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The Octopus Bar Returns!

The pandemic has cooped us up in quarantine for over a year. With the days getting longer, we are growing itchy for a well-crafted cocktail and snack consumed on a patio! Soon, the Octopus Bar will join Murphy’s, Julia’s and Westward in offering pandemic-friendly dining for Wallyhood dwellers. Coming in March: The Octopus will offer indoor and outdoor seating via newly constructed “STREATERIES” on both Bagley and 45th!  Last year, the Octopus Bar bobbed just down the road to its new…

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27 Years of Changes

Wallingford's only gay bar Changes celebrated its 27th year. Opened in 1989 on North 45th Street and still under the same ownership, Changes embodies all that you love about old Wallingford while at the same time being very new. I spoke with owner Floyd Isaac recently and I found his opinion on just about everything to be quite laid back. While many of us are worried about all the changes to the neighborhood, Floyd takes everything in stride. Here are the results of…

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Changes Anniversary

Good new folks! Remember back in November, when Changes Bar and Grill started getting noise complaints and seemed at risk of being shut down? Joey Donato of Changes let us know that's been resolved: We appreciate running the story about our noise complaint issues. We received over 3000 unique visitors to our website over that single week and 1,335 people have signed our petition to keep Changes in the local community. We have not had a single noise complaint since the petition…

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Changes Bar Asks for Help

Yesterday we received a reader tip from someone whose name I cannot discern from the email address.  The reader asked if we'd seen something on Facebook about Changes Bar on 45th Street here in Wallingford, and included the following link:  http://changesinwallingford.com/wp/blog/changes-in-wallingford-needs-your-help/ . It's a tab on Changes' official website for "Changes Petition" which states the following: "For the last 22 years Changes has been a much loved fixture in Wallingford and in the Seattle gay community.  Recently, new elements in the…

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Changes Turns 22

Wallingford's only gay bar, Changes, is celebrating 22 years in Wallingford Friday. And Saturday.  And Sunday.  And MONDAY too! And we're all invited! Changes is one of the longest running gay bars in all of Seattle.  The bar opened in 1989, under the name The Rat Hole.  Since then,  Changes has outlasted many competitors.  And, true to type (gay bar type, that is) Changes is always committed to sponsoring local gay sports programs. This weekend's anniversary celebration is a big "thank…

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Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford

Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford. As has been my habit since I began the coming out process in Texas back in 1992, I took stock of my relationships this week to identify who I might come out to today.  But there's a problem.  For the first time, there is no one to come out to.  Not one soul. Well, okay.  In the interest of complete honesty there IS one person I could come out to, but I have decided it's…

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It's gay pride weekend and Wallingford's oldest (and only) gay bar, Changes, is kickin' it queer with a swimwear contest hosted by the Incomparable Aunt Flo. Now who, you're probably asking, is the Incomparable Aunt Flo? Joey Donato of Changes explains: The Incomparable Aunt Flo is Changes' official MC drag queen and winner of Seattle's best queen contest. When she's not breaking her leg (literally) for the changes volleyball team, she's attending fun raisers to feed to the children. See her…

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