Old Peculiar

I was with a bunch of my girlfriends for a bachelorette party on 8/3, and we were looking for a fun place to go in and have a drink as part of our night on the town. It must have been around 9:30 or 10 when we got there. We were expecting a fun crowd who would take advantage of our "last night out" theme. The bartender, a very unhappy looking woman who appeared to be in her late 40's, didn't hardly acknowledge us when we sat at the bar even though we were being very nice to her. She acutallly seemed quite annoyed that we were there. When we asked if she could make a special drink for our bachelorette she said she didn't have what that drink required...that was it...she didn't even attempt to offer suggestions as to what else we could try to replace it with..even though we asked. When a few of us had settled on a different drink and were in the process of trying to enjoy it (all the while being made to feel uncomfortable by the way this bartender was treating us), she barely gave us five minutes before coming over and asking us if we were ready to close out the bill (in a very rude manner). I was very dissapointed with the service we received there and I hope that they can read this so they see who they have working on a Friday night. It is sad when an establishment has employees who feel the need to be rude to paying customers and push them out when they very well could have had us stay longer and spend more money at their establishment had they been nicer. more

We went on an informal pub crawl with some friends this past Wednesday and hit a few places in Ballard. The final stop on our evening out was the Old Peculiar which apparently has a late night happy hour. We were drinking Guiness and they certainly do a pour a fine one. We also played some darts, which I haven't done in ages, and had an all around good time. One of our cohorts also mentioned that the fish & chips here is quite tasty and perfect when quaffing brews. Later in the week there are bands that typically play here as well on a rotating roster. A great trifecta of experiences would be to do dinner at Market Street Grill, head over to Egan's for jazz, and then take late night activity to Old Peculiar. more