On Sunday the Cuff Complex has their Classic Tea Dance starting at 6 pm until close with no cover and one dollar beers. This event draws a large mix of mainstream gays into this "leather" bar with a dance floor and DJ. Years ago, whenever The Cuff became the Cuff Complex Nightclub, Fridays and Saturdays also became more mainstream gay and not exclusively for leather or bears. They even stay open till 3 am on Saturday giving you an extra hour after beer time ends. The bartender attitude is average. Friday's are the slowest of the three nights and Sunday is typically the most crowded.

Manray, a trendy bar with ultra modern décor, has never been the same since nearby residents forced the closure of their outdoor atrium. However, this tight but brightly lit video bar with a large central oval bar can get crowded. Never a wait to enter. Caters to a younger nicely dressed crowd and stiff drinks that makes it a decent place to start the night and get orientated. During weekends the drink line takes longer then it should. Most of the bartenders have a great attitude but something with the system makes things slow at times. UPDATE: This bar has closed down

Purr Cocktail Lounge, has become a ritual to start the night for so many people. The place can be a bit cliquish in that you either know people here or you feel out of place and caters to a young crowd on weekends. Mexican food is available. The Karaoke Sunday beer bust can also be popular as well with $1 beers and $5 pitchers and starts at 2 p.m. and goes till midnight. The main thing they lack is a dance floor which means by midnight many people move on to the next bar. Update 06/07 - The place is still quite a scene Thursday through Sunday. There is a mix of mostly younger but some older patrons as well. There is a secret bar upstairs. Currently, there are few places in Seattle that get going as early as this one. Never a cover so worth checking out.

If you are looking to hop instead of dance R Place may be your scene. My feeling about this place is you either hate it, love it, or you hate it but you are forced to love it because you love the people that hang out there. Its gay hip-hop format on the 3rd floor is popular with a certain generation. The 2nd floor balcony is more casual with a pool table and small video screen but cramped. Unlike the straight hip hop bars you rarely find trouble here. Good place to find special events during the weekday.

Madison Pub is one of the most comfortable gay bars with a more sporty adult crowd. This feels like R Place USE TO BE with darts, pool tables, pinball, sports orientated memorabilia and a very good selection from the video jukebox. There is a generous amount of room for a bar of this type and even though it gets crowded it feels more relaxed but socially busy. At times it feels like it has the right mix of real people. The kind of place where a gay baseball team would hang out and great place to start the night on weekends. The bartenders mostly have a positive attitude but can occasionally get moody.

Recently, Thumpers closed down after 22 years of business leaving C.C. Attle's by itself. The large wraparound deck provides a nice place to socialize on warm days. Happy hour until 8:30 PM. This can be a popular and friendly place for bears and their admirers. With the strongest drinks around and hot bar food is available and cooked to order until 10 PM. It can be more than your average neighborhood bar the key is catching it when it is not slow.

Martin’s Off Madison is an eclectic martini and piano bistro with equally classy late night dining. It is a relatively new intimate bar to the scene if you are in a relaxed mood to sit and listen to live music or have an intimate chat with special friends next to a towering flame. The owners have worked hard to create their quaint upscale environment. Sadly weekdays look slow so please at least pay them a visit on your next trip so we don't lose another restaurant.

NOTE: Sugar has changed formats in March 2007 and is no longer a gay club. If you see it on a gay club list somewhere it is probably outdated.

While technically a gay-friendly bar, The Chapel still deserves a mention and worth a visit in the that it is housed in a historic old mortuary. The $4 martini happy hour is popular with a mixed crowd. Watch for the occasional after hours events on Saturday.

Broadway New American Grill is the most gay restaurant on Broadway with a small bar area as well. Electric Teas and their daily drink specials are popular. Some of the food is an above average menu of eclectic renditions of some American classics but sometimes it is not the best value in town but great for people watching if you’re from out of town. Popular on hot days because of its plentiful outdoor and window front seating facing Broadway but you must request these seats or they will put you in the back.

Neighbors Nightclub has been the gay dance club mainstay in Seattle for over 20 years. This is very unfortunate for all of us in Seattle who desire something new and better. (Why can’t we have a place like Twisted in Calgary?) Neighbors has the largest dance floor. Sometimes this can draw in the straight girls out on a bachelorette party or dragging their straight boyfriends in to dance. If you intend on going here try to get stamped before midnight when the cover is just $5 and after that it goes to $8. On Friday and Saturday they always stay open till 4 a.m. so at 2 a.m. the lines may instantly get long and slow as the other bars clear out and the under 21 crowd is allowed to enter. On most weekends this club will be [b]completely[b] dead before midnight but many times packed by 2 a.m.
The Underground is a separate 18+ club below Neighbors with a steep cover and never really gets going BUT it is free to enter with a stamp from Neighbors. The Underground’s best night is Friday. Updated 2/07 - The Underground now closes at 2 am. when the 18-20-year-olds are allowed in the main club at that time. Consistently, on weekends Neighbors is pretty crowded as it gets closer to 2 am. At 2 am the crowd drastically rotates, meaning, a lot of people that have been there drinking leave at 2 am and while many others arrive from bars around the area. Not uncommon to wait in long lines at 2:30 a.m.

Pony is the new bar in town. Taking over where the Cha Cha Lounge use to be located - 506 E Pine Street. The bar is a campy retro recreation of the 70’s sleazy porn bars. Giant pictures of classic porn star Joe Dallesandro hang from the walls. Because of the bar is new and people like the retro sleaze theme the bar is popular with the hip crowd.UPDATE: Pony has closed down

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