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This Elks Lodge is a throwback to South Seattle before gentrification
A Rainier Beach fraternal organization fights for survival amid the city’s depressing trend of African-American flight.
Mike Seely
Mike Seely is a former editor-in-chief of Seattle Weekly and the author of Seattle’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving in the Emerald City. Follow him on Twitter @mdseely.
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Best of 2018: Hey MSN, this is what a real Seattle dive bar looks like
You call that a dive bar? What MSN’s pick says about Seattle.
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So Seattle: The military surplus store that’s a mainstay in Belltown
Patagonia is a fine, famed purveyor of outerwear with a fervent clientele of global proportions. But in Seattle, it might
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In Seattle, a one-of-a-kind hospital for broken vacuums
With faith and good works, Georgetown's Vac Shop helps a community get clean in more ways than one.
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Hey MSN, this is what a real Seattle dive bar looks like
You call that a dive bar? What MSN’s pick says about Seattle.