This Sunday, Bellingham-based Aslan Brewing is “softly” opening the doors of their second Seattle location at the previously (somewhat) cursed corner of n 56th Street and Kirkwood Place N in Tangletown—the same spot that, over the past two decades, has housed Darkalino’s, The Burgundian, The Pour House, Bandelero, Luau Polynesian, and probably other establishments I cannot remember. But because I’ve visited both of Aslan’s Bellingham locations, as well as their taproom in Fremont, I am optimistic that Aslan, unlike its predecessors, will have legitimate staying power in the cozy space at 2253 N 56th Street. Their current taprooms and brewpubs…

On Saturday, May 31, Throw & Build Pottery Studio, located at 2510 N 45th Street, will be hosting a Spring Pottery Sale from 10:00 to 4:00pm. The studio will feature wares for sale from several local vendors, some of whom have been and will be featured on Throw & Build’s Instagram page.

Local roaster Kuma Coffee will be there with their coffee cart, so you can put that new mug you just purchased to immediate use. There will also be a raffle to win a two-hour Throw & Build “tryout class,” where you can handbuild a bowl or mug, …

One year after opening the doors of their new brewery location at 3513 Stone Way N, Figurehead Brewing Company is having an anniversary party on Saturday, April 19, to celebrate the occasion. The event will be all day long, from 11:30 am to 10:00 pm, and family-friendly, with free root beer floats for kids. There will also be door prizes, live music, and the release of an anniversary white stout, which is a collaboration with Spinnaker Chocolate and Caffe Appassionato, Figurehead’s future and current neighbors at each of their two locations.

The event will also be an opportunity …

Enrollment is now open for pottery wheel classes at Throw & Build, Wallingford’s newest pottery studio, located at 2510 N 45th St, kitty-corner from Dick’s. These six-week, beginner-level courses commence the week of February 24, with sessions available on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings as well as Wednesday afternoons (the Wednesday evening class is already fully booked).

In addition to regular classes, Throw & Build offers monthly memberships which include unlimited scheduled access to the studio, and mentoring catered to each potter’s skill level. Also, single-session, two-hour pottery wheel tryouts and handbuilding workshops are available for those wanting to just …

Did this story’s headline make you click on it? A Trump precinct in Wallingford??? Say it ain’t so!!!

Well, it ain’t.

Last week King County Elections released it’s precinct-level voting data from the November 2024 general election. Precincts are essentially a grouping of registered voters in a radius of a few blocks. If you attended the 2004 (Kerry/Dean/Kucinich), the 2008 (Obama/Hillary), or the 2016 (Hillary/Bernie) Democratic Presidential Caucus, the group you were divided into was your precinct. These are essentially your immediate neighbors. And in Wallingford, your neighbors mostly vote for Democrats.

Wallingford voting for Democrats is no surprise, but …

The building planned at the site of Wallingford’s only field of fenced-off wildflowers, where the storied Guild 45th Theatre once stood, has undergone its final design review.

On October 21, the Seattle Design Review Board met with architects from Clark | Barnes who presented their final draft for the currently unnamed multi-family building at 2115 North 45th Street. This online meeting was a follow-up to an initial design review in February, where the architects presented three designs, none remarkable, but one solidly preferred over the other two. A few recommendations were made by the board to this preferred design and …

Nearly two years after tantalizingly hanging a “COMING SOON” shingle on their chain link fence and hosting a kick-off event, Gasworks Brewing has opened for business at 2401 N Northlake Way.

After a soft launch on July 2, the waterside brewery opened their doors to the public on July 3, just in time for some fantastic weather and the annual party that descends upon Wallingford every Independence Day. While I wasn’t brave enough to battle the crowds on the Fourth, I did sit down for a hazy IPA on their landscaped terrace the following Saturday.

My initial observation is that …