Comments on: Alki Tavern closure countdown: The last Taco Thursday

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:01:00 +0000

Thank you, LTS.
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Meantime we have published one last round of photos, with some video/audio, from last night: http://westseattleblog.com/?p=145236

By: let them swim

let them swim — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:40:33 +0000

Wrist bands were not for sale.
Given to long time patrons and friends and
a heck of a lot of old and I mean old bartenders.If a person got there early you could get in
The bands were crowd control.The place was packed and the bands meant you could come and go. The last three days reminded me of the 70′s. So sad the ALKI is gone.

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:19:59 +0000

Sorry to hear that. Did not know anything about wristbands, and looking around online, I’m not seeing that mentioned anywhere else either. Just curious, did they say when these wristbands had been sold?

By: Kip

Kip — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:09:09 +0000

You guys all should have mentioned that on the last night you needed a wristband to get in. The bar look fairly slow & when we got there at 8:30pm for the last night we were sadly turned away at the door saying that it was mainly for friends and family. Way too much hype on the last day being saint Patrick’s day only to be let down and not let in. Bad PR for all involved…

By: let them swim

let them swim — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:10:02 +0000

The Alki had CLASS, I don’t care what anyone says.
When it first opened the owners sponsored ONE Girls softball team, TWO Mens softball teams, One City Mens basketball team. It carried over into the 1980′s, Best place on the beach before all the yup suck joints towards the other end of the beach started popping up. And for all of you people that complain about the loud bikes. Shag off. The Alki Tavern still has CLASS. They let everyone in and don’t give a damn even if you’re a yup-suck. Farewell to the Alki and I hope for not another Alki, which cannot be copied, but for another “CLASS DIVE”

By: Kip

Kip — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:24:26 +0000

@ JamestheYounger
My thoughts exactly!! ;)

By: howty

howty — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:31:29 +0000

Now that i see it’s final hurray..i actually have some mixed feelings about this dive!!!seen it for so many years,all ugly lookin’ with it’s super bad paint job-such a eyesore..but i have to agree with the above blogger…it’s even worse when we try to “sterilize” everything and nothing unpredictable happens!! so yeah, kinda sad to see it going….

By: JamestheYounger

JamestheYounger — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:46:14 +0000

Condos, condos and more condos everywhere!! YEAH for Condos!!!!
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What we really need to do is to sterilize the city of any and all character. Whitewash every inch into a new “Pleasantville” where nothing unpredictable ever happens. Where our day is perfectly planned and colored in perfect pastels and perfect silence. I can’t wait until there are no more children in Seattle, only 2.5 dogs per couple wearing perfect little doggy sweaters, pooping and paying homage to a perfect little sun setting on an A-political, high definition, homeland security monitored beach. How pleasant and perfect my life will then be!

By: Meghan

Meghan — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:27:22 +0000

Given its location, it’s a miracle it last this long. The reality is that if it weren’t for the Great Depression 2.0, it would have been torn down 5 or 6 years ago. Just a sign of the times. A reality of a growing city and a free market system we all purport to love. Personally, I won’t miss the horrific noise of those motorcyles… or all the drunk cycle drivers (and their hogs) yelling and screaming at the end of the evening there.

By: Silly Goose

Silly Goose — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:20:09 +0000

Dont forget the good ole dog house, best breakfast at 3am in Seattle! I am gonna miss this Tavern many many memories there of when life was a littel simplier!

By: Anacortesnow

Anacortesnow — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:29:18 +0000

All gone . . . Riverside, White Horse, Blew Eagle, Digby’s, Wheelhouse, Red Feather, Surfer, Nobby’s, Pickwick, Jigsaw, Rainy City, Nifty’s, Flame, Squire, Happy Hour, Embers, Luck Toy and many more. That’s not just evolution – more like scorched earth.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:17:48 +0000

Thanks for last night BEACH DOGS, we may be old, but we can still Party.
Cheers, MAD

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:26:44 +0000

Maybe they’ll be 1 or 2 less Harley’s bombing through our neighborhood at 50 mph now trying to see who has the loudest bike- just dumb

By: M

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:10:44 +0000

Old West Seattle, cheers. I haven’t been in there since I was 8 or 9 back around 1980. Bummed to see it go like the Corner Inn. (Not so much Chuck and Sally’s, though).

By: Cami

Cami — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:54:38 +0000

Thanks, Tracy! Happy to have captured the event in photos to remember for years to come.