The Red-eyed Owl
This is the closest thing Waterdeep has to a comfortable, unimpressive, welcoming gathering place for the neighborhood. It is the kind of place where friends will come in and hail each other across the room, the food and drink will be pleasant, if unspectacular, and you'll be allowed to sit in peace and while an evening away over a tankard or two. Food is a heavily spiced sea-food stew (called coast chowder) or roast oxen done with a sweet-and-sour sauce and a dash o brandy to flame the outside as it's brought, blazing, to your table. It is a rambling old wooden building that looks as if it's about to fall into the street. But it has looked that way for at least 40 winters, patrons assured me, and hasn't fallen down yet.