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Val’s, Daily Planet to be demolished

April 29th, 2008 · 13 Comments

The building that houses Val’s Cafe and The Daily Planet antique shop on Phinney Ave. near 60th is slated for demolition, reports the North Seattle Herald-Outlook. “If all of our small businesses go, it’ll just be dullsville,” said Cecile Andrews, the founder of Ecovillage, a neighborhood group dedicated to preserving the small-town feel of Phinney.

Tags: Phinney Ridge-Greenwood

13 responses so far ↓

  • 1 MonkeyPilot // Apr 29, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Wow. And the building down the street with Ken’s Market and the Couth Buzzard bookstore is going to be demolished, too. Pretty soon that road is going to be a concrete canyon.

  • 2 Bella // Apr 29, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    I thought Ken’s was expanding into the Couth Buzzard space? (I was told they own the entire building.)

  • 3 John Eddy // Apr 29, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    But what about Chef Liao??? Wife might not like him, but I love the food there… =(

  • 4 MonkeyPilot // Apr 29, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Possibly I misread the posted statement. These days every “Land Use Action” poster I see just reads “Condos coming”. :-)

  • 5 Lindsarella // Apr 29, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    The Daily Planet??? nooooo- Those guys are awesome! Did ALL my Christmas shopping there two years ago! Only bad thing- they’re hardly ever open when working people are home… :(

  • 6 Joel // Apr 30, 2008 at 6:31 am

    Ah, crap! That truly sucks. I love Val’s, have for years, but have not been for a while. Will it be closing, then?

    Never made it to Daily Planet, but have always intended to. Time to make time.

  • 7 Joshua // Apr 30, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Too bad. Val’s made a damn fine hamburger.

  • 8 justme // May 1, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Bella, Ken’s is still planning on expanding as per today’s PI article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/361292_market01.html

  • 9 Bella // May 1, 2008 at 10:42 am

    I thought so. I work right up the street, and we have a couple of customers who work there. I hadn’t asked about it in a while, but I’d be really surprised if Ken’s had changed their plans and we hadn’t heard about it.

  • 10 Dave // May 1, 2008 at 11:06 am

    Any word about how this affects Chef Liao?

  • 11 evan // May 1, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    When I read the Ken’s posting, it only refered to an on grade addition, and some offices up one story at the back of the building. (Making the whole thing 2 stories).

  • 12 Bill // May 2, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    Holy crap, that would be fantastic. The “Daily Planet” and Val’s are both, frankly, pretty much much a waste of space.

    But Chef Liao is a fucking treasure. Hands off.

  • 13 Lynn // May 4, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Let me guess: Something “new and unique.” “Luxury” condos or lofts over tanning salons, nail salons and cell phone stores.

    All this with fewer parking spaces than units.

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