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  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Attention Seattle Bands & Seattle Labels: Send Us Your May Releases!

    It seems like we just put out April's issue of Reverb Monthly, but we're already putting May together, which means it's time for us to compile our monthly list of local record releases for review. If your band or local label is releasing a record or a single or an EP or anything musical in the month ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Elliott Bay Brewery's Lake City Public House: A Pretty Big Deal

    Things happen in Lake City. Big neighborhood news in the last weeks included a pedestrian tackling a suspect bolting away from a police officer, SDOT announcing that it's replacing a pair of crosswalks on the main drag, and city leaders meeting to consider a neighborhood high-octane beer ban for the ... More >>

  • Food

    March 21, 2012

    Voracious Dining Guide

    Our 2012 neighborhood snackdown!

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    CCC's Permafrost Cannabis Bulldozes Your Pain Away

    ​Conscious Care Cooperative's Aurora Avenue location is one of three CCC locations in greater Seattle, with the other two in Ballard and Lake City. Aurora CCC offers patients a range of medical marijuana, concentrates, medibles, topicals, and clones, with the staff offering friendly and knowledgea ... More >>

  • News

    August 24, 2011

    Bikes Don't Like Mike's Lake City Road Diet

    The mayor's controversial new east-west bike lanes fail to attract cyclists.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Get Your Burger Fix At the Top 5 Dick's Locations

    Which Dick's is your favorite?​After noshing on many Dick's Specials and fries over the last few months (and before that living and drinking in the Emerald City) I've had a chance to try out the various Dick's locations. With the chain about to open a new restaurant. 5. Lake City: What makes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Bastille Creators Bring a Mexican Restaurant Downtown; Italian Spaghetti House Still Closed in Lake City

    Bring back the Italian Spaghetti House in Lake City!​The people behind Bastille Café & Bar in Ballard are opening a new Mexican restaurant at 1000 Pike St. by, if all goes accordingly, the end of this month. Poquitos will feature a 122-seat dining area and a 57-seat outdoor patio, as well as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Elliott Bay Expanding to Lake City: Out With the Old, In With the Brew

    The precious cargo trumps the mode of transport in Lake City.​In April, Elliott Bay Brewing Company is set to open a third pub in Lake City to augment the West Seattle matriarch and Burien first-born. On its face, that would appear to be promising news for one of North Seattle's last remaining ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    "New Nickelsville" Homeless Camp Neighbors Furious Over Site Choice

    ​As about 100 homeless residents of the "Nickelsville" tent city in the University District gather up their stuff today for a diaspora to Lake City, there had, perhaps, been some hope that their new neighbors would welcome them in with open arms. It now seems clear that that's not going to hap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Free Cupcakes, Free Cheeseburgers and The Best Restaurant in the World

    ​So, did you manage to score your free cupcakes from the new Eastside location of Cupcake Royale yesterday? Well you might've been able to if you'd read this here blog with a little more frequency. And if you were reading carefully, you might also have figured out how to get some free cheeseb ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 4, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    ​So, did you manage to score your free cupcakes from the new Eastside location of Cupcake Royale yesterday? Well you might've been able to if you'd read this here blog with a little more frequency. And if you were reading carefully, you might also have figured out how to get some free cheeseb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    You're Supposed to Drink and Drive Away From Dick's, Not Into It

    This isn't the Lake City Dick's; it's Broadway. But it sure is pretty.​Dick's saves lives, especially the Lake City outpost. Located way-too-conveniently close to the Rimrock, the drive-in sells burgers and fries to drunks, thus soaking up enough booze to refocus the crossed eyes of well-lubed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Hatchet-Wielding Criminal Tries, Fails to Steal Six-Pack

    FlickrGenerally, you're best served doing whatever a guy with a hatchet tells you to do.​Any righteous criminal will tell you, weapons are pointless if your mark doesn't think you've got the balls to use them. As Exhibit A, here's one empty-handed, hatchet-wielding man in Lake City. The would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    It's Veteran's Day: Free Burgers and Doughnuts for the Military

    ​A happy if somewhat bittersweet Veterans Day to all those who are serving or have served. Today, all day, every DIck's Drive-In location is offering a free cheeseburger to any veteran or active military service person who shows his or her military identification. (Click HERE for Wallingford ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    What to Do with Ground Cherries

    ​This is a bowl of ground cherries. For the past two weeks, a box of them has appeared at the Tonnemaker Family Orchards farmers market stand (Broadway, U District, Columbia City, Phinney, W. Seattle, Lake City), where they inspire one of two reactions. Reaction #1: "What are those?" shopper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Palin, Obama, and the 10 Things I Learned on Voracious This Week

