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Wallingford – Leading the City in Veg Consumption

Are you an observer of Meatless Monday, a flexitarian, or otherwise reducing your meat consumption? If so, you apparently are not alone! Seattle Times news librarian Gene Balk recently analyzed Seattle’s consumer spending habits and the availability of meat-free cuisine by neighborhood, determining that Wallingford ranks first in the city for its love of veggies. Yep. We eat our five daily servings here in the 'hood, out-munching runners-up Fremont, Ballard, Greenlake and Queen Anne. A stroll along 45th Street with vegetarian main…

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Kitaro Update

We'd like to thank Reeve Baily for providing us with the following update on Kitaro, (1624 N. 45th St.) which had been destroyed by a fire on the night of December 7, 2011: Last week my wife and I were standing in line at Molly Moon's when the communal chatter came to the subject of the sadly crumbling Kitaro Sushi/Bento. "I heard that grumpy dude took the insurance money and moved to Belize," said one fellow. "No, no, no, the owners…

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Silver Tray Opens Tomorrow

Ambling home down 45th St last night, we noticed some work going on in the old Lotus Thai at the corner of Meridian, which closed back in January. Turns out the man screwing in light bulbs at 10 o'clock at night was Apple, part of the husband and wife team that bought the business when the owners of Lotus Thai retired. Apple arrived in the US from Thailand on September 9, 2001 (yep, that September) and his wife Lucky arrived shortly…

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Lotus Thai Closed For Remodeling. Under New Management.

Have you noticed that Lotus Thai (2101 North 45th Street) is closed? Wallyhood reader, Neil, tells us his wife spotted the sign on the door and paper on the windows, so we did some calling and got the scoop: The restaurant is now under new management, and we spoke to the new owner, Lucky, who told us that they're closed for remodeling. They hope to re-open some time in February, with a shiny, new name, "Silver Tray".

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Chabela’s coming to Wallingford

Ken wrote: I was walking past the papered-over storefront of the expired La Casa Azul today and noticed that a liquor license application has been posted on the front door. The replacement is called Chabela's Bar Grill, apparently. The liquor license is registered to Zaidozir, Inc and Mr. Andres Rizo Lopez, but that's about all we know for now. There was a restaurant named Chabela's in New York that served Dominican / Caribbean food, if that's a clue.

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Churro Chip at TnT Taqueria

Heather over at Chow Foods wanted to let everyone know about a new promotion at TnT Taqueria (2114 N. 45th St.): Right now with every purchase we are handing out a small coin called a Churro Chip. The Chip is always good for a free churro; valued at a dollar, customers need to turn the coin in to get their churro. One day a week we have a Churro Chip special where we pick an item from our menu that the Chip…

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Coming Soon: Pho Than Bros

While we're bidding our final farewells to all things Subway in Wallingford, Andrew snapped this picture today. Pho Than Bros is moving into the old Subway space on N. 45th at Corliss. The Than Brothers website says they should be open in January. That's right, folks, Pho is returning to Wallingford. Further proof that the world will not end tomorrow. Thanks for the pic and tip, Andrew!

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