{"id":304,"date":"1992-09-01T20:02:05","date_gmt":"1992-09-02T02:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.wend.ca\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-06-19T20:56:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T00:56:53","slug":"pioneer-square-jazz-alley-and-rkcndy-rockcandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Square, Jazz Alley and RKCNDY (RockCandy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was spent wandering around Pioneer Square<\/a> and exploring it’s unique architecture and shops. This is Seattle’s oldest neighbourhood and is known for its Victorian brick buildings, street performers, art galleries, unique eateries and coffee shops.<\/p>\n

At one point we had our pictures taken with the Old Man and Woman on a Bench<\/em> on Fourth Ave and Lenora. <\/p>\n

For lunch we wandered down to the wharf and ate buckets of steamed clams and drank beer, which ended up being bought for us by a gentleman sitting at the bar. Later in the day, we walked Kim over to Jazz Alley<\/a> on 6th and Lenora before heading over to RKCNDY for games night.<\/p>\n

Jazz Alley is known for being one of the first jazz bars on the west coast and for attracting world class jazz performers. However, the thing I remember most about Jazz Alley are the murals outside the bar.<\/p>\n

After checking out the murals we went to the dark, dingy and dank RKCNDY for games night. The Rattled Roosters were playing — a rock-a-billy band from Vancouver. The Rattled Roosters were excellent and the RKCNDY was everything I hoped it would be: the perfect location for the grunge scene. Rumour has it that Soundgarden and Pearl Jam play here frequently.<\/p>\n