Knowing nothing of its history, one could reasonably assume that Big Picture has spent all of its 25 years in the more-than-a-century-old brick building in downtown Issaquah it currently occupies.

Upon walking inside the salmon hatchery-neighboring space, you feel less like you’ve just entered a movie theater than an after-hours lounge with which only those in the know might be familiar. The brown-, tan-, and cherry red-leaning furniture and décor hit a sweet spot between stylish and invitingly lived-in, splashed with idiosyncratic pieces such as a tiger-printed chair, an ornately carved TV stand with a dragon centerpiece, and a wood-framed print of the Rat Pack sidling up to the Las Vegas Sands’ front sign. (Some items that weren’t consigned come from home.) Everything is elevated by a full-service bar and kitchen reliably offering refreshments inclined to cheekily nod to the movie du jour. One recent example: the midnight-blue Beetlejuice Bubbles cocktail, whose glass is lipped with magenta-colored sugar and which mixes sparkling wine, raspberry liqueur, and curaçao orange liqueur.

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