The Hard Rock Cafe rises from the grave of a pawn shop and adult superstore, on Pike between 1st and 2nd in close proximity to thrown fish and tourist traffic.
The Cafe portion of the Hard Rock Cafe has walls lined with memo[rabilia] and technology.
The lobby has an interaction touchscreen display that lets you feel like you are in the SITUATION ROOM of rock memo
Microsoft's Surface technology meets the public. The touchscreen table lets visitors scour the world for more Hard Rock Cafes and play puzzle games, presumably while waiting for a table.
The booths that line the restaurant's walls are next to tons of hanging memo and include built-in touchscreen technology to control the music, look at pictures of more memo, and widgets to summon waiters.
Eddie Vedder's guitar hangs on one of the downstairs walls. This one has handwritten crib notes.
LOVE ALL SERVE ALL
Elvis Presley's polar expedition coat hangs in the upstairs bar. Elvis was once in Seattle, and now his fetching outerwear has returned.
Courtney Love's mind-boggling letter to SPIN magazine detailing her take on Alanis Morrissette and Madonna. A must-read piece of downstairs memo.
It turns out that the EMP doesn't have a monopoly on Jimi Hendrix memo; somehow his manly purse made it to the Hard Rock bar.
The second floor has a large well lighted bar.
The upstairs bar has a stage that will play host to weekend matinees, local residencies, and other ticketed shows. Capacity maxes out at above 400 when all of the tables and chairs are cleared and the fences are taken off of the stage.
The third floor is home to a magnificent roof deck with views of the market and sound and populated with weatherized couches and firepits. This is the feature most likely to make you a Hard Rock Cafe regular.
Another view of the roof deck; along with the couches and view, there's a small walk-up bar.
The rock shop has "so much more" than just branded t-shirts.
ye olde pawn shoppe's sign lives to see another day.