The Red Hot

The Red Hot is a simple concept: hot dogs and beer. Throw in pinball, a shrine to a local women’s roller derby team and beer-soaked movies on the big screen, and you’ve got the fixings for a comfortable neighborhood dive for those 21 and older. A bunch of good dogs, including the Tideflats, an industrial-strength homage to Tacoma’s gloriously gritty port-side property: two beef dogs served open-faced on a soft bun and smothered with what can be fairly called “the works”. And a few dogs that need more bite. Good microbrews and a beer-soaked movies on the jumbo screen.