Madison Pub

Madison Pub is a gay bar in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Madison Pub

The bar's exterior in 2018
Address	1315 East Madison Street
Location	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates	47.613442°N 122.314883°W / 47.613442; -122.314883
Website
madisonpub.com

Description

Madison Pub is an LGBT-owned^[1] gay sports bar located at 1315 East Madison Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.^[2] The Stranger has said the pub is "rumored to be the friendliest and least stressful gay bar on all of Capitol Hill", with loyal clientele.^[3] The newspaper has also described the venue as a "popular, crowded, and unpretentious" sports bar "for men who like men". The bar offers darts, pinball, pool, pull-tabs, trivia, and video games.^[4][5]

History

Chet Harold opened the bar in May 1986. Madison Pub did not operate as a gay bar until July 1986. Michael Lull owned the bar starting in 1995,^[6] and Roland Hyre became the bar's third owner on December 31, 2010. The pub has sponsored local basketball, rugby, softball, tennis, and volleyball teams.^[7]

In the 2009 ricin incident, Madison Pub was one of eleven Seattle gay bars that received letters threatening to poison patrons with ricin; the bar was the only one to not participate in a pub crawl organized in defiance of the threat.^[8][9][10]

Reception

Madison Pub ranked number 38 on NewNowNext.com's (Logo TV) 2018 list of the 50 most popular gay bars in the U.S.^[5]