Merchant's Cafe and Saloon

The Merchant's Cafe and Saloon holds a deep, dark wood bar that arrived by sailing ship around Cape Horn in eighteen ninety. It operates as the oldest continuously running restaurant and saloon in Seattle. During the early days of the Klondike Gold Rush, miners crowded into the basement to gamble while upstairs, the cafe served steady meals to the city's rough-and-tumble pioneers. Its walls have trapped the sounds of illicit card games, late night toasts, and the occasional brawling patron.