Old 5th Avenue Tavern

This divey watering hole is truely a GEM! I some what don’t even want to rave about it on here for fear it will become overcrowded with people that don’t deserve to experience it’s awesomeness. Taco Tuesday = delicious (and cheap!) Sloppy Joe Thursday = delicious (and cheap). Stiff drinks, excellent bartenders and the owner (Tara) is a complete sweethart. They celebrate Sea Hawks games with Tuba Touchdowns and usually someone brings in an additional, special food item to add to the regularly scheduled bar menu. It’s a place that makes you wonder why you don’t hang out in Maple Leaf more often. Great bar full of great people!

This bar is one of Seattles best kept secrets… if you like a hands-​on owner bar (Tara) who cleans daily, works so so hard to keep this place authentic and a neighborhood bar. this is the place for all of us. They even have a parking lot and specials like Taco Tuesday and Sloppy Joe Thursday, and a record plaque for most tacos… Challenge“
Rohn

I love this place! It is a great place to have a drink and take in a baseball game. The food is all carby and cheesy, which isn’t a bad thing but you’re probably going to go hungry if you’re looking for anything healthy. That said, the taco Tuesday is ossum and really good. I’ve also had the $ 4 spaghetti (I forget what day they do this, Wednesday?), which is just fine. The nachos, dang, so much cheese, so good! The bartender is great too!

Bought a house a couple years ago in the Maple Leaf neighborhood and I have been going to 5^th ave Tavern ever since! The bartenders there are great and extremely friendly!

This place was awesome! I was looking for a place to get tacos on a Tuesday and an article came up online about their 2 for $ 1.00 tacos. It wasn’t what I expected, but great nonetheless! One person was working the bar but it wasn’t too busy. The tacos were awesome! You can put whatever you want on them and they tasted great. These were crunchy shell tacos. The lady at the bar still had time to ask if we were doing ok and she really rocked it!

The people were really friendly there. The bartender was really nice and I got my drink (just a cider) in a timely manner. The bar wasn’t what I expected, it was a little run down and dingy, but it’s quiet and nice for a conversation. I would go back there to try it on a Friday night just to see if the atmosphere changes at all, but not on another weeknight.

There isn’t much I can say that hasn’t been said.
I’ve been coming to this place (whenever I’m in the neighborhood) for the last 10+ years. It’s so small, cozy and divey, and with five TVs all within view of the bar stool or booth, it’s a great place to watch sports.
This is truly a tiny treasure and is a great place to come to with friends or even alone. Well done!

Tara pushes this bar from a 4 to 5. Luna (my 1yr old Boxador) and I love coming here when family is in town. Get PBRs on draft and let the dog roam the bar. Sounds like a perfect way to waste my weekend.

The ‘club’ is one of our favorite places. Tara and crew are awesome. Service is super friendly and prompt. The patrons are salty and sassy and friendly all at the same time. Absolutely a home away from our living room. Super close to our pad on the N. End. Would recommend for folks in the Maple Leaf or nearby hoods!

Perfect neighborhood bar. Divey, quietish and comfortable. A no pressure place where you can toss a few back wearing sweatpants and no one would care.
I also ate sloppy joes here once for two dollars and they were pretty good for $ 2 sloppy joes.

Friendly bartender, cheap drinks and $ 1 for 4 songs on the jukebox. I love dive bars.

This is a good dive bar: good people, comfortable atmosphere, some decent beers on tap. The glasses are even clean enough to leave rings when you drink out of them. Beer prices are a little expensive, but a solid neighborhood joint.

Friendly neighborhood place with dinner specials, beer and cocktails.
Very small but everyone is really nice and the pool table is free

If you live in the Maple Leaf neighborhood I suggest you check it out. If you live in West Seattle or Edmonds it’s probably not worth driving all the way out here. 5^th Avenue Tavern is a fantastic neighborhood bar. Cheap drinks/​food, fantastic bartender, and a cool vibe. 5-​Stars from a Maple Leaf resident.

This is one of my few go-​to bars. Both the customers and the bartenders are cool and friendly, whether you’re a regular or a newbie (or a new regular, like me). And I really like that. Because Seattle in general has the whole «I don’t give a s*** about you, but I’ll do it in a really friendly way» thing down to a science. (I think this article gets it dead-​on:
.) And this place ain’t that — not on my first, second, or fifth time here.
Or maybe I just melted the freeze particularly fast because I usually bring my really cute pit bull in with me, and she wanders around hitting up the willing for pets and treats and general fawning over her.
Your food selections are:
– Nightly: Nachos and hot dogs
– Monday: «Mystery meal» (haven’t had the pleasure)
– Tuesday: Tacos, 2/​$ 1 (tasty and basic! and super-​cheap!) — usually draws a crowd
– Wednesday: Burgers, I think — think they just added those to the rotations
– Thursday: Sloppy Joes (might venture for a try tomorrow)
(Don’t think there’s anything special Fri-​Sun, but maybe I’m wrong.)
A cool, genuine neighborhood bar. I dig it.

I tried this place out by a friend’s recommendation and after one visit, I’m a fan! It’s a small place and is a bit of a dive, but that’s my style.
I went on Taco Tuesday, which you can’t beat 2 for a buck. There isn’t anything fancy about them, but you can dress them us as much as you like at the ‘taco station’ next to the bar. They had other good deals, too… like $ 1.50 PBR tall boys after 10pm and $ 2 Sloppy Joe’s on Thursay, which I will be checking out soon.
For a small area, it was fairly crowed and there was just one person working the bar — no servers. She did a great job keeping tabs on us and getting beer and taco refills out to us asap. And, she was friendly on top of it all, which is huge for me because I’ve had my share of sour service. They have a free parking lot next to the building with plenty of spots. No reason not to check this place out if you like a dive!

Greatest bar ever! And the best sloppy Joe’s!

I love that I’m only the 5^th person to review the Old 5^th. Feels like the honor should go to someone is a regular, but I’ll take it.
A small bar with a cozy-​dive feel. Cold beer, warm nuts. Best with just a few friends.

SOLID drinks. Oh yeah, pulltabs too.

Went here because we needed a place within walking distance :) very divey with cheap drinks and eats.
I give it four stars because the lady working the bar was working alone and still found the time to bus our table, grab more chairs and rearrange tables for my big group. We were outsiders when we came in but were quickly welcomed by the locals.