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Elliott Bay Book Company

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    The Soup & Bread Cookbook Nourishes and Inspires

    In the winter of 2009, food writer and Seattle native Martha Bayne was living in Chicago and working at The Hideout, an area dive bar and music club. Wednesday nights were the slowest night of the week, made worse by the poor economy. Bayne hatched a plan for warming the bellies and souls of those a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    GeekWire: HTC Looking to Set Up Huge Office in Pioneer Square

    ​GeekWire has the scoop on big news for both the local tech-business market and the local real-estate market.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Blood, Bones & Butter Mentions Negronis 158 Times

    ​OK, that is a bit of an exaggeration. It is clear by the end of Blood, Bones & Butter however, that author Gabrielle Hamilton loves Negronis. Or at least that she drinks them a lot. She mentions the classic Italian apéritif of gin, sweet vermouth, and bitters (usually Campari) often enough t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

    ​From the opening pages of Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's memoire Blood, Bones & Butter, you are quickly transported into her childhood world of rope swings, lamb roasts and small town life in rural Pennsylvania. You can almost hear the clanging of pots and pans as her mother, "who knew how to get ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Old and In the Way

    Is Pioneer Square preserving itself to death?

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    This Week's Cover Story: All Tied Up

    ​The departure of Elliott Bay Book Company has led to even more hand-wringing than usual about the fate of Pioneer Square, Seattle's most perpetually troubled and underperforming neighborhood. Too little parking and too many homeless people are the most frequently blamed culprits. But if you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Which Book is the Most Heavily Stocked on the Shelves of the New Elliott Bay Bookstore? We've Got an Idea, At Least

    Perhaps you saw the movie version of this one?​It's always inspiring to see when Seattle really goes to bat for its cultural institutions, and last night was a perfect example. The new Elliott Bay Book Company was packed with browsers and and a long line of buyers (certain to warm Brian Miller ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Elliott Bay Cafe's Zephyr Paquette, Part One

    Photo by Adriana Grant​Zephyr Paquette is the chef the Elliott Bay Café, Tamara Murphy's cozy, wholesome, and delicious café in the basement of what had been (since 1973) The Elliott Bay Book Company. The much beloved bookstore is reopening in its Capitol Hill location this Thursday, but EBC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Bottomfeeder: Rancho Bravo, the Beacon on the Hill

    ​Once upon a time, roughly Spring 2008, Capitol Hill lost two of its most cherished fast food establishments on the perimeter of Cal Anderson Park: the Jack in the Box, long known for its resident drug addicts, and KFC, whose noxious chicken-ish fumes emanated for blocks. While the Jack in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    What to Wear When Falling from 120,000 Feet

    (Garth Milan/Red Bull Stratos)You think it'd at least come with a helmet.​- Aerospace News has photos of the suit free-faller Felix Baumgartner plans to wear during his 120,000 foot, faster-than-the-speed-of-sound drop to Earth. - SunBreak wonders if the Mariners are having too much fun. - E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Modern Sounds, Manassas, and a Few Other Records I Scored for $7.50 at the New Everyday Music This Weekend

    ​ Everyday Music is now open at 1521 10th Ave, right next to Oddfellows, and what will soon be Elliott Bay Book Company. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in in Country and Western Music, 1962: Obviously, this was a huge crossover hit for the late Ray Charles. His covers of "Born to Lose," and "Bye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Rocky Votolato's Going All Cash With Antonino D'Ambrosio at Elliott Bay Books on Saturday

    Rocky Votolato appears with TK at Elliott Bay Book Company at 7 p.m. Saturday. The event is 21 and over.​For his book signing, Saturday at Elliott Bay Books, Antonino D'Ambrosio is bringing in the musical muscles of our own Rocky Votolato. The book, A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Elliott Bay Books Heading to Cap Hill, Store Says

    Elliott Bay sails away from Elliott Bay​The scuttlebutt has been confirmed: EBBC will move up the hill this Spring. "I am convinced that this upcoming relocation will afford us the best opportunity to remain [in business] and further develop as a thriving enterprise," Elliott Bay Book Company ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Video: Starbucks' First "Individualized" Store Opens in London

