Goodbye Luau, hello Pour House! Yep, it was just weeks ago that the Luau Polynesian Lounge in Tangletown closed for good, but the new owners, Jay Farias and Erik Knutson, are already hard at work on remodeling its replacement, the Pour House Bar & Dining. We learn from Nancy Leeson at the Seattle Times that: Farias owned the Nickerson Street Saloon for a decade and later opened Joe's on Roosevelt (now the Roosevelt Ale House). His latest venture, Stix, a bastion…
Hot on the heels of Joule's Rachel and Seif's appearance on Iron Chef last month (they lost, but neighborhood consensus has it they were robbed), Maria Hines of Wallingford's Tilth will be on the second season of Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters. We haven't been able to figure out when the episode will appear, but we promise to let you know as soon as we do. OK, the truth is, we get kind of confused with television. The whole idea that…
Wallyhood is pleased as punch to announce our newest feature: a complete business listing of all the restaurants, bars, coffee and dessert shops in Wallingford! Each listing has a map, links to reviews on Yelp, The Stranger, The Seattle P-I, etc. as well as a list of mentions in Wallyhood. For example, see this review of Avila or Molly Moon's. Best of all, there's an opportunity for you, the people of Wallingford, to comment on and rate the shops. So, what's…
You've probably seen those new group coupon services popping up: Groupon, LivingSocial, etc.: they offer the opportunity to buy coupons at local establishments for steep discounts for a limited time (usually the deal is only offered for a single day). We mentioned LivingSocial's "$100 coupon for $50" Cantinetta deal a little while back, for example. A new one focusing exclusively on Seattle restaurants just launched, Emerald City Eats, and today's deal is for $75 worth of food and drink at Wallingford's…
Dick's is celebrating their 56th Anniversary this week. To celebrate, they're offering 2 for the price of 1 cheeseburgers today (Tuesday) from 2 - 6 pm and this Friday is 10¢ Coke Day, where all soft drinks are just a dime. Why call it 10¢ Coke Day when it's any soft drink? Well, there isn't quite the same ring to 10¢ Any Soft Drink Day, now is there? Anyway, did you know that in the South, they refer to all soft…
We just spoke with Tony, the owner of the Luau, and confirmed what tipsters like Maya have been telling us: tomorrow night, Tuesday, is the end of an era for the Luau Polynesian Lounge in Tangletown. "It was just time," Tony told us. "I'm 35, my wife's 36, we've been at this for eleven years now, we're starting to think about having kids, and it's just time. You know, when you start to think about all the things you could do…
A few weeks back, when Chris wrote about the Wallingford Pizza House, we added a reader poll: what's the best pizza in Wallingford. We got 148 responses, and thought you might be interested in the results: So that's Tutta Bella leading the pack with 34%, followed by Wallingford Pizza House (23%), Pagliacci (20%), Pudge Brothers (15%) and taking up rear, Olympia Pizza and Spaghetti House (6%) and Milano Pizza (1%). On the topic of pizzas, if you enjoyed Zaw Pizza at…