Sunday, May 20, 2007

The Fremont Dock

The Fremont Dock is a sports bar and restaurant on the corner of Woodlawn Park Ave N and N 34th street in the Fremont neighborhood.

He said: There is no dock involved in the Fremont Dock. One might expect that given its name and its actual proximity to Lake Union that a dock may somehow be involved. Don't be mistaken, there is a deck, but it is on the inland side of the road traversing next to Lake Union. We came down to catch the Mariner's game on a Saturday night. The place seemed pretty dead for a sports bar with the hometown team playing a game. The game was on the two big screen TV's that they had, but the sound was off. Instead, we got to listen to great soft rock of the early 90's and a couple in the corner had apparently come down to the Dock to watch CSI: Miami or some rubbish, and their sound was indeed turned up. Going back to the website I have graciously provided in the intro line, you can see that this establishment does indeed profess to be a sports bar, and not a prime-time drama bar. The beer I ordered was brought to me in a frosty glass. As I stated in my review of Kozue, this is the way you should be served a beer at a restaurant. I ordered "The Spanish Burger" although it was really a California burger (a cheeseburger with avocado in addition to the normal burger fixin's.) It was pretty tasty and the fries were also good. They had Heinz ketchup in glass bottles which is also the way to go. If this place were just a restaurant I would have to give it a B+, but since they had so many transgressions when it comes to being a "sports bar" and restaurant they get only a C+.

She said:
Maybe we have to come here for breakfast, since their website says they have the best breakfast in town, I don't know. I definitely won't ever be coming here for dinner again. I ordered the turkey club and a side salad. After the waitress took our order, I watched her go behind the counter, open the fridge, pull out a "salad," put a crapload of dressing on it, and bring it over to me. Lord only knows how long this "salad" had been in that fridge. I put salad in quotes because it was clearly an iceberg lettuce mix out of a bag, put onto a plate, and topped with those gross, salty croutons. Then she poured a ton of dressing all over it to hide the "salad" taste. It was really bad. I didn't eat most of it. My turkey club was alright - not that great. I ordered a Corona light and they didn't have any, so I had to settle for a Corona. The tables were set up in an odd configuration to the TV's. Either one person at each table could have a great view of a TV, and the other person could have no view, or both people would have to turn their necks 90 degrees in order to see. We opted for the 90 degrees table and my neck hurt after about 10 minutes. They had strange music on for a "sports bar" (think Mariah Carey) and the place was nearly empty at 9pm on a Saturday night. C-.