Canterbury Ales and Eats
Few literary scholars know Chaucer's twenty-fifth lost Canterbury Tale, about the wretched hive of scum and villainy known as the Canterbury Ales and Eats. Lack of notoriety didn't stop some Seattle entrepreneur from opening a tribute business. Though located on the north end of Capitol Hill's quaint, huppie-inhabited (hipster + yuppie, ya'll) 15th Ave section, The Canterbury is a true dive bar. Its darkness shrouds ripped upholstery but can't mask the faint smell of human excrement. Most of the staff are surly as hell (apart from the sunny Shauna...does she still work there?). Still, there are untold treasures in its expanse of four rooms! The front room, with its tall booths, is good for large parties, but be prepared to freeze your ass off every time the door opens. On the left, past the juke box, is a cozy sitting room complete with a fireplace. To the right, past the barfly corral, is the vast game room. Here you can challenge another chap to such olde-timey favorites as shuffleboard, pinball, and pool. All this plus great fries and Strongbow on tap! When I lived three blocks away this place was my rec room.
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