Subject: Columbia City

• Monday Night: The Moore Theatre's Centennial Party

  December 10, 2007

• I ATE THIS: Villa Victoria

  January 17, 2008

• Margarita Favorita

  June 4, 2007

• Bun Love Part II, French Edition

  January 9, 2007

• Mi Dispiace, La Medusa

  April 23, 2007

• Photo of the Day: Excuse Me, Sir

  February 20, 2008

• A Moment for an Empanada

  June 5, 2008

• Chickpea Makes Nature's Perfect Bar Snacks

  June 20, 2008

• A Delicate Question About Cherries

  July 7, 2008

• Tamales Make for Good Picnic Fare at Columbia Park

  August 26, 2008

• Mercer Island Farmers Market Report

  September 29, 2008

• Corn, Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines

  August 18, 2004

• We Did It: Dispatch from Columbia City

  November 5, 2008

• Closure Report: Some for Good, Some for Renovation

  A few new closures to note:Just to catch up on some late news, last week the dailies both reported that Seattle's Consolidated Restaurants chain just closedis closing Union Street Square Grill, which will be reopening as a Mexican-American restaurant called the Lost Lady American Cantina.The Rainier Valley Post reports that Salima, a halal Vietnamese-Malaysian restaurant on MLK, has closed. It opened during the worst of the Sound Transit construction and just never took off. Owner Asari Mohamoth

  January 19, 2009

• Date Night: Breakfast and a Stroll

  There's something about a morning date that just seems so promising. It's a new day, the air is fresh, and you're both still waking up, so defenses are down. Plus, spending time together some morning could relieve possible awkwardnesses down the line (when that first overnight stay happens, you'll already know how they take their coffee).

  April 2, 2009

• West Seattle Farmers Market Today

  As we await the imminent opening of the rest of the farmers markets (starting next month with Columbia City!), pay a visit to the trusty stand-bys who have been braving the elements to provide us with fresh produce and other fabulous food year round.

  March 15, 2009

• Weren't We Supposed to Build Something Here?

  Remember how last year everyone was excited about all the new developments going up around the light rail stations in Southeast Seattle? Then this year, in the legislature, there were all those fights over whether to require a minimum zoning density around the stations, the ones where the Displacement Coalition's John Fox accused Futurewise of trying to turn MLK into downtown San Francisco? It all seems so quaint now, as the Seattle Times is reporting that pretty much all the developments plann

  April 6, 2009

• Another Step for Gentrification in Columbia City?

  December 3, 2008

• Farmers Markets, Frida's Recipes, and Other Food Events

  May 2, 2007

• Beach Blanket Bimbos

  Taking it off so others can put it on

  February 20, 2008

• Mardi Gras Parties

  Just close your eyes and think of Rio

  January 30, 2008

• Moore Theatre Centennial Party

  Vaudeville ain’t dead!

  December 5, 2007

• New Spots in Wallingford, Columbia City; Michael Pollan for the Holidays

  News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  October 31, 2007

• Columbia City Cabaret

  Clean-up on aisle nine

  October 3, 2007

• Public Jackassery at Pike Pub

  We bartenders have our dreaded days of work, full moons and home football games among them, especially when the Raiders are in town; but some days the crazies line up unpredictably. Yesterday was a two-fer of flashing lights at the Pike Pub. Incident number one involved an attempted overimbiber/crazy lady. Incident number two, the incident of note: While horsing around (as one witness put it) and sliding down a railing that leads down into the pub, some dumbass jumped off, allegedly, (fell off?

  April 16, 2009

• Lottie's Lounge

  A friendly, easy-going place in Columbia City with cheap drinks and bizarre potato skewers.

  February 7, 2007

• FRIDAY

  Mizoguchi Fest and the Trapeze Lady

  January 24, 2007

• Roy's BBQ

  This Columbia City smoker won't turn your messy-cheeked pleasure into a Tums moment.

  August 9, 2006

• Stage Highlights

  We've got tickets for Re-Bar's Fete, Columbia City Cabaret, and Menotti's operas. Have you?

  June 28, 2006

• Bright Man's Burden

  June 7, 2006

• Lunar Eclipse

  "If they can save the pink Toe Truck, surely—surely!—something can be done to save our [Blue] Moon."

  May 24, 2006

• Africa

  April 19, 2006

• Open House

  Once blocked from Rainier Avenue, Columbia City Theatre reconnects to the street—and to the public.