    ​1. We'd rather be fat than hot. 2. Ezell's coming to Lake City. 3. You can find yak burgers in Elma. 4. I am marginally lactose intolerant. 5. Cheeseburgers is a touchy subject. 6. Barack Obama -- or one of his advisers -- has horrible taste in beer. 7. I have a new place to get pastram ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Rose Garden Sells Its Last Crack Vial

    The infamous Rose Garden has officially closed in the wake of an SPD sting that resulted in multiple drug purchases at the seedy Lake City bar, which ranked a lofty third on our list of Seattle's 10 most intimidating dive bars, and will join the ranks of the Ghosts of Dive Bars Past should there eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Kelly's Proves Why It's Seattle's Most Intimidating Dive Bar

    When news broke Friday that the Rose Garden was the subject of an SPD sting that revealed the Lake City bar to be a hotbed of drug and gang activity, we were afraid that we'd ranked it too low at #3 in our list of Seattle's 10 most intimidating dive bars. But mere hours went by before Kelly's prove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2009

    Thorny Times at the Rose Garden

    Police have asked the Liquor Control Board to strip the liquor license of Lake City's Rose Garden (not pictured at left), the northernmost of Seattle's 10 most intimidating dive bars. Reports the P-I: "Police have asked the State Liquor Control Board not to renew a Lake City bar's liquor license, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Last Night: Antony & the Johnsons at the Moore

    Last night, I attended a wedding shower in Lake City. Whenever I'm in Lake City, a magnetic effect occurs wherein I am compelled -- forced, really -- to enter the Stirrup Room at the Rimrock Steakhouse and try to put a dent in their hooch inventory, and last night was no different. So what's this a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Fortune Sports Bar: No “Bagpacks,” Overnight Tabs, or Freeloaders

    But plenty of chicken gizzards, stiff drinks, and tight shorts.

  • News

    December 3, 2008

    Another Step for Gentrification in Columbia City?

    Local shop owners are at odds over a proposed Business Improvement Association.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    Comments of the Week: Ex-Cons and the Lunatic

    Local shop owners are at odds over a proposed Business Improvement Association.

  • Food

    April 23, 2008

    Union Hall

    All that’s missing is “The Internationale” on the stereo

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    The Lunatic Is on the Drums

    Freddy “Right On” Holzman and Lake City’s Rimrock revelation.

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    Get Lost in Translation

    And Thai One On.

  • Food

    February 27, 2008

    Save the Rimrock!

    As much an institution as Denny's, but with better cocktails.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2007

    A Dick's, in Bellevue?

    As much an institution as Denny's, but with better cocktails.

  • Food

    March 21, 2007

    Middle East Pieces

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2007

    Baker's, R.I.P.

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2006

    Tubs Subs: North Seattle Sandwich Heaven

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2006

    Boner Patrol Won't Soften Up

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    Pet Cemetery on KIRO Tonight

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2006

    Deluxe Violence

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    Stripping in November

    Enjoying the celebratory sweets of a turbulent region.

  • Food

    November 16, 2005

    Fresh Spin

    Ambition, atmosphere, and excellent ingredients give new Thai joint an edge.

  • Food

    October 19, 2005

    Winter Squash, Nuts, Mushrooms, and Loofah

    Ambition, atmosphere, and excellent ingredients give new Thai joint an edge.

  • Food

    September 14, 2005

    Baker's Restaurant

    Ambition, atmosphere, and excellent ingredients give new Thai joint an edge.

  • Food

    April 13, 2005

    Down the Hatch

    Smelly tofu and other quirky traditional Chinese pleasures.

  • Food

    December 8, 2004

    Who Needs Categories?

    LC's creates its own genre.

  • Food

    August 11, 2004

    Market Fresh

    LC's creates its own genre.

  • Food

    June 16, 2004

    Market Fresh

    LC's creates its own genre.

  • Food

    May 26, 2004

    Think Global, Eat Local

    This year, get your produce from the producer

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Sects in the City

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • Food

    October 1, 2003

    MARKET FRESH

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • Food

    August 20, 2003

    Food Events Around Town

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • Food

    August 13, 2003

    Food Events Around town

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Sex In The City— Readers' Picks

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    News Clips— Summery/Chilling

    There's been almost no discussion of the most radical proposal on the ballotthe switch to City Council districts.

  • Arts

    January 24, 2001

    The Auction of Lost Things

    When the Department of Revenue pried open forgotten safe-deposit boxes, it also reopened mysterious lives.

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