New cafe opening on 6th Ave.
There’s a new cafe opening across 6th Ave. NW from Sambar and Le Gourmand. The Sun Cafe has a sign on the door that says “opening soon.” The place is …
Month: July 2008
Olsen’s Scandinavian Foods may close
A Ballard institution, Olsen’s Scandinavian Foods may close, according to one of the owners who spoke with us today. Reidun and Anita Endresen, who have owned the shop for the …
Chalk drawings cover Bergen Place
Walking by Bergen Place, we noticed chalk writing and drawings that covered the ground from one end to the other. It even spilled out into the sidewalks. We stopped and …
Zoo breaks ground on new penguin exhibit
The Woodland Park Zoo is hosting both the mayor and county executive today to break ground on a $6.5 million penguin exhibit. The 17,000-square-foot project, located near the west entrance, …
Water outage in east Ballard
Updated: A water main broke along 50th St. around 7 p.m., leaving hundreds of homes in east Ballard without water or with very low water pressure. Seattle Public Utilities says …
Introducing our new blog, PhinneyWood.com
It’s been six months since we launched My Ballard, and the response has been unbelievable. The biggest surprise has been the enormous role that all of you play in helping …
Honore Bakery to open Saturday
Locks Fan sent us an email today saying that Honore Bakery on 70th (that we wrote about back in May) is close to opening. We went by there this afternoon …
Scooter crash on 8th Ave.
With high gas prices, we’ve seen a lot more scooters on the road lately. Shortly after 8 a.m. today, a woman crashed her scooter on 8th Ave. near 73rd St. …
A quick review of Via Verde
The new Italian restaurant that moved into Market Street Grill’s location, Via Verde, is now open for business. We stopped in to give it a try. The menu features wood-fired …
Twitter gems about Ballard
If you’re not familiar with it, Twitter is a service that lets you send short messages to your friends and the rest of the world. We recently created a page …
Food and wine boutique coming to Phinney
Here’s an interesting addition to Phinney Ridge. A “food and wine boutique” called Picnic is coming soon to the Fini condo building at 68th and Greenwood. While you can drop …
My Ballard on the ‘radio’
If you’re interested, we’ll be on Rain City Radio at 4 p.m. today, an internet radio show hosted by the Seattle real estate site RainCityGuide.com. We’ll be talking about Ballard …