When Cupcake Royale opens tomorrow (Wednesday), they’ll be handing out a free baby cake to the first 100 people. It’s all to promote the new flavor of the month, Honey Peanut Brittle. And no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. Cupcake Royale opens at 6:30 a.m. (Thanks Katie for the tip!)
O’shan Sushi (Sushi) OshanSushi.com 5809 24th Ave NW (map) (206) 420-3737 [ratings]
Moshi Moshi (Sushi) MoshiSeattle.com 5324 Ballard Ave NW (map) (206) 971-7424 Ballard Gossip Girl: “Delicious age dashi tofu, a chirashi bowl with amazing fish and shiitake mushrooms, melt in your mouth tuna, and a seared salmon belly we will dream about…” Seattle Times: “There hasn’t been a cocktail menu this exciting, or a bartender’s debut …
Some news from our neighborhoods next door… – New sandwich shop, Homegrown, opens to crowd in Fremont – Playmatters on Greenwood Avenue up for sale – Plans to revamp Nickerson St. from 15th to Fremont on hold
Uma (Thai) 5401 20th Ave NW (map) (206) 453-5045 [ratings]
After spending time in dry dock, the “Ocean Watch” was lowered into Salmon Bay today for an adventure to teach people about the ocean. The 64-foot sailing vessel will perform sea trials during April and May before embarking on a first-ever 13-month voyage through the Northwest Passage, around Cape Horn and back to Seattle. The …
Several readers have posted in the forum about these tents along Shilshole Ave. near 24th Ave., near the old Yankee Diner. My Ballard reader Mymble contacted SPD about the tents. “Officer Haag, SPD, emailed me today to say he has contacted one of the groups using one of the large camping tents,” writes Mymble in …
If you’re seeing a few “sold” signs around the neighborhood, there’s some data to back up your observation. “Months of supply” (MOS) is a real estate metric that measures the total number of homes on the market divided by pending sales, or roughly the rate of home sales. Anything with a MOS of 6 and …
Last month, we posted a story about several statues that were stolen from Ballard residents’ front yards, and now someone has stolen a tree. “My husband walked out of the house this morning around 9:30 a.m. and found one of our trees in our front yard in the 7500 block of 19th in the Loyal …
The Ballard Jazz Festival is quickly approaching, and tickets are now on sale for the five-day event, April 22-26. On the bill: jazz legend Hadley Caliman, saxophonist Bill Ramsey and the Joe Locke Quintet, to name a few. There’s also the Brotherhood of the Drum, a “Guitar Summit” at The Sunset, the Jazz Walk with …
Don’t forget that all the new recycling and yard waste changes start today, and that your collection day may have changed. You should have received a notice in the mail with your collection day listed on the label, and the garbage collectors should have placed a collection day sticker on your garbage can. You can …
Some recent news from our neighborhoods next door… – Sneak peek at Woodland Park Zoo’s nearly-complete penguin exhibit – Fremont Troll gets severely tagged, then cleaned by volunteers – 40 car prowls in 26 days in the Magnolia neighborhood alone – Queen Anne homeowner told by the city to take down her trees