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Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

Mate of mine is in Seoul tonight, he's on his own and looking for a few drinks.

Where's a good place for him to go and sit up the bar, enjoy a light ale, listen to some music, maybe strike up a casual conversation about Wittgenstein, the politics of Euthanasia, or nipples?

I'm thinking that Wolfhound place in Itaewon, Three Alleys (although he's been there before), or Route 66 in Hongdae (which I think closed down about 5 years ago).

A warm handshake for the best answer.

Shauneyz · Joined: 26 May 2008 Location: The land of Nod

I was only in Seoul for 2 nights, and Itaewon for 1...but I'd be shocked if I found someone there to talk to about Wittgenstein.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

no handshake for you

DavePuff · Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Location: Daegu, South Korea

GS 25. Cheapest beer, soju, spirits, and snacks in town.

You also won't be smelling smoke all night.

Nor will Korean guys give you nasty looks all night. (Well, maybe a few drunk old guys).

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

as in the convenience store?

Good grief, he's not homeless. Reckon I'll just tell him to go to Three Alleys.

Kiwi Tart · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: Seoul

Try the Scrooge bar/pub. It's across the street from 3Alley, on the 2nd floor. Quite nice little bar. Tends to have an older crowd. Has a pool table and darts. Also, the music isn't so loud as to prevent folks from having a conversation about anything they so choose to speak about.

crusher_of_heads · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:53 am Post subject:

RMT-not the hongdae one, because it sucks

sojourner1 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:27 am Post subject:

3 Alley is great for chatting as I've met a few cool people there. You can even chat with Germans who are engineers working for the defense industry that are very intelligent people. As for Scrooges, no one hardly goes in there so you will stare at the cool alien metal sculpture for a while. I've been there several times and it's usually quite dead, but the bar tender is a really cool dude who loves JD. The only time I seen action was when a pub crawl crowd visited, but they were they're there own cliquish group. 3 Alley seems to be the center of all the conversation, but being in a big city that Seoul really is, a single guy can easily feel even more lonesome and alienated than he would having a drink at his desk while on the computer. Take him out with you and have a great night.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Agitpunk at Hongdae.

Apparently it's cool.

Dukey77777 · Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Chungcheongbuk-do

Toon Army · Joined: 12 Mar 2007