The Lazy Moon Craft Tavern

Didn’t have a complaint! They have beer!! Friendly! Guy in cowboy hat bought a round for people at the bar!

Good selection of beer. WiFi while you taste brews. Very local friendly feel that make you feel right at home. The bar tender was awesome and very personal. All the folks in the bar had a choice to watch
TV of either sports or Snakes on a Plane. Fun time (comments for snakes on a plane) that was not anticipated. I will come back.

Possibly the best place for craft beer in Port Angeles. Unpretentious neighborhood bar that’s basically just beer. Happy hour better than most.

A newer and very cool addition to the peninsula beer world. This was a brewery back in the day, but new owners converted it in 2014 to a specialty beer tavern. Pretty much everybody else at the bar while I was here ordered a bottle of something domestic, usually without a glass, but even for an independent-​beer maniac like me, that’s alright. Everything about the place says that all comers are welcome.
The picture windows that show you the pool tables and the bar from the sidewalk are bigger than the door. This place is the least thing from new construction – you can imagine the stools and the bar having been here since the war years. The bar goes on forever, and off to the right are separate rooms where you shoot a game of stick or otherwise while away some time. There are TVs here and there, generally tuned to the game. You don’t notice the Seahawks decorations right away, but they’re there. They support their Super Bowl champions out here the same way we do in town.
The beer lineup is really interesting. Good kegs from in town and out of state, along with interesting ciders, too. It’s awesome to see over a dozen nice beers make it all the way out here. Best of all, they support the locals. Dungeness and Hop Crew each had two taps pouring, and other locals have shown up here recently as well. I love this, especially for breweries that don’t have tasting rooms of their own. They need the Lazy Moons of the world, and their beers are easily good enough to have a pint or two.
The barmaid was a character, and she might have been the prize of the whole visit. She’s the classic small-​town sassy lass, telling us as soon as we came in how the day was shaping up, where she had cleaned so far (and where we couldn’t sit yet as a result), and firing up conversation with everyone about bathroom remodels, building a greenhouse, and a million other things. She turned on some Clapton (and hummed along), got pretzels, and reminded people when they needed for her to get them more beer. She was even candid enough to admit that she didn’t drink much beer, and never drank the micro stuff, saying (and I quote) «these beers are entirely too flavorful for me.» She was awesome, especially after we got her intrigued enough to taste a cider and something else, and maybe she’ll spark up some new interest in the suds she slings. I definitely want to come back to check.

This place is awesome! They have your regular kind of bar food, great beer and occasional live music. They also have free wifi in case you need to go work on some homework. The bartenders have been super friendly, too.