Does a night at a crowded dive bar listening to the newest so-called rock band sound like your own idea of the deepest layer of hell? Would you much prefer an expertly prepared cocktail and a live band that piques your senses, rather than offends them? The Tempest Lounge offers warm lighting, tasty cocktails and friendly clientele at their weekly live music show on Wednesday nights. Cocktails like the Lady Killer and the Raspberry Beret help ease away all memories of dive bars past. And wells are $3.75 all the time.

[The Tempest Lounge, 913 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma, 253.272.4904]