plans on blogging all her happy hour adventures. It should be interesting I just hope it's not bumpy.
I'll be rating the happy hours on a scale from 1 to 5 cheers and anything else I feel like reviewing.
I'll be rating the happy hours on a scale from 1 to 5 cheers and anything else I feel like reviewing.
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