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Pharmaca Closing

john98103 February 13, 2023 Comments are off

Pharmaca Integrative pharmacy is a small chain of integrative drug stores – the Wallingford store is on the corner of 45th and Wallingford. They started in Boulder Colorado in 2000 and had about 25 stores in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.

They’re regular drug stores and also sell a wide range of natural supplements and remedies, including homeopathic items. In addition, they are compounding pharmacies – can formulate products not found on the shelf.

Pharmaca was acquired by Medly Pharmacy in June of 2021. Medley started in Brooklyn NY in 2017 as a bricks & mortar store and …

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A Visit to Young Tea

john98103 December 7, 2022 Comments are off

Wondering what’s going on in the space on 45th, that was once Starbucks? 

It’s now Young Tea, created by proprietor Caroline Lee.  

I recently had a fun and informative conversation with Caroline.  

Tea is a big part of the culture in her native Taiwan; she named the store ‘young’ because tea, in its many types and variations, is good for you – it keeps you young.  

Caroline moved to New York about 30 years ago and came to Seattle 10 years later.  

Her first store in Chinatown, is now closed – the landlord had ‘other plans’. And when …

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