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To Blog or not to Blog?
We’ve been wanting to re-fire up our Feedback Blog (aka, Feedblog) for some time, but work/life/beer keeps getting in the way. And then there’s television and puppies and rainbows… Ahem. Anyway, the...
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Pinball Wizard
One of the questions we get asked most is, “Why did you get rid of the pinball machines?” (This is usually followed by, “Why don’t you put in pool tables?”) Yeesh. Answer to question #1: We needed...
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Wanted: Bands. Sorta.
It’s tough balance to find the right band for our limited space. Sometimes the bands are used to playing in a small room, and haven’t figured out that their volume knob can actually be used to turn it...
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Weather or Not
One of the first pieces of wisdom we were told by other bar owners prior to opening The Feedback Lounge is that bad weather is pennies from Heaven. Cold, crappy, rainy, freeze-y, cold, snowy days are...
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A Momentary Lapse of Confidence
There’s something I still haven’t learned, even though I know it for sure. That is: I can make cocktails. I do them on the spot, all the time. I’ve written entire menus and hundreds of cocktails for...
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West Seattle’s Best Kept Secret
The term “fresh sheet” confuses many. It could refer to one of those perfume-y fabric softener sheets that you throw in the dryer to make your pants smell bouncy and perfume-y, and then later to be...
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Bar Wars? Not On This Block!
So my buddy Trevor called me, told me he was moving his bar The Bridge a block away from mine. Well, not HIS bar – his and his biz partner Rita’s bar. I’ll tell you what I think about those two in a...
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Frequently Answered Questions
We get a LOT of questions zinged at us, from customers to friends, employees to tax collectors. And some we even know how to answer. Rummaging through our fan mail (at least three envelopes worth), we...
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Napkins – The Eternal Conflict
When it comes to the struggle over cocktail napkin color, it always comes down to cost. You’d think cocktail napkins would be practically free, but they aren’t – unless they’re provided by a booze...
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Feedback Lounge: Unplugged
We’ve been planning on doing a live acoustic night for some time, but with day-to-day bar stuff and everybody being super double crazy busy, it just got moved to the back burner. Never off the stove...
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The Rok Box – Put It On The Glass
We get a lot of inquiries as to our famous Rok Box, the 11-foot display case that houses a wide range of rare rock and pop culture memorabilia. Over the first several years we’ve been open, the Rok...
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Party On, Party Often
Over the years we’ve had the honor to host some diverse and often unique parties at The Feedback Lounge. It’s probably easier to recount what types of parties we haven’t done. But during the course of...
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Girls of Summer
What is it about the hot summer months that makes you so thirsty? Probably all that sweating from complaining about how warm it is outside. We have a cool down solution – six, actually. Beginning...
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Late Night Just Got Happier
Have you ever gotten hungry after 10PM at night, only to discover all the food – and even the condiments – in your fridge have fallen prey to your ravenous appetite? (The spoon in the mayonnaise jar...
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Holiday Parties: Now Booking
The crazy holidays are upon us. Seems like only 365 days ago we were getting ready to stuff our pie holes with, um pie, cram turkey down our turkey necks and think about what the heck to get for those...
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Feedback Cocktail Club: Apples
My daughter threw a yellow plastic ball that hit me in the eye, which made me think of apples. I never eat them, although I don’t know why. They’re delicious, etc. But I imagine you’ve had apples. Not...
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Repeal Day – Brings Back Good Memories
December 5th, marks the anniversary of Repeal Day, the day prohibition died and went to hell and died over and over again and went to hell again. Come join us to celebrate with, duh, drinks. We’ll be...
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Baby Pappy
Okay, dinguses… First, I’d like to clarify that I wasn’t really calling YOU a dingus – that was aimed at my one buddy, the one with the thin belt. You know who you are. Second, the elusive and...
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Blues To Do Live
BLUES TO DO LIVE is coming to the Feedback Lounge, recording for TV and streaming live on the internet, every Tuesday night, 8PM, beginning January 7, 2014. BLUES TO DO LIVE is booked and hosted by...
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Hey, Hey We’re The Monks
During this sacred holiday time, when the good works of the men and women of divinity shine through in the basking light of charity, let us all get kinda drunk tonight on green booze made by monks....
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