A sports bar where women’s sports is prioritized across all screens has arrived in Seattle.
Rough & Tumble Pub in the Ballard neighborhood (5309 22nd Ave NW) opens for business this weekend (grand opening is this Friday afternoon) and Ride of the Valkyries attended its soft opening on Thursday evening. You may have been eagerly anticipating the opening of Rough & Tumble ever since owner Jen Barnes announced her intention to establish Seattle’s first women’s sports-focused sports bar, much like Portland has The Sports Bra.
Rough & Tumble is an upscale sports bar with 16 TVs (soon to increase to 18) that wants to be the place for you to watch OL Reign and the Seattle Storm on the road, because there will be no question about whether the games will be on.