Best Bar

Smoking has been outlawed indoors in Washington for nearly six years now, but the inside of the Ballard Smoke Shop still smells as if somebody just lit up. A patina of smoke clings to the walls of the nautical-themed bar like a fading coat of paint. The leather-skinned waitresses are the don't-take-shit-off-nobody type, and the patrons run the gamut from Hell's Angels to slumming hipsters. The kitchen churns out dirt-cheap comfort food, the drinks are dangerously stiff, and the old-school jukebox blasts classic country and soul tunes. It just feels like the kind of place where you ought to be sucking down a pack of unfiltered cancer sticks and polishing off a bottle of Wild Turkey. In other words: a bar. KEEGAN HAMILTON 5439 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-6611

Source: Seattle Weekly

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