My favorite bar seating is at 13 Coins in SeaTac, 18000 International Boulevard, directly across the road from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The seats are each high backed and arched so you can sit in complete privacy, just watching the gifted chefs work the flames in the open kitchen. Alternatively, a couple can turn their chairs toward each other and have a relatively private booth between two arch-covered barstools. Very cool.
Thank you for this post. As someone who is most often a solo diner, this is an important issue for me. I am someone who is not afraid to dine alone at a table, to the point of often requesting to do so. Purely because *dining* at the bar is so unpleasant. If a restaurant is going to view their bar as somewhere to dine, then it should be treated with the same consideration as table seating. I feel it's too often treated as a place to sit for a short time before/after a meal or just for a drink. Restaurateurs need to eat a meal at their bar, if it's on offer, and judge comfort. Arm rests, appropriate foot rests, and places to hang a bag are all important considerations, as you rightly brought up.
My favorite bar seating is at 13 Coins in SeaTac, 18000 International Boulevard, directly across the road from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The seats are each high backed and arched so you can sit in complete privacy, just watching the gifted chefs work the flames in the open kitchen. Alternatively, a couple can turn their chairs toward each other and have a relatively private booth between two arch-covered barstools. Very cool.
Love the Bar Benjamin setup. Also a big fan of Saffy’s bar seating!
Thank you for this post. As someone who is most often a solo diner, this is an important issue for me. I am someone who is not afraid to dine alone at a table, to the point of often requesting to do so. Purely because *dining* at the bar is so unpleasant. If a restaurant is going to view their bar as somewhere to dine, then it should be treated with the same consideration as table seating. I feel it's too often treated as a place to sit for a short time before/after a meal or just for a drink. Restaurateurs need to eat a meal at their bar, if it's on offer, and judge comfort. Arm rests, appropriate foot rests, and places to hang a bag are all important considerations, as you rightly brought up.
Pasjoli in Santa Monica is pretty good bar seating (and I am short!)
Lyla Lila is an amazing bar for the atmosphere, food, drinks, and bartenders. Love the bar (and bartenders) at Jen Chan's, also.