Skep & Skein Tavern — Restaurant in Olympia

This is a decent place to check out but there should be a safety warning posted (I feel) due to the sheer amount of homeless people OPENLY smoking meth pipes on the side of the building daily. I drive by every day or two for the last year and there’s always a posse of them not even trying to hide it .

Inside was pretty quiet minus some tasteful music at a perfect volume & we had the place to ourselves for awhile & tried several things. The gal at the counter was attentive. It was clean & the bathroom was tidy. They don’t serve food but we had read the reviews so we knew to expect that , however for a place that doesn’t do food & is all about their drinks I was a little surprised there wasn’t more of a selection. I probably wouldn’t recommend this place to MOST people but we appreciated just having the place mostly to ourselves so that is probably the main...

This is a bar with a great beer, mead and cider selection with a few one to two barely wines as well that is pretty hard to match elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest. The atmosphere is not for everyone because they don't have any distractions like televisions and loud (or really any) music. It's a pretty quiet bar where you can hear the conversations of people near you haha. If I remember correctly the bar does have some group board games available to play, which is nice because it forces you to socialize the good ol' fashion way. The wife of the bar owner does one knitting night a week at the bar last I heard which is interesting. I'm really sad that my favorite bartender, Jonny, works at 4th Avenue Tavern now but the other bartenders are just as nice and friendly as him and do a good job of memorizing your name after you've been there two or...

First time there and was greeted right away. It wasn't busy for a Monday. They do not serve food, but they do allow you to bring food in from other places. Nice little place, they have a beer garden also for nice days. Huge list of beer and ciders. Prices are reasonable. I didn't get a picture of the menu. Every Wednesday is knit and sip. You can meet other people who like to knit and drink...