Uber Tavern - discovery of a cool tavern in seattle
Last night I made it up to the Uber Tavern for the first time - it was the site of this week's pubnight. Despite not being on the "future pubnight" backlog list, the pubnight moderators* decreed that we would try this place out. And it was good. Very good actually - it set a good tone when I saw that because they don't serve food they had a book of delivery menus handy behind the bar. A lot of places won't give out if you bring in food, but they don't actively help you get it. Once you tack on some cool atmostphere (the table around a fire pit was a definite bonus - I spent the entire evening playing with the glass chunks that were in the firepit :) and an excellent beer selection and you have a winner for a pub.
Lest you think that all was perfect, there were a couple of strange things. Like the 2L (yes, that's 'L' for litres) boots of Spaten Pilsner that you could buy. Who drinks two litres of beer. And if you were to make such an attempt, wouldn't the bottom of the boot be disgustingly warm by the time you got to it? Particularly if it was sitting next to an open flame? :)
So far pubnight has been very good for me seeing areas I usually don't visit, and for branching out in beer selection. The strangest I had last night was a "calva reserva" which I chose because it was small and I was going to be leaving soon. Yes, it was chosen after having forgotten the beer ordering guideline "beers only come in small bottles if they're strong." Or in the case of calva reserva, super duper strong.
*"Pubnight moderators decreed" is code for Aaron suggested it and I agreed and sent it out later that night instead of the previously agreed upon location. Which has now sparked a desire in Aaron to see how long we can go finding cool places and not using the list of pubs. I'm OK with this as long as the places are cool, but eventually we do need to make it through the backlog of suggestions...