Ok folks get real; the Buckaroo is a good bar, but it ain't a Pub Club bar. It's too small, parking is shitty, and we already have enough smoky bars on the rotation.
We went to Tacoma last week, and I haven't heard anything from eastsiders, so the eastside is out.
The real fight should be the Zoo vs Owl and Thistle.
PS I live in Ballard, but I'm sick of reading posts from other Ballardites who always vote for the closest bar to their house. If you don't leave your neighborhood you're going to end up inbred.