$13: The Loft

I was going to write several hundred words about The Loft in Ballard this morning, but Brian Barr beat me to the punch here. What I can add to Bri's fondness for the gorgeous, former-machine-shop space and shuffleboard is that the happy hour sliders and quesadillas certainly do the trick, and with March Madness upon us, Ballardites will not be hurting for screens, what with this sports bar and the always reliable Bad Albert's across the street. If there's a negative to the Loft, it's that the space can get a little bridge and tunnel turbo over the weekend, acting as a sort of reservoir for King's and Matador overspill up the road. But that's nobody's fault, really; and it keeps Hattie's and Hazlewood pure as the mountain rain.