VICEROY

There’s good news and bad about Linda Derschang’s latest adventure in Barland. The good news concerns Viceroy’s tongue-in-chic ’70s decor, including funny, right-on details like the buffalo-hoof lamp, snakeskin surfaces throughout, and the bookshelf straight out of a Baby Boomer rumpus room (Roots, anyone?). Even the music has a retro feel, though artists as fresh as Junior Senior may be heard pumping through the stereo system (or from the adjoining club, also part of the Viceroy mini-empire). The bad news? To go with your happy-hour libations ($1 off all drinks from 6 to 8 p.m. seven nights a week), all you get is a bottomless bowl of Goldfish or a $15 TV dinner; like many other Seattle bars, Viceroy serves only token edibles. No matterthe mood is mellow, the crowd seems surprisingly unpretentious, and the cocktails pack a well-blended wallop. Viceroy (2332 Second Ave., 206-956-8423) BELLTOWN


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