McMenamins The Woodshop — Restaurant in Bothell

A friend and I came to the wood shop just before midnight to get quiet 21st birthday drinks. Unfortunately, the night didn’t turn out as intended.

We walked inside and sat on what we perceived to be the correct side of a half-wall in the restaurant, trying to be respectful of the fact that I was 15 minutes from legal for the bar. We wanted to get an appetizer while we waited, and I would love to be able to review that but the waitress demanded to see IDs, and told us we had to wait outside until midnight. We cheerfully complies, though it would have been nice if we could have still been served an appetizer in the outdoor seating - but that wasn’t the case.

The same waitress walked by and glares at us a few times, and loudly told one of the other wait staff not to let us in until midnight, and to make sure he checked our IDs.

We waited a few minutes until after midnight to be polite, and then headed to the bar where we were informed by the bartender that my ID was not valid. In Washington, licenses usually expire on your birthday, but my renewed card hasn’t come yet. I’d checked with the DMV, who told me that my license was valid for the entire date of expiration, 24 hours later than when I was refused service.

Unfortunately, the bar tender disagreed and told me that I had to get out without a valid license, much more angrily than seemed necessary for the circumstances. My friend asked in disbelief if he was serious, and he threatened to call his manager.

So we left, which is how completely sober I was kicked out of the same bar twice on my birthday, and both times quite rudely. I would love to have been able to leave a review of the food, the atmosphere, and the drinks- but unfortunately I don’t think I’ll ever return. It looked like a great bar, but the service was memorable for all the wrong reasons. It’s a shame. My family and I used to...

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