You have to walk inside the SR to find the measure of its true delight. Its a book whose cover is moot when approaching from the street. The air inside is different than any of its neighboring, very distant cousins of Queen Anne nightlife. The staff is as friendly as you want to allow it to be, its din manageable for intimate conversation or enjoyable as what it is if you are without a confabulating partner. The staff is never too intruding but ever amicable and ready to converse, given the signal. I have been coming here for years and it is the one establishment I don't have to think twice about when I have the whim to dip in and tip the dram, especially if it is happy hour, the locals are in and the Newcastle keg is on the ready.
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