The Mountaineering Club
Bar · University District
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Highlights
Craft cocktails & seafood on a chic rooftop with expansive city views
Craft cocktails & seafood on a chic rooftop with expansive city views
"Nope, this isn't some excursion to the wilderness. You're coming here to take an elevator up to the roof of a University District hotel, drink a fancied-up long island iced tea topped with blackberry gummies, and eat a great bacon sandwich. We love the inside, but the patio is the best seat in the house, where you can see the entire skyline. It’s lively and fun without being logistically impossible to get a seat, and somewhat avoids the try-hard energy that can make other rooftops feel more like a photoshoot than a bar." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
"This rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel is designed as if Smokey The Bear himself picked up a West Elm catalogue and opened a place that has very good views of the eastside of the city. The patio is the best seat in the house, where you chill with a fancied-up long island iced teas and eat bacon sandwiches while wondering if it’s possible to see Bill Gates’ house." - gabe guarente, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"This hotel rooftop bar is a bit of an anomaly in the University District, a part of town where most restaurants feel slightly underground somehow. But the Mountaineering Club has a gorgeous view of the northern part of the city plus Portage Bay and beyond. The food and drink menu hews surprisingly closely to a kind of camping vibe, and the staff even wears mountaineering-themed uniforms." - Brianna Gunter
"No, we’re not sending you to some random classroom on campus where kids sit around a fake campfire and look at compasses. The Mountaineering Club is a cool rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel. The space is designed as if an Eagle Scout troop had an interior design merit badge on the line, and the outdoor patio has one of the best skyline views in the city. The camping theme extends into the drinks—our favorite is the Whidbey Island iced tea, spiked with blackberry liqueur. And if you must eat here, get the bacon sandwich." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"No, we’re not sending you to some random classroom on campus where all of the kids who couldn’t get into an a cappella group sit around a fake campfire and sing folk songs and look at compasses. The Mountaineering Club is a cool rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel. The space is designed as if an Eagle Scout troop had an interior design merit badge on the line, and the outdoor patio has one of the best skyline views in the city. The camping theme extends into the drinks—our favorite is the Whidbey Island iced tea, spiked with blackberry liqueur. If you must eat here, get the bacon sandwich." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
