Ballard will soon be home to another local distillery: Wildwood Spirits Co. will be opening their second location in the neighborhood early next year. Owners Zoey and Erik Liedholm have lived in Ballard for over a decade and currently operate Wildwood Spirits distillery and tasting room in Bothell. They’ve just signed a lease to bring […]
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Brewery and cidery collaboration Pour Decisions to take over former Dane location
A new brewery/cidery collaboration is moving into the location formerly home to The Dane. The new venture will be called Pour Decisions, a joint collaboration between Everett-based Crucible Brewing and Soundbite Cider. Crucible co-owner Dick Mergens tells My Ballard that the inspiration to join forces came from Bale Breaker Brewing Co. and Yonder Cider, another […]
Ballard Market to be renamed Town & Country Market
The Ballard Market will soon be rebranded: Its new name will be Town & Country Market. Independent grocer Town & Country Markets owns the Ballard Market, along with five other regional stores. Three other stores go by the name Central Market, with locations in Shoreline, Mill Creek, and Poulsbo. The others include the Bainbridge Town […]
Another Ballard utility box will be wrapped this fall by a local artist
Another Ballard utility box is about to become beautified by a local artist. Artist Andrew Saeger won the latest utility box beautification contest, in which people voted based on four different designs for the next utility box wrapping. The Ballard Alliance has already wrapped several utility boxes around the neighborhood; the box that Saeger will […]
Alison’s Coastal Cafe & Bakery to close this week
After eight years at 5404 Leary Ave NW, Alison’s Coastal Cafe & Bakery is closing its doors for good as the owners take over the Lockspot Cafe. The Lockspot Cafe’s previous owner Pam Hanson announced that the Lockspot was for sale back in May, saying it was time to let go of the historic cafe […]
New school traffic safety camera installed near Whittier Elementary
School traffic safety cameras will be turned on next week in Seattle, including a new one close to Whittier Elementary in Crown Hill. The Whitter Elementary traffic cameras have been installed on NW 80th St between 12th Ave NW and 14th Ave NW in Crown Hill. The school zone safety cameras only operate when students […]
Brown Bear celebrates 64th birthday today with free car washes
Brown Bear Car Wash is turning another year older, and they’re once again offering free car washes to celebrate their birthday. The northwest-founded car wash is turning 64 this year, and they’re giving away their “Beary Clean” car washes to customers all day long until 8 p.m. today at all of their 28 tunnel wash […]
Yonder Cider and Bale Breaker Brewing Co. to open Ballard taproom in early September
The long-awaited Yonder Cider and Bale Breaker Brewing Co. joint taproom is getting ready to open September 4th in Ballard. The new taproom is opening in the former Populuxe Brewing location at 826 NW 49th St. Populuxe closed at the end of 2020 due to challenges related to the pandemic. They’d been in the neighborhood […]
Ballard Alliance to host outdoor movie night and sidewalk sale this weekend
The Ballard Alliance is putting on two big events this weekend in Ballard, with an outdoor movie screening at the National Nordic Museum and the biggest ever sidewalk sale in central Ballard. The National Nordic Museum has partnered with the Ballard Alliance for the outdoor movie, which is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 29. The movie […]
Weekend fire further destroys former El Camion building
The former El Camion location at the corner of 15th Ave NW and NW 65th St has caught fire for the second time since being vacant. Seattle Fire responded to the blaze early Saturday morning, with multiple engines called to fight the 3:30 a.m. fire. SFD managed to control the fire within an hour, and […]
Ballard Locks fish ladder viewing room reopens to the public
The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks fish ladder viewing room has reopened to the public after renovations. The U.S. Army Corps held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the reopening. The fish ladder viewing room renovation was the result of a partnership between the U.S. Army Corps, Discover Your Northwest, and the Corps Foundation. The […]
Mask mandate to return on Monday
Washingtonians will be required to mask up in all indoor public places as of Monday, Aug. 23. Gov. Jay Inslee made the announcement earlier this week after the recent rise in Delta variant COVID-19 cases. The mandate requires that everyone over the age of 5 wear a mask in most public indoor settings regardless of […]
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