Business changes along Market Street
There are still some vacant storefronts along Market Street, but there are a few new businesses filling empty spaces. The downtown Ballard branch of BECU opened today, and the branch …
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Another sweet spot opens in Ballard
Ballard just keeps getting sweeter. Just a few weeks ago Blackbird opened their candy shop on the corner by Bergen Place Park. Now there’s another candy shop just around the …
Ballard businesses moving into Kolstrand building
Two Ballard businesses will be moving into the Kolstrand Building next year. Dutch Bike Co. and Turnstyle are the first two businesses to sign on as tenants of the nearly …
Olsen’s Scandinavian Foods closes
A Scandinavian institution in Ballard, Olsen’s Scandinavian Foods closed Saturday evening after selling just about everything left on its shelves. Last month, Reidun and Anita Endresen announced they were closing …
Shoppers taking early advantage of deals
Shoppers are hitting downtown Ballard for Seattle’s largest sidewalk sale. Many shops along Market St. and Ballard Ave have tables set up with merchandise marked at deep discounts. Coordinator Mary …
Seattle’s largest sidewalk sale starts Thursday
Ballard shops will be spilling out onto the sidewalks later this week for the annual Ballard Sidewalk Sale. Starting on Thursday, merchants along Market Street and Ballard Ave will be …
Art by Fire leaving Ballard
After more than a decade, Art by Fire is leaving Ballard. Renée Pound and Lenoard Whitfield opened the glass blowing studio and gallery in 1997 and then expanded to Issaquah. …
New sweet spot on Sunset Hill
There’s a new ice cream place to please your sweet tooth on Sunset Hill, but they’re only open for three hours once a week. Parfait isn’t your ordinary ice cream …
BikeSport holds ‘Door Buster Sale’
Last weekend a white Bronco smashed into the door of BikeSport at 24th & 56th. Now the bike shop is throwing a “Door Buster Sale.” The motto is, “You don’t …
GreenGo Foods for sale
GreenGo Foods, the restaurant that opened in the small building on 20th Ave. back in February is up for sale. It’s not that they aren’t meeting financial goals, in fact …
Seattle Gymnastics Academy coming to Ballard
Another established Seattle business is expanding to Ballard. Seattle Gymnastics Academy has been around since the 80’s in Northeast Seattle, and it will be opening a fourth location at 5313 …
Maritime Pacific Brewery is moving
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.