While many Ballardites love their seafood, lutefisk is an acquired taste. One of the most popular events at this weekend’s SeafoodFest is the lutefisk eating contest. Ten contestants with iron stomachs battled it for $150. If you’re not familiar with lutefisk, well, it’s a gelatinous white fish that’s soaked in lye and reeks to high …
SeafoodFest began 34 years ago as a salmon feast to raise money for the Ballard Chamber of Commerce. Today, the popular salmon BBQ is still a chamber fundraiser and the heart and soul of this weekend’s event. For most of the midday hours, a long line stretched down 22nd Ave. Seafood lovers waited in anticipation …
This is out of the neighborhood, but nonetheless interesting considering Critical Mass came through Ballard the last time around, resulting in quite the discussion here on My Ballard. Last night on Capitol Hill, Critical Mass cyclists surrounded a Subaru and assaulted the driver after two riders were hit. The sequence of events is unclear: did …
Updated: More than a dozen fire units responded to a fully-involved house fire at 5511 2nd Ave. NW on Phinney Ridge at 7:40 p.m. Friday evening. As I drove to the scene from Ballard, I could see smoke billowing up from over a mile away. (Photo by My Ballard reader Nina.) Flames were shooting out …
This Monday night is the first design review meeting, but Avalon has already released its preliminary proposed designs for the apartment and retail building replacing Sunset Bowl on Market St. This is its preferred design of the three proposals. It’s a six-story building with a center courtyard and 234 units. The building covers the entire …
Hungry for salmon hot off the grill? Or lutefisk, perhaps? Then it must be time for the 34th annual Ballard SeafoodFest — a big neighborhood tradition that attacts 60,000 people. Today many stores in town are participating in the sidewalk sale, which goes through the weekend. Then on Saturday, a big chunk of Market St. …
The Crown Hill Neighborhood Association is throwing its annual garage sale event this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last year, 50 homes participated. You can get a head start by reading this list of locations and descriptions of the merchandise. Happy shopping!
With the Floating Leaves Teahouse moving down the street from its current location on 2213 Market St., a new restaurant and bar called “Root Table” has applied for a liquor license at the same location. That’s all the details we have, and we’ll post more as we learn more. (Thanks Gooner for the tip!)
My Ballard reader Nina spotted two of these cameras at 15th and Market, one near the Walgreens and the other near the Shell station. While there are no signs announcing their arrival yet, they fit the description for red light cameras — which are due to be installed at this intersection sometime this year. This …
News from the neighborhoods next door, Phinney Ridge and Greenwood… Photos from last night’s Greenwood Seafair parade Zak & Zoe dog boutique moving into Phinney Old graffiti-covered McDonald’s looks new again
Seattle-based comic Brian Bassett featured a little Ballard flavor in an Adam@Home strip this last Sunday. “It’s tough to see in the online version, but the barista in yellow is wearing a ‘Free Ballard’ T-shirt,” says My Ballard reader Rob. Adds boardbrown in the forum, “Not only that, but it looks like the barista in …
First some goats showed up mysteriously in Peggy Sturdivant’s neighborhood, then a few days later she discovers more goats snacking on foliage a few blocks away along 64th Ave. “Whether these goats are on loan to deal with bushes or are now residents in the neighborhood, I don’t know yet,” she writes. Last year the …