The Seattle Kraken is a pirate-themed punk rock dive bar, damn it. Sponsored $20 lunch and $35 / $50 dinner options. Venues offer takeout, delivery, indoor and outdoor dining.
The dive on the northern part of University Way, or the Ave, has withstood the changing tides of the neighborhood. For a decade, its live music shook the windows of the ratty old college houses that are now sleek apartment buildings.
The bar owners aren t planning to close the Kraken anytime soon, but they feel their brand is in jeopardy because a certain new similarly named NHL team is scourging the good, grungy Kraken name and plans to open a Kraken Bar & Grill sports bar in Northgate at the team s new training facility just 3.6 miles away.