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Unleash the Kraken… Bar & Lounge! (Sorry, had to.)

The small bar has been a treasure for punk rock music lovers and gave several bands their first opportunities to be on stage.

Kraken owners tell The Stranger they hope to reopen the bar in a new location, but say Seattle's isn't "building things that work for our type of business."

Kraken Hockey Team in Washington Sued by Punk Bar for Name April 28, 2021 A Seattle, Wash., punk rock bar is suing the city’s new NHL hockey team for $3.5 million, saying the Kraken’s choice of a name and plans to open a restaurant are harming the Kraken Bar & Lounge, which opened a decade before the team’s upcoming inaugural season. The Seattle Times reports the bar filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court. The Kraken Bar & Lounge was founded in 2011 by William Knupp and husband-and-wife Kat Colley and Daniel Colley. The lawsuit asks that the te...

The Seattle Kraken is a pirate-themed punk rock dive bar, damn it. Sponsored $20 lunch and $35 / $50 dinner options. Venues offer takeout, delivery, indoor and outdoor dining. The dive on the northern part of University Way, or "the Ave," has withstood the changing tides of the neighborhood. For a decade, its live music shook the windows of the ratty old college houses that are now sleek apartment buildings. The bar owners aren't planning to close the Kraken anytime soon, but they feel their brand is in jeopardy because a certain new similarly named NHL team is sco...