[4] The LGBTQ-owned[5] bar is located at the corner of East Pike Street and 11th Avenue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

It resides on the bottom floor of a mixed-use apartment building constructed in 1905 and designed by architects Carl Breitung and Theobald Buchinger.

During a time when most LGBT spaces were hidden, accessed through secret entrances, and advertised by word-of-mouth, these features of light and visibility were important to the founders.

They were tired of patrons putting on cliche lesbian music like Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, and ABBA "17 times a night.

[citation needed] In 2022, the Wildrose retired its long-running taco Tuesday offering and introduced a new chef, who brought a new menu that includes traditional bar bites like cheese and meat trays, nuts and olives, and sloppy joes.