I used quotation marks because this place is a dive tavern. How divey? Well, a rusty frame is all that’s left of an identifying sign. It’s at the end of a rundown street on the industrial waterfront of a hardscrabble pulp mill and Navy city. Motorcycles parked on the sidewalk sport Bandidos badges. By all appearances, it’s a solid 9.5/10 dive.
We were in the mood for a dive experience, so GoogMap led us to Soundview. When I realized where we were, I was completely flummoxed–until recently, there was a another dive and a Hawai’ian restaurant directly across the street, both places familiar to me. The impression was that Soundview must want to stay hidden.
We had stopped just for a beer (a good tap list, BTW), but we were a little hungry, so I shagged one menu. Maybe fries or onion rings I thought… Turns out, the menu spoke to me for an early dinner, so we ordered up the Soundview Special burger. There were a lot of other things that sounded good, but I had trepidation about our first time choosing seafood or salad. I mean, if you do a poor job with a burger, why even try those?
This burger was outstanding. And huge. And tall. So tall it made cutting it in half a costly mistake. It’d been ages since any burger I’d ordered included a slice of ham, and never had I had a burger with both ham and bacon. I’ve had haute burgers that were not this good.
We’re looking forward to going back.
Oh, and they have a stunningly beautiful beer garden out back. Maybe it’s the Bandidos’ clubhouse?
