The Chapel was built in the early 1920s inside the Butterworth's Mortuary. It was a place to honor life in the physical world and the passing into the spiritual world. While the mortuary no longer exists, the former chapel continues to bring people together to honor one another — in the physical world, yes, but perhaps also to ponder the spiritual world in a convivial atmosphere.
Chapel is more than a bar, more than a restaurant. Fine food and exceptional spirits are served in a unique space where people, music, art, architecture and ideas intersect and mix.
"Perhaps by the nature of its somewhat cavernous space with multiple levels of seating, Chapel offers a range of interaction within its soaring walls, from intimate to boisterous. The crowd is diverse, young, mixed and eclectic." (550k PDF).
"If you're sitting in heaven and feeling guilty because you know you don't deserve to be there, rest in peace, you're probably just sitting at The Chapel Bar in Seattle. Formery a funeral home, this spacious 1920s colonial masterpiece has all the grandeur and majesty fit for dead kings and queens, but it's lively as all hell." (500k PDF).
1600 Melrose Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
P 206.447.4180
F 206.447.9777
Sunday thru Thursday 5pm - 1am
Friday and Saturday 5pm - 2am
Daily 5pm - 8pm and midnight to close. All martinis, only $5 each.
