To kick off celebration week, Country Girl was kind enough to surprise me with a trip to the Capitol Club on Capitol Hill (how fitting, no?). She'd been several years ago, shortly after moving to Seattle, and enjoyed an evening of appetizers and flamenco dancing. A fine way to kick off celebration week and a wonderful surprise indeed.
It was my first time to the Capitol Club and I really enjoyed the experience. The layout of the space was rather interesting. It's two floors and we were ushered upstairs as soon as we got in, so I'm not sure what the first floor is used for. There appeared to be tables set, so perhaps it overflow seating. Upstairs was quite cozy. There's a full bar on one side of room with a handful of small two person tables on the other. On the table side, there's also bench seating along the wall. I recall only minimal decorations with lots of lighting. Above the bench seating several candle holders with small, lit candles covered the wall. It was very cozy. Additionally, they were playing some fantastic 70's era funk and soul cuts over their speakers at just the right volume.
Despite the online schedule showing as much, unfortunately there was no dancing that evening. Our very warm and helpful waitress informed us later on that the guitarist is battling a hand or wrist injury and it's currently TBD whether he and his performance partner will return.
A very pleasant surprise is that we arrived in time for happy hour. It generously runs til 8 during the week and it turned out to be a fabulous coincidence. We tried the calamari, mussels and a green salad, all of which were delicious. The mussels were prepared in spicy broth and were absolutely excellent. All these tasty bits were washed down with some equally delicious sangria. To finish off the meal, we enjoyed their molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream which was an excellent show closer.
Country Girl delivered yet again on another fabulous surprise, spoiling City Boy much more than he deserves. The evening was a smashing success and I highly recommend the Capitol Club.
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