Blew Eagle Tavern

[perfessor]

Anyone Remember this Place? I’d like to get in touch with anyone who owned/ran it or worked there.

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[JenV]

head on down to the Chelan bar and talk to some old timers. They also have a Blew Eagle tank top framed on the wall. My dad used to go there back in his Todd Shipyard days. He said it was WILD.

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[zelsj]

If you are still interested in the Blew Eagle, I can offer some memories I have of it. I worked across the street from the “Blew” at Bethlehem’s Rebar Shop. The owners were Lew and Joann. She was French Canadian and had quite a temper. Many who were in there were not suprised if a bottle came whizzing by because of some argument with Lew or someone else. They were good people.

The “Blew” got it’s name, according to Lew, during the depression. The Blue Eagle was the symbol of the National Relief Act and Lew told me that people would come in and ask for their relief check.

Lew also used to talk about the “Blew” during the early years as quite a bar for West Seattle. In later days Lew posted a sign asking all bikers to leave their “colors” outside.

I remember one of the specials on the menu was the “Steelworkers Special”. If I remember right it consisted of hamburger, scrambled eggs, and

almost any thing else the cook could find.

One of my favorite bartenders was Marcia, she had a tatoo inside of her lower lip. I think it read, “Eat Butt”. She was quite a character. ‘

The “Blew” was one of my favorite places in the area. Every lunch Lew would play his favorite song on the juke box, “That’s Amore” sung by Dean Martin. Lew loved that song.

I think the “Blew” closed it’s doors in the early 80’s. I’m not sure but I think there was some port expansion that caused them to lose their lease.

It was a wild place, a lot of folks around the shipyards, Bethlehem and other places would come in after shift and many would close the place up. I know I did several times.

I sure would like to see if anyone has pictures of the place and the old bar which I remember to have been brought to the area after the turn of the century.

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[SeaChanty51]

For info about the Blew Eagle, email can be sent to BlewReunion2010@hotmail.com

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