Ezell’s Famous Chicken confirmed plans to open a new Wallingford location at 45th and Corliss (the former Uptown Espresso lot). A recent update to their website reads :

Following the recent opening in Bellevue (140th NE & Bel-Red Road), the next Ezell’s Famous Chicken will open in Seattle!

The new place is located in the heart of the Wallingford neighborhood, at the corner of North 45th & Corliss Avenue. The restaurant will have plenty of parking, and access from the U.W., I-5, and the surrounding area is easy!

Construction has begun and equipment is ordered. A late-summer opening is planned.…

(Editor: Wallyhood welcomes Adam as a new contributor. Thanks for the first article! )

Is local favorite Bartell Drugs surviving the CVS juggernaut?

CVS opened its doors in late December, 2015 (2100 N 45th St). One of Wallyhood’s most popular articles compared three of the four pharmacies in the neighborhood. Fully 61% of respondents to an (unscientific) poll at the end of the article said they plan to “boycott CVS, alien invader and homogenizer of our fair neighborhood.”

I recently stopped into CVS and asked about business. An employee who’s worked there since the opening told me that they got …