An Asian-fusion restaurant named Root Table will open soon in the 2200 block of Market St. in the space once occupied by Floating Leaves Tea. The owner of Enlighten, Kalan Intawong, will open Root Table in mid-January with an “eclectic menu” such as the Double-Fisted Duck, which is marinated in dark beer and Chinese wine, …
Update 7:30 a.m. The Ballard Bridge is now open and traffic is running smoothly, but last night around 11:30 p.m. it was closed due to a mechanical problem. We walked up the side of the bridge and spoke briefly to an engineer who said it wasn’t closing all the way down (although it looked down). …
A Magnolia couple said they were driving through the snow on the Magnolia Bridge Sunday night when they hit this big steel object, “tearing apart the engine and transmission” and totaling the car! They’re looking for hints on what the mystery object might be. You can see more photos and details on MagnoliaVoice.
Along with produce, meats, cheeses and bread at the Farmers Market, you can now get home remodeling advice — for a nickel. John Morefield is an architect who is dealing with the reality of the economy. After being laid off from two jobs in the past year because business is slow, Morefield has “opened shop” …
Rescheduled due to the snow, a meeting at Adam’s Elementary will give you the chance to weigh in on a new playground. Thanks to a matching grant from the Department of Neighborhoods, the playground equipment is going to get an upgrade. Tonight (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m., four equipment providers will present their vision for the …
For the last several months, many Ballard residents have been lobbying Amazon Fresh to expand its online grocery delivery service to our neighborhood. Even the sight of an Amazon Fresh truck briefly raised hopes, but they expanded to Fremont, instead. But today, we received this email from Amazon’s Vincent Chu: We’ve been getting some requests …
Update 7:15 a.m. Gusts of 50+ mph were recorded around the Seattle area last night. This photo was snapped at a very breezy Bergen Place. So far, there have only been one or two scattered power outages, none in our area. And the story is shifting to the rain, which is expected to trigger “major …
Seattle Department of Transportation crews started a two-week project on the Burke Gilman Trail today. The stretch along the 6900 block of Seaview Avenue is being replaced with concrete because of some vegetation issues with the asphalt. Crews will work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the closure, bicyclists will be detoured to the …
Back in November, we posted a blurb about food blogger Molly Wizenberg (known as “Orangette”) and her husband Brandon Pettit’s plans to open a pizza restaurant on 70th St. near 14th Ave. That’s it there on the left. Now Orangette says it will be called “Delancey,” and she has posted some photos of the renovation …
For the second year, the Seattle Public Library is hosting Comixtravaganza, an all-ages, city-wide comics festival featuring a series of events at several branches and community centers. The first is this Wednesday at the Ballard branch at 6:30 p.m. Local cartoonist David Lasky will be there (from Urban Hipster, among others), and he’ll provide an …
When she was 90 years old, Herbjørg Sortun Pedersen stood on a ladder hanging birch boughs at the Nordic Heritage Museum for Norwegian Constitution Day. She passed away a few days ago at 95, an active, longtime Ballard resident with deep roots in the neighborhood. Pedersen was instrumental in starting the art gallery in the …
In the small space along Market St. once occupied by Cafe Sweet Posie, in the diagonal alley between Azteca and Anchor Tattoo, a new pastry shop called Pauline’s has just opened for business. Owner Stephanie Hardgrave, who has sold pastries at the Magnolia Farmers Market as “Little Luxuries,” named the new shop after her grandma. …