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Hooverville

  • Food

    March 7, 2012

    SoDo Pizza Raises the Bar

    Great pizza...when you're drinking.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    SoDo Pizza Isn't Great, But It's Great When You're Drinking

    SoDo Pizza, which just celebrated its 12th birthday, does not make phenomenal pie. But pizza doesn't have to be phenomenal; it just needs to taste awesome when you're drinking. And more than any other pizzeria in town, SoDo Pizza is focused on making sure its crust is the one you bite into when you' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    They Live!

    SoDo Pizza, which just celebrated its 12th birthday, does not make phenomenal pie. But pizza doesn't have to be phenomenal; it just needs to taste awesome when you're drinking. And more than any other pizzeria in town, SoDo Pizza is focused on making sure its crust is the one you bite into when you' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Mastodon Unearths Prehistoric Prog Metal at Showbox SoDo

    ​ Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Red Fang Sunday, Nov. 6 Showbox SoDo It's been a while since I left a concert with both ringing in my ears and whiplash in my neck. Actually, I think the last time that happened was the last time I saw Mastodon. This time around the physical effect was ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

    Faustine Hudson: She Bangs!

    Seattle's busiest drummer would still rather pick up the tempo than take it easy.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Building a Better Bar for Bicyclists

    ​Today is Bike to Work Day, but where do cyclists bike after work? According to Tom Fucoloro, who administers the Seattle Bike Blog, local cyclists favor Hooverville, Fremont Brewing, and Georgetown Brewing Co., but there isn't a Seattle bar that's made a point of advertising its bike-friend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Deja Vu: Death Cab for Cutie Opens the Codes and Keys Era, Last Night at Showbox SoDo

    Laura MusselmanDeath Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, Wednesday, at Showbox SoDo.​Death Cab for Cutie Showbox SoDo Wednesday, May 12 A few hours before taking the stage at Showbox SoDo with his band, Death Cab for Cutie, frontman Ben Gibbard sat backstage in his trademark snap-button shirt and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Pickup Hit at Least Two Fans of Ingrid Michaelson at Showbox SoDo Last Night

    Ingrid Michaelson​UPDATE: KIRO reports that the driver of the blue Nissan pickup who hit the pedestrians last Thursday night is being held on $250,000 bail. The woman reportedly does not have a Washington state driver's license and preliminary breath tests indicated a blood alcohol level of .3 ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 28, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events 

    Ingrid Michaelson​UPDATE: KIRO reports that the driver of the blue Nissan pickup who hit the pedestrians last Thursday night is being held on $250,000 bail. The woman reportedly does not have a Washington state driver's license and preliminary breath tests indicated a blood alcohol level of .3 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2010

    Dan Raley

    Ingrid Michaelson​UPDATE: KIRO reports that the driver of the blue Nissan pickup who hit the pedestrians last Thursday night is being held on $250,000 bail. The woman reportedly does not have a Washington state driver's license and preliminary breath tests indicated a blood alcohol level of .3 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    They Live

    Ingrid Michaelson​UPDATE: KIRO reports that the driver of the blue Nissan pickup who hit the pedestrians last Thursday night is being held on $250,000 bail. The woman reportedly does not have a Washington state driver's license and preliminary breath tests indicated a blood alcohol level of .3 ... More >>

  • Food

    January 27, 2010

    First Call: Hooverville, After the Fire

    New furniture, same bar.

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    First Call: The Recession's Over, But Hooverville's Back in Business

    First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink.​The Watering Hole: Hooverville, the best bar in town for people who like peanuts, Mariners, The Black Crowes, or work at Starbucks' headquarters down the street. Th ... More >>

  • Film

    October 28, 2009

    Halloween DVD Roundup: Looking for Horror in the 1980s

    First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink.​The Watering Hole: Hooverville, the best bar in town for people who like peanuts, Mariners, The Black Crowes, or work at Starbucks' headquarters down the street. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Hooverville's Back!

    ​Sorry, that headline and exclamation point, perhaps, could mean many things in these trying times. Hooverville, the bar, located in a stretch of SoDo that used to be home to the original Hooverville--the shantytown that grew out of the Great Depression--is open for business again after being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Nickelsville Returns to Nickelsville

    You may recall a little thing called Nickelsville, an attempt to create a city of homeless folks, a modern-day Hooverville that would call attention to Seattle's lack of homeless housing and the perceived inaction of, among others, the Mayor after whom it was named. (Read Aimee Curl's terrifical pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Restaurant Closures for February (and Early March)

    This month, the Washington Restaurant Association reported that from January 2008 to January 2009, the state's restaurant industry lost 6,900 jobs, or 3.4 percent of the workforce. Bad news. When I was compiling this list of the restaurants that have closed in the past 6 weeks, though -- launching a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Hooverville Ablaze

    No new news to report on the serious fire at 1721 First Ave South (entire street blocked off, alleged 3-alarm blaze, but front of structure looks in tact), so why regurgitate. I just wanted to post a link to a story I did about the place a while back, "To All The Whos in Hooverville,"one of the cit ... More >>

  • Food

    October 1, 2008

    Here's Rye in Your Eye

    Folks, now here’s the story ’bout Minnie the Moocher.

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    Mark Powell’s War on Error

    For one man, every typo is a mini-Watergate. Just ask the P-I.

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Welcome to Nickelsville

    The mayor has become public enemy #1 for a defiant group of homeless organizers. But is he being unfairly singled out?

  • Food

    March 5, 2008

    Life at Hooverville, Home Depot's Menu, Great Guinness Head at Home

    Selections from Voracious, our daily food blog.

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Rating the Local Stops by Presidential Hopefuls

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    Obama the Rock Star

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    Circling the Square

    Pioneer Square is part down-at-the-heels tourist trap, homeless shelter, and nightlife district. Now, Seattle's semi-seedy historic urban village is facing major population growth. Can the Square be revived and still keep its character?

  • Food

    June 28, 2006

    To All the Whos in Hooverville

    Pioneer Square is part down-at-the-heels tourist trap, homeless shelter, and nightlife district. Now, Seattle's semi-seedy historic urban village is facing major population growth. Can the Square be revived and still keep its character?

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

    The region's ambitious 10-year timetable to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded. The Bush administration is sending mixed signals, and things are about to get worse.

  • Film

    June 1, 2005

    The Class Warrior

    Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Tent City's Tenacity

    These folks have earned the right to be neighbors.

  • Film

    January 30, 2002

    Ball of fire

    Still talking fresh, six decades later.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    ". . . it has saddened me to see who these changes really benefit. You guessed it. The wealthy."

    Still talking fresh, six decades later.

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Everybody on board

    Seattle's other guided theme tours.

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