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  2 0 Alcohol? There are no seattle city parks where you can drink sans permit. see http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?d=CODE&s1=18.12.257.snum.&Sect5=CODE1&Sect6=HITOFF&l=20&p=1&u=%2F%7Epublic%2Fcode1.htm&r=1&f=G However, there is a lovely recreational activity nearly if not as good as a park that does not have any park liquor permits required to enjoy the alcoholic beverage of your choice: boating! You can put in somewhere with BBQ pits (or bring your own), grill up some veggies/meats, and hit the water again and very nearly have your cake & eat it too. Parks with water access: Alki beach and Golden Gardens are excellent for this if you have a beachable craft (or a big enough boat that you can just bring a hand-carry boat to shore). Carkeek park isn't bad either. Don Armeni is also a great tie up spot (saltwater) AND has picnic sites AND a very sweet view, and Seacrest park and the new floating dock are right next door. Waterway 19 / Gas Works park might work well for this. The shelter/picnic area in the old compressor building has great BBQ function. Also: Fremont Canal park might work, near the shelter at 2nd & Canal Street - not sure though. Leschi Park has moorage FWIW. AtlanticCity Boatramp on Lk WA has an approved boat tie-up area but no BBQ - though nearby Beer Sheva park (directly north) has picnic BBQ areas and handcarry boat launches. Denny Blaine isn't a bad place to sneak into if you have your own portable BBQ. Don't stare at the sunbathers though. Rev.Enant answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by chorn, Rev.Enant, and chorn… 0 0 Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, boating isn't really an option for me, but hopefully that will give someone else who stumbles on this post a great idea. I've seen people drinking, usually surreptitiously in a number of Seattle parks, but usually in small groups. Where would you go if you had a big group and wanted to minimize the risk of getting in trouble? chorn commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 A: beer garden during an event. The BBQ pits in seattle parks have been notoriously designed to be in plain view of playgrounds and such - i.e. designed with the liquor code firmly in mind. Big groups are hard to hide, and big groups near official BBQ areas = impossible to hide. Forced into this situation that I'd never get myself into? I'd spend more time/effort hiding the liquor then: pour it into soda bottles: premake mixers and have them in color-appropriate products (cosmos in hawaiian punch bottles, beer & wine in ginger ale bottles), keep it all hidden inside a lockable cooler, that sort of thing. ...And, word to wise (or unwise), When that nice stranger (the tall thin friendly guy with the military-short cropped greying hair), who chats you up so nicely, asks for a little of what you're drinking, a little nip... DO NOT SHARE. Be rude and say 'Oh these aren't drinks, these are our homemade sodas. Sorry, brought just enough artisan soda for us - can't spare even a taste'. That guy? He's the liquor board guy there to bust you. One of several. (and boating's not for you? You do feature one in your avatar, do you not?) Rev.Enant commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 It's not that boating in general isn't for me. It just that it's not an option for this event. Aside from a couple of canoes and kayaks, I don't know anyone with a boat in Seattle - certainly not a boat (or boats) that would fit 50 people, and I think renting would be out of the group's price range. Thanks again for the creative suggestion and the warning. chorn commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 OK, but FYI: With 50 people chipping in 15-20 bucks each, you could likely charter the good ship "Fremont Avenue" for a wonderful night out in a big enough party boat. Look them up! Rev.Enant commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 generally, washington state parks allow alcohol consumption while city parks do not. Josh Bomb answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by chorn… 0 0 Good call. Thanks, Josh. I definitely didn't know that, but looks like you're correct. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=352-32-210 says: " (1) Opening, possessing alcoholic beverage in an open container, or consuming any alcoholic beverages in any state park or state park area is prohibited except in the following designated areas and under the following circumstances in those state parks or state park areas not posted by the director or designee as closed to alcohol pursuant to subsection (4) of this section: (a) In designated campsites or in other overnight accommodations, by registered occupants or their guests; provided ELC users obtain written permission through state parks application process; (b) In designated picnic areas, which shall include those sites within state park areas where picnic tables, benches, fireplaces, and/or outdoor kitchens are available, even though not signed as designated picnic areas and public meeting rooms; (c) In any reservable group day use facility by any authorized group which has paid the reservation fee and applicable damage deposit and which has obtained prior permit authorization to have alcohol by the park manager; and (d) In any building, facility or park area operated and maintained under a concession agreement, wherein the concessionaire has been licensed to sell alcoholic beverages by the Washington state liquor control board, and where the dispensation of such alcoholic beverages by such concessionaire has been approved by the commission." I think Part B means it's ok as long as we're near a picnic table. So the closest state parks to Seattle appear to be: -Bridle Trails, which looks like it's just trails, not really suitable for a BBQ -St Edward, which is in Kenmore - sounds like it will work, but a little far away. -several across the sound (bainbridge, etc). chorn commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Technically you can't drink at Golden Gardens, but everyone does anyway. The only time the cops crack down is if people are being unruly and causing trouble. lf you're worried about it, just bring plastic cups or some small paper bags to put your drink in. lt should be fine. There is one main picnic area with a grill at Golden Gardens as well that would probably accommodate your group. Don't quote me on this, but l think there's a way to reserve the area as well; l'm pretty sure some friends of mine reserved it for a birthday party at some point. freikja answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Sounds like you're going to need someone's backyard. With 50 people, the chances are excellent that you'll get busted just due to the high number of targets. CleverScreenName answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Here is how I get around this problem( drinking in parks) Get an old gas grill with wheels. Obtain an old style 1/4 barrel keg. Spray paint it white and put it under the grill where the propane tank would go. To a casual observer it looks like you are just having a bbq.Drink fast though, you can't keep up the subterfuge if it is a bucket of ice! Sparky answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Sparky… 0 0 sorry, should read: "...if it isn't in a bucket of ice" Sparky commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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