    The first of 100 "individualized" Starbucks opened in London this week. In the video above, Starbucks VP of Marketing Hell Tim Pfeiffer takes four minutes to talk about the thinking that went in to making a coffee shop. For those playing Buzzword Bingo at home, follow us after the jump for a list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Happy Hour: Juno Restaurant in The Arctic Club

    ​It must be a nesting instinct that makes me equate fall and winter with book events, especially those at the downtown library and Town Hall (short story readings, jazz and, uh, ever heard of Al Gore?) and for now the Elliott Bay Book Company. I love cutting work early and malingering in downt ... More >>

  • Food

    October 28, 2009

    Seattle's Happy-Hour Hall of Fame

    For some restaurants, it's a promotion. For others, a way of life.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Seattle Blogs: Spineless Move Edition

    Seahawk's tailgaters can expect to see a lot fewer of these downtown.​We read local blogs so you don't have to. Although maybe you should, because a lot of them don't suck. A move for Elliott Bay Book Company would mean neither death for Elliott Bay nor Pioneer Square. Discuss. (Crosscut) Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Icelandic Dinner, Bruni Reading Tonight

    If you haven't seen the print edition of the Weekly yet, here are two food events from our print calendar: First, departing New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni reads from his memoir at Elliott Bay Book Company at 7:30 p.m. (Free.) Afterward, you can head to Ray's Boathouse for salt cod an ... More >>

  • Food

    February 11, 2009

    Elliott Bay Cafe and the Gravity of Lunch

    A great food city needs more than five-star evenings. It needs the midday manna of Tamara Murphy.

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Dave Eggers

    A novelized account of an African nightmare

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    April 13, 2007

    Road Page

    A novelized account of an African nightmare

  • Arts

    January 17, 2007

    Play-a-day to Sci-Fi "Classics"

    On stage this week.

  • Arts

    January 10, 2007

    Theater Marathons, from a Play-a-Day to Overnight Productions

    On stage this week.

  • Arts

    October 25, 2006

    Dance

    Halloween-inspired movement, inexpensive ballet, and dance inspired by drowning.

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Readers' Picks

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  • Food

    April 12, 2006

    Food News for April 12-19

    Dinner, drinks, and discussion.

  • Food

    September 28, 2005

    Sept. 28, 2005

    Dinner, drinks, and discussion.

  • Arts

    July 20, 2005

    Mixing Books and Booze

    In Seattle, poetry is the new rock 'n' roll.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2004

    In Seattle, poetry is the new rock 'n' roll.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    Safe and Sane Bondage

    In Seattle, poetry is the new rock 'n' roll.

  • Arts

    August 18, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Arts

    August 4, 2004

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Panaceas and Primates

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Arts

    April 7, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • News

    March 10, 2004

    Animal Law, Anima Pa

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Arts

    February 18, 2004

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Arts

    January 15, 2003

    Fist Fite II: The Knockout

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Food

    December 4, 2002

    Dining Calendar

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • Arts

    November 6, 2002

    Ms. Mango Street

    Seattle Tattoo Convention, Atomic Bombshells, The New Mexicans, Trisha Donnelly, and Jennifer Finney Boylan.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Rats on the move

    Pioneer Square reports more rodent activity.

  • Music

    August 15, 2001

    The myth of St. Kurt

    Charles Cross' new book explores the dark side of Kurt Cobain.

  • Arts

    August 9, 2000

    Literary Arts at Bumbershoot

    The Official Seattle Weekly Guide

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    Best Arts & Entertainment

    Best of Seattle, 2000

  • Arts

    October 6, 1999

    Pam I Am

    Bonding with the author rather than with her work.

  • Arts

    July 7, 1999

    All Booked Up

    Local bookstore gurus offer summer reading recommendations.

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    Letters

    Serf's up

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    Why the lawsuit will fail

    Even federal law may not beat the bookstore chains.

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