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The Wallingford Community Council, WCC, has long been an advocate for the community of Wallingford. Let’s give them lots of credit for slogging through the difficulties of Covid and demands of accurately sharing information about potential changes to the neighborhood as Seattle grows. Currently, information about the One Seattle Comprehensive Draft Plan, plans for development in the city for the next twenty years, has highest priority. Here is the link to the One Seattle Plan. The comment period has been extended…

While we all wait to see what happens with the future of the Murphy’s Pub property, I invite you to try my favorite dish on their menu: the Buffalo Chicken Wrap, $16. It’s everything you might want in a well-rounded pub meal. Fried chicken with just the right amount of buffalo sauce, a healthy smattering of veggies and beans, and just enough cheese to remind you it’s still pub food. Select the fries as a side, a pint of Bodhizafa, and your…

Twenty months after shutting down due to the demolition of their previous location, Stone Way Cafe will rise again on May 15. The much-beloved cafe’s new space at 3525 Stone Way N is practically across the street from their old spot, whose next incarnation will be a five-story office/retail building. Longer term residents of Wallingford will remember Stone Way Cafe's new location at the corner of 35th and Stone as the site of Daly’s Paint & Decorating, one of the many…

For inquisitive minds, here is a follow up to a Wallyhood article about Bartells closing, posted in February, found here. With a chance encounter at the corner of N. 45th and Burke Ave. N., my husband Larry and I met the property manager for the building at 1820 N. 45th, formerly known as Bartells Drugs—Mr. Frank Gellen.  We had stopped to thank a man painting out graffiti on the building—who turned out to be the 85-year-old handy man.  Mr. Gellen came…

Cascadia Pharmacy Opens at Wallingford Center After a series of Pharmacy closings leaving the neighborhood wondering what the path forward looked like, we have some good news! Cascadia Pharmacy, a new independent pharmacy, is opening in the former Pharmaca/Medly space inside the Wallingford Center. It belongs to a group of independent pharmacies across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, all called Cascadia, but independently owned. In addition to pharmacy services, Cascadia Pharmacy Wallingford will offer many of the supplements and homeopathic products that…

Renovation and Expansion The Wallingford Food Bank shares a space with the library at 1501 N 45th St. Operated by FamilyWorks, the food bank has been unchanged as long as I’ve been around these parts (decades!). Now, however, changes are afoot. Beginning this summer, the food bank will begin some renovations to the interior of the space. The main area will be redesigned to better serve clients. Per the email we received from FamilyWorks: The renovated food bank will be bright…