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Dan Cowan

  • Food

    March 28, 2012

    Hattie's Hat Sticks to Its Rib

    The Ballard bulwark hawks cheap meat at happy hour.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Hattie's Hat & the Lindsay Lohan of Ribs

    Hattie's Hat has come full circle. No, it's not back to its emulating its first 90 years as a dingy hangout for chronically thirsty longshoremen fresh off the graveyard shift, girding for a fight. Rather, it's fallen well off downtown Ballard's fickle vanguard, and landed in a comfortable place remi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    State Considers Allowing Performers to Drink Onstage

    ​Deejays, comedians, and musicians could be cleared to drink onstage as soon as November if the state's Liquor Control Board approves a rule change now being considered. Washington law prohibits bar and restaurant employees from drinking while on duty, and--for the purposes of enforcement--en ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    Sunset’s Trip

    The venerable Ballard Avenue venue turns 10.

  • Food

    March 17, 2010

    Bottomfeeder: That's My Point

    A hundred-year lease on a Belltown icon.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Bottomfeeder: The 5-Point's Got That Hattie's Feeling

    Lauren LynchAlcoholics serving alcoholics since 1929.​In 1996, Ballard was still something of a punch line, usually involving shitty Scandinavian drivers and drunken fishmongers. Historic (although some might have called it decrepit at the time) Ballard Avenue had both in spates, and when the ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Losing the War

    A popular Capitol Hill club succumbs to the sprinkler mandate, while the Tractor makes it rain.

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Still Truckin’

    The Tractor Tavern and the Spits both celebrate 15 years of kicking ass.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Sunset owner Max Generaux and Friends Buy Hattie's Hat

    Photo courtesy of MyBallard Big news in Ballard, indeed: A new partnership has been formed to take over management of Hattie's Hat this July. While current owners Dan Cowan (who also owns the Tractor Tavern), Kyla Fairchild (owner of No Depression), and her husband Ron Wilkowski will maintain an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Will "No-Show Dando" Actually Play the Tractor Tonight?

    I just spoke to Tractor Tavern owner Dan Cowan, who says that, as far as he knows, tonight's Lemonheads show is still on. Why the skepticism? Because last time head Lemon Evan Dando was supposed to play there, he canceled. Only he didn't really cancel, he just never showed up, finally phoning well ... More >>

  • Music

    January 30, 2008

    Black Mountain Returns From the Future

    And Sage pays a visit from the past.

  • Music

    June 6, 2007

    Idling With Blake Lewis, Loving Georgetown, and Checking In With City Hall

    Plus plenty of other reasons Seattle nightlife should be spared the chair.

  • Food

    April 19, 2006

    North America

    Plus plenty of other reasons Seattle nightlife should be spared the chair.

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Hot Water

    A Rhode Island metal tragedy could burn Seattle nightclub owners.

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    Resurrecting Fergie

    After lapsing into madness and disappearing in West Seattle, a folk legend is reborn.

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