Cafe Racer owner Kurt Geissel sports an Unfuck the World button at the reopening.

A bartender mixes a mean martini for our photographer.

Our critics also checked out some steakhouse happy-hours to see how they stacked up. Here are some blue cheese meatballs from Sullivan’s.

The Dirty Projectors brought their art-rock to Seattle, packing the Showbox just a day after Block Party wrapped up.

Father John Misty does his thing at Block Party.

On July 4, the activist group #MicCheckWallSt threw 5,000 $1 bills off the top of a downtown building. Each bill was printed with the message Money as Speech Silences Us All. End Citizens United.

Our food critics checked out Hunger in Fremont. Here’s Short rib ravioli, with brown butter, goat cheese, shallots, mushrooms, and parsley.

Thousands of people visited Seattle’s historic International District July 14 and 15 to take in the annual Seattle Dragon Fest.

Thousands of gory, limping, undead denizens flooded Fremont on July 7 for Red, White, and Dead, an attempt to return the zombie walk world record to Seattle. The official Guinness World Record count fell short despite the large turnout.

Young woman zombie!

Grimes at Block Party

Heaven Sent, the mini-chain that Ezell Stephens launched after a legal settlement shooed him from the restaurant bearing his name, has some divine chicken.

When 5,000 people showed up, chaos ensued and the stars ditched early (but not before reportedly handing out a wheel of cheese to a fan).

On July 19, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis thought it would be fun to serve lattes in Pike Place Market as a promotion for their new movie.

Fans kept the Capitol Hill Block Party weird, and packed.

Cafe Racer reopened July 20, seven weeks after Ian Stawicki opened fire in the University District hangout, killing four people.

Downtown July 19, there were wiener dog races. And babies. And they were the goddamn cutest things you ever saw.

A woman takes in the Seattle International Beer Fest, held July 6 and July 7.