Last Exit on Brooklyn

LAST EXIT ON BROOKLYN WAS A COFFEE SHOP ESTABLISHED IN SEATTLE IN 1967, named for the novel written by Hubert Selby Jr. KNOWN FOR THEIR STORY AS COUNTERCULTURE AND AS A PIONEER OF SEATTLE’S COFFEE CULTURE.
THIS LABEL DEPICTS SOME OF THE IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOP, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF PEOPLE PLAYING CHESS, WHICH THE SPOT BECAME POPULAR FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THE BRICK WALLS AND GLASS PANELS ALONG THE DARK WALLS SEEN IN THE BACK WITH THE CROWD FILLING THE SPACE.

“SEATTLE-BORN WRITER AND HISTORIAN KNUTE BERGER ONCE DESCRIBED THE LAST EXIT AS “ONE OF SEATTLE’S GREAT ’60S LANDMARKS, A GATHERING PLACE FOR UW STUDENTS, RADICALS, POETS, NUT JOBS, CHESS MASTERS, TEENS, INTELLECTUALS, WORKERS, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, BEATNIKS, AND HIPPIES.” BERGER ALSO FONDLY RECALLED, “I REMEMBER THE DIN, THE OPEN-MIKE MUSIC, CIGARETTE SMOKE, IMPROMPTU POETRY READINGS, THE ARGUMENTS OF LEFTIES, LIBERTARIANS, CRACKPOTS, AND CULTISTS. YOU COULD HEAR THE RHYTHM AND ROAR OF THE COUNTERCULTURE AS IT LIVED AND BREATHED.” -SEATTLESTAR.NET