"If you love the sound of bright brass cutting through dirty little Seinfeld-sounding bass licks, Funky Fridays at Sea Monster Lounge are for you. Their resident funk band, Funky 2 Death, is impeccably groovy, but still atmospheric, making it just as much fun to tear it up on the dance floor as it is to sway in a back booth while popping crab rangoons from Seattle Dumpling House. (You’re allowed to bring in takeout from the adjoining late-night cart.) Funk, along with the occasional organ or jazz quartet" - gabe guarente, aimee rizzo