Caroline Tavern

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  The Caroline is rad. Stiff drinks, great prices, delicious fried food, super service. Covered smoking section. Clean bathrooms!
  
  Jukebox and pull tabs. Plenty of seating. Interesting (albeit a little handsy) clientele.
  
  Bonus: stone's throw from my house, so no drinking and driving here. Great little dive.

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  Posted on 08.24.12 Lauren K.

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  Cool neighborhood dive bar.  Went here with friends and as soon as we walked in it's like they knew the other regulars in the bar.  Bartender is awesome and poured us some good shots to start off the night.  Good selection of beers on tap and love that they have PBR.  Put some money into the jukebox to add to the great music lineup that a regular started.  Only one pool table and one pinball machine but who needs those when you're having fun chatting.  Not a whole lot of seats so we stood a lot and wandered around visiting people.

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  Posted on 08.10.12 J. N.

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  Ok, so I gave this place an extra star because I met my boyfriend here.
  
  Call me biased, I can live with it, he's a GREAT guy.
  
  Neighborhood "dive" bar in the kindest sense. Friendly regulars, even friendlier bartenders.
  
  A great jukebox, good location (for me, as I live about a mile and a half), stiff drinks, reasonably priced, and a touch of history (Will Rogers drank here, no, really!) make this a great local watering hole.
  
  I haven't tried the food, as it's mostly fried, but everyone else seems to like it.
  
  And while I can't call my boyfriend a regular as we met on his first visit to the Caroline, I can say I'm partial to the people that wander in here!

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  Posted on 12.28.11 Dawn B.

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  I stumbled across this place awhile back and had a late lunch of fish and chips.  It was very good and better than I expected from a hole in the wall place like that.  The only menu is a blackboard.  I don't drink so I can't comment on the drinks.  Caroline's is a good place for a light lunch or dinner and it's quiet considering that it's a tavern or pub.  It's also wheelchair accessible.

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  Posted on 12.28.09 Ephraim H.

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  The Caroline is a nifty little neighborhood place that's been operating in the middle of nowhere since prohibition. It is said to have been visited by Will Rogers in 1935 ( <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.seattlepi.com%2Flakecity%2Farchives%2F112450.asp&s=887587f050726d9ed901c0f05ce87c0126785412f891d2cc66c8cbf3ecffd7e8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://blog.seattlepi.co…</a> ), and now caters -- as one imagines it always has -- to a pleasant cross-section of ages, ethnic groups, and subcultures.

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  Posted on 12.03.09 Peter A.

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  I never knew what this place was called until, on a lark, i jumped off the 73 and decided to stop in for a beer.  The bartender was polite though he did want 2 forms of ID. Fortunately, i had two forms of ID. He explained that they've been having some trouble with the Liquor Control Board and proceeded to pour me a nice stiff Jack and Coke once i realized that it wasn't actually a tavern.  This led to a conversation on why they didn't have a sign anymore, for this reason exactly.
  
  (Taverns, you see, don't serve hard A. It's a Washington thing.)
  
  Food's pretty good, if a bit limited. Beer selection's pretty broad. Mixed drinks are really stiff, and they have a surprising selection of wine. Nice crowd, not typical for my hood.
  
  I've been back a couple of times. I do like this place.

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  Posted on 07.06.09 Gwen C.

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  Well its my first review on yelp....very cool....so i went into carolines tavern last week. The place is small, unless its nice outside where you can take your drink and sit. Its your blue collar neighborhood bar...good beer selection, and very good stiff drinks.
  
  The bartender was cool, and it seemed to be a place for regulars, but i struck a conversation right away with the folks at the bar...
  
  a killer juke box...daft punk and cocktails and pool..and i was a happy man that night...like i said earlier its small...so if you go with a group of 4 or more that could cause problems for sitting.
  
  carolines i will be back soon
  
  first review in the book....cheers everyone

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  Posted on 04.30.08 Steve O.

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