We've got an update for you all on the fire at the Rancho Bravo Taco truck. Freddy Rivas, the owner responded: We did have an incident that will need some exterior repair work done, most likely off site. It was the result of a design oversight by the builders. Luckily there was no damage to the interior of the unit and it should be a relatively simple fix. We're going to need to replace the extractor fan. In the meantime we…
Lots of folks have noticed that there's been some activity at the old Loki Cafe / Jitterbug / Beeliner Diner space (2114 N 45th Street): new windows going on, clean-up. Could this mean a new restaurant in our midst? Unfortunately, we have nothing to report. Margaret tried calling Chow Foods, who own the lease, and they wouldn't comment. Previously, they've said that the spot will be used as a "test kitchen and office", which makes little sense to us, given its…
Hope you can join us for the monthly Wallingford Community Council meeting this evening, 7:00-9:00 at the Good Shepherd Center. This month’s agenda: 7:00 – Good Shepherd Advisory Board meeting report 7:15 – Wallingford Community Senior Center and Community Center Planning Update 7:30 – Featured Topic: Update on the North Recycling and Disposal Station – Representatives from Seattle Public Utilities and the Seattle Department of Planning and Development will be there to talk about current status and planned process for the…
The old Essential Bakery space won't be vacant long, according to Wallyhood tipster Ryan G: I spoke to the folks as Essential Baking, they said that a bicycle manufacturer is coming to town in place of the bakery. Brooke at Speedy Reedy (great shop) confirmed that the founders of Wheelsmiths, the first spoke manufacturer in the United States is opening some sort of facility where the bakery used to be. Let us know if you know more, please.
Some of the basic staples of our family outing calendar are going to local book stores and hitting up live music shows. So guess how excited we were to hear that we can do both at once this Saturday at Alphabet Soup Books! This fabulous local children's bookstore is featuring a free live concert with Recess Monkey at 10am Saturday March 6th. The band will be performing all your favorites from the new Field Trip album plus all-time Monkey classics. The S0up will open early on…
Sounds like there was a conflagration at the Rancho Bravo Taco Truck today. At 7:42 pm tonight, Andrew sent us a tweet: There's a fire truck at Rancho Bravo. I saw 3 firemen on top of the new taco truck spraying fire extinguisher down the chimney. And BaconFriedRice posted this photo to Twitter of the action: We've dropped Freddy Rivas, the owner, a line to find out more and will let you know what we learn.
Seattle Crime ran this very intriguing post today: Man Turns Himself In For Wallingford Stabbing, Isn't Arrested By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee Hours after police were called to the scene of a stabbing in Wallingford on February 23rd, a man walked in to the North Precinct, confessed to the crime, and handed over a knife, a police report says. Just before midnight, the man—accompanied by two other men—walked into the North Precinct and told the officer at the front desk he had been…