Tangle Town (Elysian Brewing Public House)

6/15/2008 3:18:14 PM, sunday, june 15, 2008
Very attentive bartender, good selection, decently priced. Food slightly above average. Quiet location easy to park. Was there on a quiet Thursday afternoon, very enjoyable

11/12/2007 9:43:52 PM, monday, november 12, 2007 [ Updated monday, november 19, 2007 ]
Nice space with multiple roll up windows/doors (letting tons of light in) that lead out to the street in this quaint tiny shopping district. It has a kind of modern feel and look to the place in some respects. The bar surface looks like sheet metal. They have some sixteen beers listed on tap all but three are there’s. Today I see five (had to count twice to be sure because it doesn’t seem right) different pumpkin beer varieties on tap. I was told they had even more a couple of days earlier. There are also two beer engines for select cask dispensing. The food is tasty and has some unique flair. I see a decent bottle selection with about a dozen fairly standard Belgium offering and a few craft brews. One tube here in the corner is tuned to sports.

10/19/2007 9:40:26 AM, friday, october 19, 2007
A nice neighborhood pub in Seattle’s TangleTown, in the old Honey Bear site. They feature Elysian brews, making some on premise, along with others. This place allows children outside the bar area. If you are looking for the hip happening spot to see and be seen, this is defintely not for you. However, if you are looking to avoind that seen scene, it definitely IS. Can be hard to find, hence the name, Tangletown.

9/5/2007 2:58:51 AM, wednesday, september 05, 2007
Great selection for this neighborhood. Not too big not too small. We went on a week night and there was not much gong on, which is good sometimes.

8/28/2007 8:48:40 PM, tuesday, august 28, 2007
The place was bright and open inside - though not particularly big. They had a good selection of their own (Elysian) brews on tap, a less impressive bottled selection, and some pretty good taps flowing non-house brews. The menu seemed to have an upscale European slant. We just had appetizers (the mussels and the hummus), and they were tasty but not perfectly executed - though still above average fare for a bar. Their house beers were good, and they had a sample. BUT - I really hate pubs, particularly brewery fronts and brew-on-premise places, that do not offer samples for *every* house brew. They offered a sample, but it only had 5 out of 10 house taps. And I couldn’t order samples/tastes of the other 5 (and ordering five points on top of a sampler was also out of the question). So that is the reason my "overall" score is not so high.

4/1/2007 10:28:49 AM, sunday, april 01, 2007
We went for Brunch and it was amepty. We thought for sure this place would be packed. The food was good and the service was not bad . The beer was plenty the taster was small with only 5 and they where pretty good. The parking can be at times tight so be ready if going on a night time. Not bad and we will go again.

6/13/2006 3:33:44 PM, tuesday, june 13, 2006
Located in a nice neighborhood, this place is rather spacious with plenty of tables. They have garage door windows, which open up on nice days. Bar is on the right with a couple of TVs. There were 10 beers on draft with 2 on cask. Their tap list was not up to date at all. Prices were decent and the service was good as well. I had a turkey sandwich, which was suprisingly good. It was topped with cucumber and asparagus. The fires were tasty and there were large portions of food. I thought the beer was fair, but perhaps over-hopped. The bathrooms were very neat, if not "formal". I probably would have enjoyed this place more if I hadn’t been soaked with rain after I had walked about 6 miles earlier in the day.

10/13/2005 12:50:38 PM, thursday, october 13, 2005 [ Updated thursday, october 13, 2005 ]
Was here second half of August. The beer was OK, not much selection (taps), & nothing to write home about, I had the IPA. I liked the atmosphere and the setting (neighborhood). The ceasar salad was very good with the whole unbroken romaine lettuce leaves which had to be eaten by hand. The hummis was good too.

8/4/2005 3:00:24 PM, thursday, august 04, 2005
Am I the only one not impressed with this place? Compared to the Elysian Brewery this place is lacking. Has a faux-yuppie trendy look to the place, only 1 or 2 seasonals on tap, and the waitstaff belong more in a dance club or martini bar than a taproom. The tables and chairs were arranged in a lazy way, just stuff whereever on the floor, and the bar was small and didn’t fit with the entire look of the place. The beer quality was redeeming, but the selection was the usual Elysian fare. Cash Dragonstooth was the highlight.

8/3/2005 6:21:23 PM, wednesday, august 03, 2005
I just moved 1/2 block from this place...and love it already. Solid selection of Elysian brews, a good selection of Belgians(bottle and on tap) and a good food selection with changing weekly specials. Great place for hanging out over a few beers when it’s nice out...they have "garage door walls" that they open up making it a wonderful atmosphere. Plus, they’ll throw on the Cubs game for me:-)