Ken wrote: I was walking past the papered-over storefront of the expired La Casa Azul today and noticed that a liquor license application has been posted on the front door. The replacement is called Chabela's Bar Grill, apparently. The liquor license is registered to Zaidozir, Inc and Mr. Andres Rizo Lopez, but that's about all we know for now. There was a restaurant named Chabela's in New York that served Dominican / Caribbean food, if that's a clue.
Heather over at Chow Foods wanted to let everyone know about a new promotion at TnT Taqueria (2114 N. 45th St.): Right now with every purchase we are handing out a small coin called a Churro Chip. The Chip is always good for a free churro; valued at a dollar, customers need to turn the coin in to get their churro. One day a week we have a Churro Chip special where we pick an item from our menu that the Chip…
Susan Waters is a scientist at the University of Washington, and she's trying to get the public's help with citizen science research on bee colony collapse and urban farming. They have just 21 days to raise $1600 to keep the project going for another year, and they currently have a Christmas countdown on their site, with a new entry every day showing how pollinators contribute to Christmas holiday traditions and foods. Here's what she sent us: Interested in sustainable food, gardening in the city,…
Ugh, this is such depressing news we received from Kris today. What a way to sour someone's holiday cheer: I just found out today that a large package from Lego.com was stolen off of our covered porch at 4 pm on December 11th, 2012. It had been sitting there for one hour and fifteen minutes and was worth about $115. One camera caught the guy pacing in front of our house for quite some time before he decided to approach the…
Boy, I'll tell ya, Greenlake resident Jeff Rodenburg has a thing about Christmas lights. Since 2001, Jeff has put on a nightly Christmas light show in front of his home that dazzles NE 57th Street throughout the month of December. He's got a whopping 30,000 lights in all, with 19,000 of them used for a huge Christmas tree. The lights are synchronized to music that you can listen to on your car radio (or portable, if you walk), tuned to 102.1…
While we're bidding our final farewells to all things Subway in Wallingford, Andrew snapped this picture today. Pho Than Bros is moving into the old Subway space on N. 45th at Corliss. The Than Brothers website says they should be open in January. That's right, folks, Pho is returning to Wallingford. Further proof that the world will not end tomorrow. Thanks for the pic and tip, Andrew!
David snapped this picture yesterday, and wrote: "There goes Subway down at 34th and Stone. Biked past this scene early today. Sure didn't take long!" Indeed! That corner will never be the same! Thanks for the pic, David! And hey, if anyone has any neighborhood photos they'd like to share, drop us a line at [email protected].