This property opened in 1977 as a drug store that also supplied whiskey. It features a grand entrance via a marble staircase at the corner of Occidental Avenue South and South King Street. The restaurant owns a beautiful outdoor vintage clock near that same corner, although located on Occidental Avenue. This establishment has both indoor and outdoor seating. Patrons can dine outdoors on a sidewalk patio on South King Street or on a raised deck on Occidental Avenue South. Inside, the restaurant has an oyster bar, regular long bar (McRory’s serves over 25 beers on draft), both table and booth seating, and a private banquet room.
Our friendly server gave us a useful tip about a baseball game, which we later attended the next evening. This restaurant is an excellent choice for a meal or a drink before and / or after either a baseball game or a football game; it is possibly the closest establishment to both of those venues.
We shared the calamari served with lemon aioli sauce as an appetizer, followed by two entrees: grilled scampi served with garlic mashed potatoes and green beans, and a fish stew. For dessert, we shared house-made strawberry-rhubarb cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream.
We had a good lunch at FX McRory’s, and we would visit again before a Seahawks or Mariners game.
