The thirstiest of Thursdays at the heavenly Haven.

I could not have chosen a better day or bar to blog about for the first time. Located on the corner of Pacific Ave and 125th (Parkland,WA) The Haven is just a hop skip and a jump away from PLU!

Thursdays at the haven = dollar domestic beers and that is just one of the many great marketing strategies the haven uses to attract its target markets (the locals and the college students of PLU).

DAILY SPECIALS:

So if you've never been to the haven before you are probably wondering what other great deals you can get the rest of the days of the week:

·         Monday- Steak Night & $2.00 Domestic Beer 5-8pm

·         Tuesday- Taco Tuesday & FREE bingo @ 6pm

·         Wednesday- Spaghetti ALL day, $2 off large pizza, and free spin the wheel for the drink special of the hour

·         Thursday- $3.50 Kabobs, $1 Domestic Beers 3-7pm, $3.75 fireball shots, & Karaoke @ 9pm

·         Friday- Fettuccine Dinner, $5 cherry and Jager Bombs, & Karaoke @9pm

·         Saturday-Seafood Platter, Biscuits and Gravy All Day, $5 cherry and Jager Bombs, & Karaoke @9pm

·         Sunday- Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner, Biscuits and gravy all day, 12-4pm FREE pool, and $7.00 Coors light pitchers

Food & Drinks

I’ll be honest, the first time I went to the haven and saw people ordering food I was skeptical. But all you have to do is order one of the many delicious foods off of their decently priced menu and you too will be converted to a believer- The food is awesome at the Haven! The pizza, burgers & fries, quesadillas, chicken wings, spaghetti, fettuccine, and sandwiches are all delicious and are perfectly complimented by the equally reasonably priced drinks.

Your best bet is to try and utilize the daily special for the drinks. But if you have an urge for something other then what the special provides you will be happy to know that they are not watered down so you get what you pay for! The drinks are well made & mixed and the beers are perfectly chilled.  If you’re feeling fancy there is wine and Champaign available, but just like the Haven, you’re not going to get the fancy classy stuff.

GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT

Not unlike other bars, the Haven has the usual pool tables...nothing special there right?  But right next to the pool tables on the wall is something you probably won’t find at many other bars. In fact this punching bag machine is more likely to be at a carnival or an arcade. Either way it is a huge hit! Throughout the night you can see people gathered around with their friends punching as hard as they can to get the ever so coveted HIGH SCORE! Some other fun things available are darts as well as a trying your luck with different lottery games.

But if playing your games isn’t your cup of tea, or should I say pitcher of beer, you can watch different sports games that are constantly playing on 7 different TV screens throughout the bar.

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

The Haven is a great place to go with a group of friends. It’s not a fancy bar so you will find that most people are dressed fairly casual. Most of the “usuals” are posted up at the bar seats Bull $h**ing with each other or talking with the bartender. The rest of the bar is full of a mixture of people, but you can usually find two or three groups of PLU students laughing and taking shots or ordering pitchers. The waitresses are pretty friendly; in fact, most of them either go to PLU or recently graduated so you always feel welcome and greeted by friendly faces.

Even with all the conversations and laughs you can still hear music playing in the background, and there is no genre that is left out. But at the small chance that you are not enjoying what is playing at the time, you are more than welcome to request songs or go up and sing them yourself.

LAST CALL….

With all the fun and excitement it is easy to lose track of time as well as your $$$$. If you are a price conscience person I would suggest going in with strictly cash so you know when to cut yourself off. But if you are looking to have a good time go ahead and open a tab and see where the night takes you!

The Haven does a great job attracting its target market. By combining daily deals and weekly specials as well as fun games and entertaining music and television sets The Haven covers up the fact that it is a modest bar. The Haven provides an atmosphere and products that its competitors do not, which is a marketing strategy of differentiation.

-Vic