The Alibi Room can be hard to stumble upon—its entrance is within the splash zone of the Gum Wall, which, in addition to being a little bit away from the action, many of us generally avoid looking at—but it’s a Pike Place classic, with an Old Seattle brick-and-lumber look.
This spot opened in 1995 as a coffee and wine bar for Seattle’s film community, backed by local-turned-national treasure Tom Skeritt, who himself participated in regular film script readings. While it’s changed with the times, including many a Y2K-era DJ night, there’s still this genuine grungy element that’s harder and harder to come across, even during the after-work happy hour environment in the early evenings. The bathroom, for example, is a little creepy and down a treacherous set of concrete steps, which is as much of an accessibility note as a scene-setting one. The bookshelves lining the main dining area still contain some local screenplays collected during its days as a film community haunt.
These days, they have an extensive food menu centered around higher-end pizza, which is pretty decent—but it’s just as easy to pop by for a whole bunch of drinks, including fancy wines and $5 Rainier tallboys, and cocktails.
Open 4 pm to midnight Monday through Wednesday and 11:30 am to 1 am Thursday through Sunday.
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