Seattle - December 19, 2008

Odd One Out

Oddfellows Cafe + Bar Opens

Your best friend Harry has a brother Larry, and you’re all looking for a place to drink and be merry.

Bring the bros to Oddfellows Cafe + Bar, which opens today.

Pretty ladies Linda Derschang (Linda’s Tavern, etc., etc.) and chef Ericka Burke (Volunteer Park Cafe) transformed the 1908 building with respect and style.

Enjoy mascarpone- and pear-stuffed brioche French toast in the a.m. amid coffered ceilings, exposed brick, and worn dance studio floors. Lunch on panini beneath industrial lighting and vintage photographs. Then dine on comfort foods like rotisserie chicken at farmhouse tables.

Rescued church pews make the perfect perch on which to nurse a beaker of wine next to any fine fellow.

Just don’t be surprised if he busts a move.

Oddfellows Cafe + Bar, 1525 10th Avenue (206-325-0807 or oddfellowscafe.com).