  December 7, 2005

• Winter Squash, Nuts, Mushrooms, and Loofah

  October 19, 2005

• Sloooow Soul

  January 19, 2005

• Raspberries, Peaches, Wild Mushrooms, and Rhubarb

  October 6, 2004

• Columbia City Farmers Market

  September 1, 2004

• Market Fresh

  July 28, 2004

• Fruit, Vegetables, and More

  July 23, 2003

• Burgers and suds rule in Columbia City

  December 27, 2000

• Do you believe in Magic?

  June 16, 1999

• Razing Appalachia

  September 30, 1998

• Seattle's Restaurant Reviews of the Week

  The restaurant reviews that have appeared in print and online this week: Providence Cicero, at the Times, loves Taverna del Alabardero in Belltown, while my old boss Lynn Jacobson declares her entire family fond of the noodles at Pho Hoa in Columbia City. Bethany J Clement, Esq., of the Stranger says Smith is finally getting it right. Gastrognome decides she loves Ethan Stowell at Anchovies & Olives. Sumi Hahn has mixed feelings about Mulleady's in Magnolia. Surly Gourmand enjoys Knee Hig

  April 17, 2009

• Tried and True for Cinco de Mayo

  What better way to celebrate the waning panic of the Mexican swine flu than with a fictional Mexican boozing holiday. If your idea is the standard Ameri-Mexi experience, try El Sombrero Restaurant in Columbia City (4868 Rainier Ave. S.), where the margaritas come strong and in giant glass goblets. Neighborhood favoriteEl Gallito near Madison Valley (1700 20th Ave., off Madison) gets points for authenticity and warm tortilla chips. I can vouch for the pint-sized margaritas at El Chupacabra in P

  May 5, 2009

• Breakin' Records: We're Breakin' 'Em!

  ​Seely may not be impressed, but most of us are. Last night was the highest low temperature on record, says Cliff Mass--a balmy 71 degrees. Even if other regions are accustomed to such temps "on the reg," as Kenny Powers might put it, they also have a lot more air conditioning than we do. Today could top 100, making it the hottest Seattle day ever. People are so fired up that they crashed Probcast's server. (Probcast is the weather forecasting service provided by UW meteorologists.) The C

  July 29, 2009

• Light Rail's Urban Tourists Discover South Seattle Is, Um, in Seattle

  ​As middle-class whites fall in love with light rail, some are traveling the line to discover foreign lands. Witness a couple strapping Caucasian men who emerged at the Columbia City station the other day wheeling bikes and looking around as if they were college backpackers just landed in Timbuktu. They asked directions to the Columbia City Cinema, and after getting it, responded to a question about where they were from. "Seattle," they said. As if this wasn't. Pressed for where exactly i

  July 29, 2009

• Restaurant Openings: Plum, Full Tilt, and Another Plate of Pastrami

  Queen Anne is the, uh, hot neighborhood of the week, with two new restaurants opening in the near future. KwaTay, a Ghanaian restaurant, is set to open August 8 on First Avenue. And from the owner of Peso's, Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge will have a menu inspired by the New Orleans' French Quarter. As of now, opening is set for Labor Day. Meanwhile, White Center's Full Tilt Ice Cream opened its second store on the main strip of Columbia City, reports the Rainier Valley Post. Eat ice cream, dr

  July 30, 2009

• Hold That Train! (And, While You're At It, Fix that Machine)

  ​I had my first experience with running for a light rail train today. I got across the street from the Columbia City station just as the train was pulling up, waited a pause to let the train headed in the opposite direction leave, then made a break for it, grabbing my Ocra card out of my purse. I waved the scanner with my card as I ran past and just missed the mark. So I doubled back and scanned it more carefully. That's when I got the message that the machine was faulty. I had two choices

  August 14, 2009

• Columbia City Bakery Starts Selling Yes on R-71 Cookies

  The Columbia City Bakery has just announced that, starting this Saturday and lasting up until the election, it will be selling heart-shaped shortbread cookies to raise money for Washington Families Standing Together. WAFST is working to get voters to approve Referendum 71, which will preserve the state's new expanded domestic-partnership rights (if you haven't heard, the referendum has just been certified and will be on this year's ballot). The cookies will cost $1.50, of which $1 will go to W

  September 2, 2009

• Do Good on Wednesday, October 14: Baked Goods & Happy Hour

  Columbia City Bakery has been selling Equality Cookies--1,676 at last count--in support of Referendum 71, donating $1 for each cookie sold to Washington Families Standing Together. This coming Wednesday, October 14, for its fourth anniversary, every dollar you spend all day long at Columbia City Bakery will go to the Rainier Valley Food Bank. Looks like bagel dogs for lunch next week. (Columbia City Bakery, 4865 Rainier Ave. S., 723-6023, Mon-Fri 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sat-Sun 7:00 a.m. to 5:00

  October 9, 2009