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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    West Seattle Scores Athena's and Two New Food Trucks, Volterra Expands to Kirkland, & More

    It's a big week for West Seattle. Mediterranean food truck Athena's has opened a permanent restaurant at 1513 S.W. Holden St. In addition to the falafel, gyros, and souvlaki offered in the mobile location, the menu here includes Greek-influenced burgers, gelato, and beer. Owner Nick Parisi wants Ath ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Firefighters Really Do Rescue Cats: Demythologizing an Urban Legend

    ​As a kitten growing up in St. Louis, Quincy Lou Melton once climbed about nine feet up a skinny tree. He could not get down without the aid of his owner. In the six years since that incident, Quincy (pictured at right, minutes after the conclusion of this blog post's central tale) has not att ... More >>

  • Food

    June 8, 2011

    Bottomfeeder: Better Than Burger King

    Thick fries and beer give Quincy's an edge.

  • Food

    March 2, 2011

    Ron Jeremy, Free Flapjacks, & Canlis' Code

    All in a week's work on the Voracious blog.

  • Arts

    January 19, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events (in West Seattle)

    All in a week's work on the Voracious blog.

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    GlowZone

    All in a week's work on the Voracious blog.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    JoJo's a Casualty of Zippy's War

    Unsurprisingly, JoJo's is not named for former Boston Celtic great JoJo White.​Over the last week, both the West Seattle blog and Voracious' Leslie Kelly have posted harrowing accounts of how Seattle's best burger place, Zippy's, might soon be rendered homeless due to the mortal delinquency of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Seattle's Cheapest Home Sales of the Month and the Luxury Items That Could Be Bought Instead

    ​Local real estate blog Seattle Bubble just put out its monthly snapshot of the cheapest homes currently on the market and the cheapest homes that actually sold in the last month. Needless to say, homes are so inexpensive that sellers are practically paying people to buy them. So yes, $53,035 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    2010: A Snow Odyssey

    ​What was the most hellish commute in Seattle's current piddly shit autumn storm that's being spun as Snowpocalypse Now? The five hours it took most bus commuters to make it from downtown Seattle to West Seattle. Slightly better: driving a 4X4. Thrice as quick as either: walking. From Safeco F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    West Seattle Shooting Leaves Four Dead, More Wounded

    ​UPDATE: Police now say they think their shooter was a woman in her 50s, and that she is among the four dead found in the house. According to police, sometime earlier this afternoon someone at a home in West Seattle's Highland Park neighborhood called 911 and said that their grandmother was m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    The Half-Price Is Right!

    Half-off gift certificates will enable you to feed at least twice the amount of dinner dates, just like Bob.​There's a groupon for Zippy's right now, one which entitles its purchaser to $15 worth of burger and fries for $7, that's proven to be outrageously popular, with approximately 3,000 peo ... More >>

  • Food

    April 7, 2010

    Our Favorite Restaurants 2010

    Half-off gift certificates will enable you to feed at least twice the amount of dinner dates, just like Bob.​There's a groupon for Zippy's right now, one which entitles its purchaser to $15 worth of burger and fries for $7, that's proven to be outrageously popular, with approximately 3,000 peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Francisco Valdivia-Enriquez, West Seattle Youth Soccer Coach, Charged With Child Molestation

    Valdivia-Enriquez (NOT PICTURED, this is just a generic shot of some soccer balls) allegedly tried to trade playing time for sex.​Francisco "Javier" Valdivia-Enriquez does not sound like the kind of man you'd want coaching your son's soccer team. Nor chaperoning him on a trip to the movies, ei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Who's the Mac? White Center Saloon Owner Enters Statehouse Race, Nelson or Not

    If he gets elected to the statehouse, McElroy's already got a second job lined up--behind his own bar.​Last night, we received word from public affairs consultant Bruce Gryniewski that Geoffrey "Mac" McElroy has declared his candidacy for the seat currently held by Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Low-Budget Buddies: Dorsol Plants Joins the McGinn Campaign

    ​Last week, Laura Onstot called Dorsol Plants "the other incredibly effective low(er) budget candidate." At only 24-years-old, and with just a few thousand dollars in campaign contributions, he gave long-time local low-income housing advocate David Bloom a tight race for second in the campaign ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2009

    Hot Scoop

    ​Last week, Laura Onstot called Dorsol Plants "the other incredibly effective low(er) budget candidate." At only 24-years-old, and with just a few thousand dollars in campaign contributions, he gave long-time local low-income housing advocate David Bloom a tight race for second in the campaign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Hot Fire Scoop, Because All Fire-Related Scoops (and Firefighters) Are Inherently Hot

    ​ Who among us did not have "firefighter" on our shortlist of desired careers at age seven? Fire poles and dalmatians are awesome, firefighters are heroes, and their lifestyle--like five days off per week to kick it at the beach--rocks (which is why these dudes are built like bowling balls and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    The Top Five Burgers in Seattle (Or Thereabouts)

    Jenny JimenezBacon and beef are treated as equals at Red Mill.​Sorry, Kidd Valley -- you sort of suck now. And Dick's, I love you and eat you more than anyone, but you're too cheap and easy for this list. Hence, we bring you the top five (okay, six) burgers in Seattle -- Seattle extending to B ... More >>

  • Food

    June 24, 2009

    Search & Distill: Scotch With an Open Collar

    It's not the stuffy stuff you think it is.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Morgan Street Junction Facelift Complete

    While the beloved West Seattle dive bar Chuck & Sally's remains mysteriously closed, if it were to awaken from its slumber, it would be pleased to find that it's been joined by a pair of new neighbors a couple blocks south: Zeek's Pizza and the Feedback Lounge. Zeek's, which has several locations ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2008

    The Lost Cats of Poverty Gulch

    Felines and their owners struggle to survive along Seattle’s wildest corridor.

  • Food

    May 14, 2008

    White Center’s True Burger Giant

    You’ll find it in a triangle.

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    A Real Newspaper Guy

    J.D. Alexander, editor and publisher of the P-I, is an old-school, up-from-the-newsroom newsie who runs his fiefdom with a tight hand. As such, he is one of the shapers of Seattle's agenda, yet few outside the paper know his views or what makes him tick. Here's his story.

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Between closed libraries, closed community centers, and closed parks, I am beginning to wonder why I bother to live in the city at all.

    J.D. Alexander, editor and publisher of the P-I, is an old-school, up-from-the-newsroom newsie who runs his fiefdom with a tight hand. As such, he is one of the shapers of Seattle's agenda, yet few outside the paper know his views or what makes him tick. Here's his story.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    News Clips— Pot stopped

    J.D. Alexander, editor and publisher of the P-I, is an old-school, up-from-the-newsroom newsie who runs his fiefdom with a tight hand. As such, he is one of the shapers of Seattle's agenda, yet few outside the paper know his views or what makes him tick. Here's his story.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    'C' Is for Cookie

    Dip them, dunk them, or straight up munch them!

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