Henry Weinhard's is owned by SBMiller (who also produce Miller Beer, along with a number of other brands). Red Hook is owned is by the Craft Brew Alliance, which in turn is 32% owned by Anheuser Busch. But the PNW brew pub tradition lives on, right? Less so. On Friday, the Elysian Brewing Company, owner of four brew pubs, including the Elysian Tangletown, confirmed it was being acquired by Anheuser Busch. The announcement quotes CEO and co-founder Joe Bisacca, saying "after a…
David Perk writes: A forum on Climate Change legislation in Olympia will be held on Saturday morning, January 31 at Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. The forum will provide you with information regarding the bills supported by the Environmental Priorities Coalition and will give you an opportunity to get answers to your questions. Action training to learn just how to best influence your legislators will be included. The forum begins at 9 am and runs until 11:30. Sasha Pollack,…
(This is a sponsored post from Wallingford realtors Kris Murphy and Daniela Dombrowski) Maybe you have noticed the new construction view home at 3508 Meridian Ave N on your strolls through the neighborhood. It is a 5 bedroom/3.5 bathroom home with over 4,200 sf of living space on a 7,200 sf lot (a football field by Wallingford standards)*. So you may wonder how can a large home like this be green, energy efficient and have a responsible carbon footprint. What is an…
Nikola's, the second incarnation of the restaurant by the same name from Costas Antonopoulos (who also owns the property from the rug shop through Murphy's, across to the north end of the block), has been getting mixed reviews. As one friend put it, it's still very much a Greek diner in the style that made sense 20+ years ago. Now that the groggy Sunday brunch crowd waits in line to spend $20 on brioche french toast with artisanal acai-maple syrup, perhaps time has…
St. Benedict's School is holding a spaghetti dinner this Sunday, January 25, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. St. Ben’s 6th grade class will host this community gathering to raise funds for environmental education at Camp Hamilton. This year, St. Benedict parent Brad Inserra from Fremont’s iconic Swingside Café will be leading the kitchen and cooking up his fabulous spaghetti alla marinara, with beef or vegetarian options. In addition to pasta, dinner includes salad, garlic bread, soda or milk, and ice…
Cometa Playschool (a Wallyhood sponsor, at 4106 Stone Way N) is having open houses Saturday, January 24th 10am to noon and Saturday January 31st, 10am to 12. Cometa Playschool, a local Spanish immersion preschool invites the Wallingford community to their open houses on Saturday, January 24th and 31st, 10am to 12pm. This is a great opportunity for parents interested in giving their children the advantage of learning a second language in their early years: tour the facility, meet their teachers and…
I talked to my brother in Brooklyn last night. He tells me that, with the influx of well-heeled families to what was once a low-rent hub for artists (Brooklyn, for those of you who don't know, was kind of like the Georgetown of New York), new schools are popping up left and right. Apparently, event the Blue Man Group is getting in on the action, with the Blue School, if you can believe it. Locally, we're also seeing new schools opening,…