Re-bar

06/26/08

Avoid This place!

by Anonymous2896 at Citysearch

Venue doesn't help in anyway to help promote shows or events!!! Spent much money on venue rental $120 for early evening slot or 15% which ever is greater and personal advertising... poor results.

Bad parking area... VERY limited street parking... paid parking lot next to venue.

No art on walls

Staff VERY Unfriendly

Staff uncommunicative when using both email and phone.

Hard to tell if the venue is open.

• Pros: Nice Stage
• Cons: Poor Back Stage , Poor Sound, Poor Communication

10/24/06

one of the last cool hipster places

by binman69 at Citysearch

it is true that this place is for sale....which would stink. it is a great place and had dj queen lucky spinning....and a couple of pool tables...i love this place and highly suggest for a good mix of and straight people----no attitude.....a great place

07/07/06

Best Fringe Theater

by samhandwichez at Citysearch

Re-bar is the best theater because it isn't a theater - it's a bar. They do what every theater in Seattle strives to do: present some of Seattle's funnest, cutting edge, and original theater - without pretense or stuffiness.

The Reason they succede where others fail is because it is a bar first and foremost; so when you go to theater at Re-bar and you find yourself, mid-beer, watching a great piece of theater, it totally catches you off gaurd; all of a sudden you can't pull yourself away to refill the beer you didn't realize you had already finnished. And they do all kinds of different events and plays so I beleive that, at some point, every body will see something they like at Re-bar; be it rock musicals like Hedwig and the Angry Inch to the ridiculousness of The Brown Derby Series to artsy rock/concept shows like the band Awesome's play/concert "Delaware" to the campy sensibilty of choral ensemble Captain Smartypants, or maybe the one-night-only monthly events like Burlesque shows or the newest craze, The Seattle Spelling Bee - what ever it is it'll go well with booze!

It says something that On The Boards, an incredibly a well funded and nationally respected performing arts center, has picked up at several shows and artists that made their debut at not so well funded nor internationally respected Re-bar. So go to Re-bar to see the best local talent in the coolest shows (sure every now and again you get a lemon, but at worst you have drink and have something to talk about afterwards between dancing to that nights DJ). You never know what you'll get at Re-bar, I guess that's part of the fun, but I have found that more than often you'll see a gem that you wouldn't have seen anywhere else in Seattle!

I love this place and think of it as one of Seattle's character defining places!

• Pros: Theater, events, friends of Dorothy and Ellen
• Cons: No free parking lot, at the bottom of Capitol Hill (a walk up if starting a "hop"), dance nights have a small cover ($3- $5)