74th Street Ale House

We came here in 1991, right after our wedding. It hasn't changed in all these years. Such a warm, friendly place to enjoy a bevvie and chat.Love the staff, drinks and food!

How many places can you say you've frequented for 20 years. Well, I've come to 74th Street Ale House since I moved to Seattle back in 2000. My love for this place started with a weekly trek to have the Reuban Sandwich and I'd have a Snakebite to drink. After a decade my taste changed and I evolved to some of the best iced tea in Seattle and the blue cheese burger with the grilled onions and bell peppers. On top of the great menu they have weekly specials and the homemade soups and gumbo are fantastic. Great place to meet up with friends and have a meal and drink some beers although the do have a full bar too. Mostly a neighborhood place with lots of locals and the staff know more of the regulars as they've worked here for a few decades too.I highly recommend 74th Street Ale House and BTW I just came back from there and had the Gumbo, a Guinness and chased it down with a iced tea to boot.

I REALLY had a craving for a Reuben so on our way north from downtown - we started to search for a restaurant to satisfy that need. Tried one that said they served Ruebens - but not today - brunch till 2. Found this place and got a table right away and a great Reuben! Very saucy - some are too dry and have too much bread. They also do red cabbage sauerkraut which was great. Only drawback was that they didn't have fries. The ladies with me both had the gumbo which they said was spicy and tasty.Glad we stopped!

Clientele is older white folks. My black boyfriend and I went for the first time. Service was mediocre. One of the bartenders barely spoke to us. Food was just okay. Won't be back. But hey, the pie bar is across the street so the trip wasn't a total waste.

Neighborhood watering hole! I visit it mostly at the lunch hour, and have been very pleasantly surprised by the reuben, the tuna sandwich, and nicoise salad so far! For the sunny days, you can use one of their sidewalk tables or one of the ones inside by the windows.I haven't tried their beers yet ironically but looking forward to that at some point. Friendly staff.

Having just finished up a fun visit to the Water Lantern Festival at Green Lake, #seattledude and I were hungry and feeling underwhelmed by the food truck options at the festival. (Plus, there was no beer!) So we hopped on Yelp and found the 74th Street Ale House just up the hill in Phinney Ridge. It was pretty crowded on a Saturday evening, but we found a table in the back and quickly ordered a couple of pints. I had one of my faves, a Mac 'n Jacks, which is almost impossible to find on tap closer to home. He had a stout. Good autumn beers for sure!We also split an oyster po' boy sandwich and a goat cheese salad. They even split them for us, at no extra charge, which was super sweet. The food was fresh and delicious, though I felt the goat cheese portion on the (split) salads were pretty small. The po' boys were tasty, and the oysters were fresh and perfectly fried. It was a good meal to top off a cool fall day in the big city.The service was great, too - our waitress was friendly and helpful, not to mention patient as we were pretty indecisive about what to order from their extensive menu.

My fave place for a catch up with a friend, or for a solo "journaling bite"-- as was the case today. The women who work there are great- (although sometimes working too hard due to understaffing). Today I had the blackened salmon sandwich with a yummy green side salad.(One thing I don't understand is the need to continue to serve dishes with rounds of uncooked onions, and green chili peppers-- does anyone actually eat these?)I love that they have a little blackboard in the women's room-- see photo below for the enjoyable message seen. Also thank you, Ale House, for still having a "women's room" rather than the trendy "all genders" bathroom. Let's face it, women's rooms are a bit cleaner.

This place is has amazing food, great drink selection and always welcoming staff.It does have an old country feel. Sit down tables and bar seating I was pleasantly surprised in the quality of food for the price. They have different specials each week including soup. Haven't had a special yet that we didn't loveOur go to is the goat cheese salad (add blacken chicken), tuna melt, Ruben or gumbo. Don't forget to add your favorite drink!

We have been customers since our agent took us there in 1995. I come for the gumbo... tonight's gumbo was meh and my salad combo ( grilled goat cheese) the goat cheese was burned on the down side...not to busy tonight so a bit disappointed that the kitchen wasn't up to excellence. I'll still come back but felt it important to let them know so they can make improvements. Thanks.

So disappointed. Bartender was a grouch. Ordered one beer and got another. I won't be back.