Chainline Brewing Company Taproom at Urban — Restaurant in Kirkland

I might be biased, but a brewery owned by a guy named Scott who rides a mountain bike is kinda my dream. Great beers and even better people.

We came here with a group of people and all brought our kids. My son is 18 months old and loves to move. Unfortunately another man at the bar took it upon himself to yell at my son for running and giggling in the tap room, while his significant other stated that “allowing such behavior only allows it to continue.” Listen, I get it. Kids are loud and annoying. But my son is 18 months old and barely knows how to use his legs. He doesn’t understand that you want to be miserable by yourself staring into your beer. He doesnt understand some places are ok to run and some aren’t. The whole thing led to a rather unfortunate confrontation which had nothing to do with chainline brewing.

Anyway, the people that work here were super cool about the whole thing. The guy seems like a regular or something but the staff told him to leave us alone and then comped our drinks.

I appreciate how Chainline handled this situation, and I have every reason to return and support them wholeheartedly. Nothing but a class act on their part.

I’ll definitely be coming back, and bringing along my friends who ride and have kids. It’s Kirkland and the place is kid friendly after all.

To summarize: great beers, awesome people, some jerk who yells at kids but the staff won’t tolerate it.

Looking forward to my next visit, and encourage anyone with or without kids to...

Up front: no bike racks, dog-friendly, kid-friendly, outdoor seating with some coverage, quick food, convenient to bike to, and obviously beer.

Chainline is overall great. The beer selection is pretty constant, and I haven't noticed too much change over the past year in terms of taps/brews. But maybe I'm just not fully in tune - pun intended. The selection focuses on IPAs and a few light beers alongside some sours, etc. They've 2 locations: one right on the bike trail (The Station) and then this spot (the brewery). The brewery sits right next to the Google office and a few random shops at the shopping center. It's nice, it's spacious with outdoor seating, and it's local with no noise or music to dull the ambiance of just hearing people talking. It is dog, and kid, friendly in both indoor and outdoor seating areas. They do serve some classic bites such as pizza and pretzels + other stuff which comes out quick. Though I have had the past 3 instances where they forget I ordered food.

Reasons for 4-star rating: I would like to see more variety in their drafts, places to lock up bikes (it's called CHAINLINE!), and some food order inconsistencies in...

Edit: Well apparently, a new location is slated to open up right back along the CKC, probably within a stone's throw of the old location. This is great news!

No longer a bicycle pub. I sorely miss when this brewery was right alongside the Cross Kirkland Corridor and had front and back bike racks. The front rack was inside, away from thieving eyes. There used to be a back patio that gave a great view to the corridor and the lake and was a welcomed site to cyclists passing by. It was the perfect location. There was no other place like it in the area.

Ever since it moved to the new location, that cycling spirit seems to have been lost. I blame Google for demolishing the old brewery building for more office space, though I don't know the whole story.

The new location has no indoor bike parking and there's no proper space to chain my bike to that's close to the brewery unless you want to chain it to some railing. Where is the dedicated bike rack?

Feels like the bicycle-based name doesn't really fit anymore.

They still do beer well, but the bicycle spirit really died...