October 27, 2007 at 7:53am
I wonder if Magoo’s was empty last night.
Longtime Magoo’s bartender Jaime Kay Newton and Jason J. Jones opened their Top of Tacoma Bar last night to a who’s who in the Tacoma nightlife scene including many Magoo’s regulars and all the Weekly Volcano columnists.
Their first customer ever snuck in early, around 4:45 p.m., and ordered a Blue Moon. It was delicious.
I poked my nose around the joint before the masses hit. The atrocious ‘70s carpet, pressboard and free-standing toilet of the former tenant has been replaced with a mahogany bar, two pinball games, one pool table, a golden tee golf game, four televisions, jukebox, the only telephone booth in a Tacoma bar (right?), blown glass toy top lighting fixtures and local photography of Tacoma including many punk rock posters from the ‘80s and early ‘90s â€" several from the old World Community Theater down the road, and last a toilet that’s actually bolted to the ground.
By 9 p.m. last night the joint was packed. Newton made several shout outs thanking the crowd, and a special thanks to the dude who shattered the first glass on the floor.
Will Tacoma continue to support the Top of Tacoma Bar in a neighborhood that’s virtually dead of nightlife? I remember the day The Swiss opened in a very sketchy neighborhood. If you build it they will come â€" especially if it’s owned by beloved Jaime Kay Newton. â€" Brad Allen
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