5 Point Cafe & Bar

• Cuisine(s): American, Bar Food
  Hours: Mon 0am-11:59pm
  Price: $
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
  Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Open 24 Hours
  Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Snacks
• Alcohol: Beer/Wine
  Parking: No Parking

Description

While 5 Point co-owner Dave Meinert professes ignorance to the comparison, something undeniably similar is going on a couple blocks south of the Space Needle. Meinert and his longtime partner (and on-again, off-again 5 Point employee), Mandy Park, took over the iconic 24-hour cafe/bar in November, intent on changing very little. The new owners have made some minor tweaks, adding a couple of vintage sodas and cheese curds to the menu while instituting a new happy hour. But the clientele still seems plucked straight from grunge-era central casting, the jukebox still rocks, there are still framed photos of Native Americans on the wall, and there's still ice cubes in the men's urinal. The scene is a step or two livelier throughout the day, however, and the food-particularly the pot roast and country skillet (a sizzling platter of chicken-fried steak, eggs, potatoes, and onions)-tastes a little better.