Naked City,
located just north of downtown Seattle, is named after a 1948 Noire pic called
“The Naked City” and definitely has
a classic feel to it. Their website is pretty cool, take a look. The film and beer
fans had the place filled on a Monday night.
If you are not hipster friendly, give this place a wide berth. At least
there weren’t any hippies, right? Two events were going on that night: one was
the 1 year anniversary celebration of the Slippery Pig Brewery, the other was a showing of the classic vampire movie from 1922, Nosferatu. The Slippery Pig was selling tee shirts
commemorating the anniversary and the 1st Annual Cocktoberfest they
held only weeks before…I think it took place on a farm, hence the Cock in
Cocktober. All the beers on tap were
brewed in Washington, and I started the night with a Naked City Duplicity, a
solid Dubbel. I took a seat at the bar
and started eavesdropping on a group behind me.
Lady Hipster: “I’ve never seen Nosferatu."
Male Hipster: “You’ve NEVER seen Nosferatu?! That is like
THE Movie."
Lady Hipster: “Nope, I’m not that into pedophiles."
Male Hipster: “…pedophiles?”
Lady Hipster: “Yeah, not really interested in watching a
movie about pedophiles."
Male Hipster: “Nosferatu is about vampires…”
Lady Hipster: “Oh."
I did little to contain my laughter and thanks to the mirror
behind the bar, I had a front row seat to the whole conversation. But I
digress. I ordered another NC beer, the Sudden Impact Coffee IPA, and ordered a
plate of sausage…delicious. I was surprised
to find almost no coffee taste to the IPA and asked the waitress why it was called
a coffee IPA. She said, "It’s in the nose." So I closed my mouth and started breathing
through my nose…there it was…a light coffee flavor that was just right.
I struck up a conversation with my stool neighbor
Deklin. He lived in the neighborhood and
was from a long line of Irish immigrants that moved to the US at the turn of
the century, made a fortune and moved back to Ireland. His story reminded me of my family, except
for the making money part and the moving back to Ireland part. Deklin admitted
that he too forwent the making money part and returning to Ireland part.
The bar area cleared out pretty quickly once the movie
began. I ordered a Port Townsend Hop Diggidy IPA, watched an old silent movie on one
TV, and the Lakers get creamed by Oklahoma City Thunder with a score of 119 to 90. The beer was excellent, 3 for 3 for the night,
and the Lakers getting destroyed made each sip that much tastier.
Atmosphere: 3.5
People: 3
Beer Selection: 3
Bathroom: 3
(Out of 5)
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