{"id":280,"date":"2009-03-15T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2009-03-15T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T02:50:12","slug":"greenwood-a-destination-for-beer-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood: A Destination for Beer Lovers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s nice to see Greenwood, a northern suburb of Seattle, starting to come alive with interesting places to imbibe.\u00a0 The most recent addition is Pillager’s Pub, located at 8551 Greenwood Avenue.\u00a0 The pub is actually a showcase for Seattle’s Three Skulls Ales<\/em> brewery<\/em> (which is an offshoot of Baron Brewing<\/em><\/a>), though there is no onsite brewing at Pillagers.\u00a0 As the name implies, the pub is pirate themed.\u00a0 This theme is consistent with the beers brewed by Three Skulls Ales<\/em> which include Black Bonney Porter<\/em>, Pillager’s Pale<\/em>, and Cutthroat Red<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 It certainly makes sense to keep the brand in sync, but I am not a big fan of pirate themes and we already have the Maritime<\/a> Jolly Roger<\/a> just a stones throw away in Ballard.\u00a0 Still, owner Jeff Smiley is a huge fan of pirates – so at least it’s derived out of personal passion and not a random marketing ploy.<\/p>\n

Upon entering the pub, it feels a bit like entering the Tully’s that previously occupied the space.\u00a0 One obvious difference is the large pirate ship battle mural that takes up the entire West wall.\u00a0 It’s beautifully done and I found\"\" myself looking it over for much of my visit.\u00a0 Additionally, large wood tables and matching benches line the windows and seem to encourage decent sized groups (many of the tables could seat at least six).\u00a0 Still, some additional work needs to be done to really make the place feel like its own.\u00a0 They were only on their second day in operation when I visited, and I sense that work is still being done.\u00a0\u00a0 I had a Black Bonney Porter<\/em> and was quite pleased.\u00a0 I also tried the Pirate Wings (traditional buffalo wings with blue cheese ) and they were a fine accompaniment.<\/p>\n

Just south and across the Street from Pillagers Pub is Naked City Taphouse<\/a>.\u00a0 After my\"\" porter and wings, I shuffled over to see how Naked City was doing now that they’ve been open for a couple months.\u00a0 I was\u00a0 impressed with the atmosphere, the people and the beer selection.\u00a0 I had originally gone to Naked City on their opening night, and it was clear they still had a few kinks to work out.\u00a0 I’m happy to say they seem to have worked them out.\u00a0 The menu is a bit more interesting and the atmosphere is comfortable and inviting (dimming the lights a bit made a big difference).\u00a0\u00a0 I had their olive tray and a beer and both were tasty.\u00a0 I’m also interested to try their Pickled Hops Shoots when those are in season later in the year.\u00a0 One final note: they will fill growlers with most of the beers they have on tap (though they don’t sell growlers, so you’ll have to bring your own from home).<\/p>\n

In summary, promising establishments are opening up in Greenwood that make it a great destination for getting quality beers with neighbors and friends.\u00a0\u00a0 This is nice to see and I look forward to spending more time at both Pillager’s Pub and the Naked City Taphouse<\/a>.\u00a0 I’d also like to make it into Gainsbourg soon.\u00a0 Gainsbourg is a recently opened French style lounge on the same block providing, in their own words: “unique cocktails, wonderful wines, a broad beer list and obscenely affordable French-inspired small plates.” Old standby’s like Baranof, Crosswalk, and Pig ‘n Whistle<\/a> are also close by for those who want to “crawl” the neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s nice to see Greenwood, a northern suburb of Seattle, starting to come alive with interesting places to imbibe.\u00a0 The most recent addition is Pillager’s Pub, located at 8551 Greenwood Avenue.\u00a0 The pub is actually a showcase for Seattle’s Three Skulls Ales brewery (which is an offshoot of Baron Brewing), though there is no onsite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,53,70,84,99],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","tag-beer","tag-greenwood","tag-naked-city-taphouse","tag-pillagers-pub","tag-seattle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}