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Belltown · Dive with good drinks

Shorty's

Shorty's has been Belltown's dive bar since 1997, and it's still full of real pinball machines rather than screens. Go for cheap drinks and a corn dog, not for cocktails.

Late nightGroupsGoing solo
Neighbourhood
Belltown
Style
Dive with good drinks
Known for
Working pinball machine collection · Corn dogs and cheap beer · Coney Island sideshow decor
Prices
$ · cocktails under $14
Getting in
Walk-ins only
Food
Snacks and small plates
Hours
Open daily, roughly noon to 2am; hours can shift, check their Instagram
Address
2222 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

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Checked: No closure reporting found; a 2019 relocation down the block is the only disruption on record, and recent pinball-venue guides still list it as operating. Checked Oct 2026.

Photo: an illustration of the mood, not this bar.

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