Here Today Brewery and Kitchen pours house beer on the downtown Seattle waterfront at 2815 Elliott Avenue, a glass walled brewpub that opened with a community funding round and a clear view of Elliott Bay.
Anyone who wants fresh beer brewed on site with a water view settles in fast. Anyone after a quiet cocktail den does not, because the room runs loud and family friendly through the early evening.
The space occupies the ground floor of a residential block near the Olympic Sculpture Park, with the brewing tanks visible behind the bar and tall windows facing the water. The Washington Beer Blog covered the opening as one of the few breweries built directly on the central waterfront, a stretch better known for tourist traffic than tank rooms. That position is the whole pitch, since almost no other taproom in the city drinks with the Sound in the frame.
The room is large and bright, built for groups rather than solo regulars at the rail. Long tables and a high ceiling keep the sound up, so this is a place to talk over a pint rather than lean in for a quiet one. On a clear afternoon the light off the water does more for the space than any amount of design.
The rotating house lineup leans into West Coast and hazy styles, with a few darker pours kept on through the cooler months. The team brews on site, so the tap list turns over and rewards drinkers who ask what landed that week. A flight is the honest way to read the range on a first visit.
The kitchen sends out shared plates rather than standard pub fare, which makes the food work for a table instead of a quick basket of fries. Wine and cocktails cover anyone in the group who skips beer, an easier sell for mixed company than a pure taproom. Reviewers on Google Maps repeatedly flag the view and the space for groups as the reasons they return.
Afternoons draw families and waterfront walkers, and the room shifts toward an after work crowd by early evening. Weekends move quickly once the Sculpture Park empties out, so a table near the windows is worth grabbing early. Sunset on a clear day is the window regulars plan around.
It works best as a first stop on a waterfront afternoon before heading uphill for the night. The location is the draw and the limit at once, since the foot traffic that fills the room also keeps it from feeling like a local secret. For a relaxed group session with a view, that trade is usually worth making.
Getting there is easiest on foot from Belltown or down the hill from Pike Place, with the Olympic Sculpture Park as the obvious landmark. Street parking near the waterfront is tight on weekends, so transit or a walk beats circling for a spot. The MarketFront and the bay trail put a string of stops within a few minutes of the door.
The bottom line is a roomy group brewery with the rarest asset in Seattle beer, a real water view, traded against a steady tourist crowd. For an afternoon flight before dinner or a casual catch up with a mixed group, it delivers. Serious tap chasers will still want a second stop at a quieter neighbourhood taproom to round out the night.
For more options in the category, compare it against the rest of our Seattle craft beer guide and the wider list of bars in Seattle. Beer focused drinkers should also weigh Cloudburst Brewing in Belltown and Old Stove Brewing a short walk up at Pike Place, both within easy reach on the same outing.
Sources: Here Today official site (2026); Washington Beer Blog opening coverage; Yelp listing (updated June 2026); EverOut Seattle; Google Maps reviews.
