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Purr

1518 11th Ave, Seattle, WA | Map it  

98122 47.614301 -122.317900

(206) 325-3112 | View Website

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Neighborhoods:
Capitol Hill, Broadway
Categories:
Lounges, Bars & Pubs, Gay & Lesbian Bars

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Payment Methods:
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Bar & Pub Special Features:
Happy Hour, Bar Menu
Bar & Club Special Features:
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Rsmom

Member since Jun, 2009 View Profile
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Joined 3 years ago
5.0
June 22, 2009

Fun, fun, fun!!!. I feel so very safe at Purr...non of the other gay bars are nearly as CLEAN, friendly and a bit sophisticated. The bartenders are efficient and very sweet. I really like the hamburgers and nachos (I haven't had anything else on the menu). This place is packed with ambiance and charm. I would be proud to take anyone there; straight or gay. Weekends are bizzaar...much laughter, quality drinks, good food and a wait staff that is charming and dutiful. No need to wait for a drink...the staff is all over your needs. Barbie...you have done a wonderful job here! Please...don't let it faulter!

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donmreese

Member since Apr, 2006 View Profile
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Joined 6 years ago
3.0
May 13, 2009

$$$. I like just about everything about Purr, except that the drink prices are rediculous. Drinks run about $8 to $10 for well drinks, $12 or so for call. I still go there, but not as frequently. Who can afford it in this economy....

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blueboy79

Member since Jan, 2008 View Profile
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Joined 4 years ago
3.0
January 30, 2008

Barbie's gettin' greedy, boys and girls!. Purr's a decent bar compared to the competition, but then there really isn't much competition in the non-daddy, non-leather sector. Most all of the staff is nice except for a couple of the younger male bartenders who think they're the bee's knees because they're slinging poorly made (and often incorrectly made) drinks (wait 'til they get a bit older -- a 40 year old bartender ain't a pretty sight -- head off to CCs to confirm and lose the attitude -- you know who you are). Actually, some of them are fake nice like Barbie so that's better than openly hostile but most staff is generally nice and accomodating. The place is clean, for the most part although the staff gets overrun on the weekends and the men's room smells like an outhouse in a Mexican barrio. The owner, Barbie Humphrey, frequently increases the prices to where a martini costs $10 now. That's right, $10 for a martini that could be either very good or very bad depending on who happens to be making it -- and don't dare bring it back if you don't like it if you get one of the surly ones. I guess it's fine since people will pay it so more power to her. Food is mostly crappy and overpriced, especially the 4 taquitos for $8.95 that are identical to the frozen kind you can get at Costco for $10 for like 50 of 'em. Shameful. Nachos are good value though so props for that. Oh, and I don't even want to think about that gut-wrenching, stomach turning $10 hamburger. Nasty. Barbie, can't you do a bit better than that? We know you love to eat. So why not start putting some food out you'd want to eat that would be a good value? Or just take the cheapo frozen like the taquitos off the menu? What's next, fish sticks? It's insulting. Don't take us for granted... we're fickle and most of us will be gone as soon as the next place opens unless you and your staff instill some loyalty. It's good you take care of your staff -- how about some respect for your customers? It starts at the top, honey.

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manigan11

Member since Dec, 2007 View Profile
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Joined 5 years ago
2.0
December 09, 2007

Same Ol' Lame Ol' On the hill. Funny how every bar you go to on the hill you here alittle sniff in the bathroom. Funny thing this time, it was a staff member. Won't go back. Bartenders/managers think they are hot...almost.

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nwjeff

Member since Oct, 2007 View Profile
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Joined 5 years ago
4.0
October 09, 2007

Nice place to hang with friends or.... I've been several times and have enjoyed myself there. Last time it was a mix of people predominately gay men but womyn and straight couples as well. For some reason that night with the music and the brick walls as well as it being narrow it reminded me of Tuggs Belltown the look not the ambiance (you would have to be gay in Seattle in the 80's to remember Tuggs) but this was a little trendier. The drinks have been good in what I have ordered and enjoyed the music though my partner doesn't really care for the place. Would recommend to bring friends or go to before going out somewhere else for dancing or something. Liked the artwork done on cardboard boxes a different approach.

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