When Hatback was the Pyramid Brewery and Elysian Fields brewpub was still owned by Dick Cantwell, both places rocked game days, baseball and football alike.

Pregaming and postgaming at Pyramid made an epic evening out of even the Mariners’ version of baseball. From out in the sun before the game, to the surprisingly-cozy spaciousness of the Pyramid’s warm interior on cooling nights, the beer flowed and the nachos melted. When their Summer Seasonal beer changed to their Autumn offering, we knew Summer was almost done.

Over at the marginally-fancier Elysian, pumpkin ales ruled football seasons, and brunch before the pigskin readied one for the rigors of climbing into the stadium. Counterflow back into the brewpub rewarded proper seat selection during the game.

Afterwards, a short and flat walk to International District Station provided a quick bus ride to the base of Capitol Hill, opposite the Paramount, and a nightcap at Machiavelli or the original Elysian.

Thanks for the article, and sorry you weren’t there twenty years ago.

Seems pretty forced to start at Sluggers and move south in order to bash the Seattle stadium-adjacent bar scene. You also inexplicably missed Fast Fashion next door to Hooverville.

Bars and restaurants are so expensive now (the elimination of the tipped minimum wage was a nail in the coffin for me, I can't afford to go out much anymore), and I can get $5-$8 beer (value beer) at the stadium. Or do the happy hour in the Pen the hour before the game. That's way cheaper than most bars downtown.

Going to a game is such an investment of time already--traffic is so much worse than it used to be, and for those of us not near light rail, and dependent on buses, it takes a while to get there and then home. So I'm not looking to spend extra hours down there.

LIT Immersive is like a janky haunted house type situation that they change depending on the holiday. We went to the very first one and it was fun in a "this is so cheap and badly done that I cant believe we spend money to do this" kind of way.

The Gaslamp District is perhaps America's douchiest neighborhood. No thanks.

Thanks for this article. I miss the Triangle Pub. Very crowded and very Seattle.
F X wasn’t bad, but the true comfortable hole in the wall places are less and less common.
I will plug Owl and Thistle. It’s a few blocks away, but worthwhile.