Purr Cocktail Lounge was a gay bar and nightclub in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
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Purr Cocktail Lounge was a gay bar and nightclub in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The video bar operated on Capitol Hill from 2005 to 2017, when it relocated to Montlake. Purr hosted events and activities ranging from drag shows and karaoke to viewing parties for elections and television shows. Magazines Out and Out Traveler included the venue in their lists of the world's 200 "greatest" gay bars. Purr closed in 2018. Purr Cocktail Lounge was a gay bar and nightclub in Seattle. The business initially operated on 11th Avenue between Pike Street and Pine Street on Capitol Hill, and later relocated to Montlake. In addition to cocktails, the video bar served Mexican food such as tacos, as well as burgers and beer. Purr's logo depicts a cartoon cat with a diamond or studded collar. On Capitol Hill, the venue's interior had polished concrete floors, "high-end" red leather couches, exposed brick and timbers, purple lanterns, and a "massive, lovely" wooden bar, according to The Stranger's Bethany Jean Clement. Behind a "three-foot-high set of doors" was a cloakroom and staff changing area. A "VIP" lounge with a full bar, sound system, and two plasma displays was sometimes open to the public and was sometimes available to rent. In 2006, Clement said the patrons were approximately five percent women and that: "Purr's drinks are big and strong and served in heavy highball glasses that are narrower at the top than the bottom, seemingly designed to be dropped. The cute, tidy crowd is prone to hugging, smiling, and intermittent photo taking." Out Traveler said: "Guaranteed to be packed every weekend is Purr, a magnet for the Aeropostale-Ben Sherman crowd with a super friendly staff. There's lots of space to sit or stand as you jam to the hottest tunes and watch music videos or a big game on 15 flatscreen TVs." Matt Baume of Bay Area Reporter called Purr "a little slice of West Hollywood with trendy outfits and slick video monitors". Purr's owner Barbie Roberts, a form