As is customary, the house on 32nd Ave. and 57th St. is adorned with flags. Just about every Fourth of July and Memorial Day, the owner covers every square yard of his property with American flags. (Thanks Matt for the photos!)
But it’s not moving far: a few blocks east to a former manufacturing building at 1111 NW Ballard Way, a block away from Trader Joe’s.
Owner George Hancock said the move to the 22,000-square-foot building will give them the space they need to meet growing demand, especially for bottled beer. At their current location (below), the staff can brew four batches of 16 barrels per day. At the new location, they’re putting in a brewhouse that can produce up to four batches of 40 barrels per day.
“We can’t make enough of the Imperial Pale. We can’t make enough Seattle Lager. We have a hard time keeping up bottling Imperial IPA,” Hancock said. With the additional capacity and a dedicated bottling room, he says they’ll be able to distribute other beers that rarely see the inside of a bottle — favorites like Salmon Bay ESB, Bosun’s Black Porter and Seattle Lager.
We drove by the entrance to Gas Works Park a little after 10 this morning. Lines were already forming at the entrances in preparation for tonight’s Chase Family Fourth fireworks show. Organizers are expecting as many as 50,000 people — 15,000 more over previous years due to the cancelation of the Elliott Bay fireworks show. …
As many as 5,000 zombies are expected to descend upon Fremont tonight in an attempt to break a world record. And when they’re done walking, they’ll dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller and watch the flick, “Shaun of the Dead.” Fremont Universe has the schedule, and later tonight, the gruesome photos. 10:45 p.m. They set a …
Josh emailed us this photo of a billboard on the north side of the Ballard Bridge. And MrsButters tweets, “I don’t approve of vandalism, but the “adjustments” made to the McDonald’s billboard by the Ballard Bridge are pretty amusing.” Update: Two more billboards have been hit with similar messages
The suspect that police shot yesterday at Holman Road and Greenwood Ave N was wanted for several robberies, including the bank robbery in Ballard. Police say the 36-year-old male suspect remains under guard at Harborview Medical Center after a 10-year veteran on the Seattle Police force shot him. In addition to the bank robbery in …
For about 15 years Conor Byrne Pub has looked the same, but starting this weekend you’ll start seeing changes to the Irish bar on Ballard Ave. “This place is kind of a cave,” owner Diarmuid Cullen says. This weekend they plan to move the refrigerator unit away from the window to the other end of …
Peace activist and anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan has been invited to speak at Trinity United Methodist Church later this month. Sheehan made headlines in 2005 by camping outside of President Bush’s Crawford, Texas home with a contingent of Veterans for Peace after her son Casey was killed in Iraq the year before. In the last …
Traffic is moving again this morning after an officer-involved shooting at Greenwood Ave NW and Holman Road. Police say they’ve shot a man suspected in a series of bank robberies after he rammed an officer’s car. Police say the suspect’s stolen pickup truck also crashed into a car with a man and two children inside. …
There’s a new sandwich joint on 15th Ave. between 73rd and 75th, just up from Lunchbox Laboratory. Rizzo’s French Dips serves up, well, French Dips. They roast their own beef everyday, slice it up and make the au jus from the juices. The sandwiches are $6 and come with a side of macaroni salad. If …
Back in May we wrote that Ballard Camera would be closing after 61 years. Tuesday was their last day. Old Norveegen was there and took this picture. He writes in the forum, “At a little after 6pm on Tuesday evening, June 30, 2009, sadly, Ballard Camera closed it’s doors after over 60 years in Ballard. …
As we wrote last week, the sale of Crown Hill Elementary School to the Small Faces Development was scheduled to close on Tuesday. Catherine Weatbrook emailed us the following on Tuesday evening: The former Crown Hill Elementary building officially became the property of Small Faces Child Development Center today just after 2pm. The Crown Hill …