Before dawn this morning, a group of Ballardites, QFC employees and folks who worked on the building gathered for the official ribbon cutting ceremony on NW 24th St. QFC President Donna Giordano took the podium before the ribbon cutting and said, “Our mission is very simple and very straight forward. We want to be known …
A new retail space for orchid enthusiasts (and wanna be orchid enthusiasts) is opening in the old Il Giardino location on NW 65th St. Emerald City Orchids has been a wholesale business for a couple of years but needed a larger location to keep up with the demand. They moved into the renovated house at …
Cafe Cuzco is now open at the corner of 15th Ave NW & NW 57th St. We drove by this morning and saw the signs out front but haven’t had a chance to stop in. We spoke with the owner a couple of weeks ago who says that the Peruvian cafe serves espresso, pastries and …
The little corner space on Market Street once occupied by Pauline’s Pastry, in the diagonal alley between Azteca and Anchor Tattoo, is home to Ballard’s newest sweet spot – Mimi Gelato. After a recent trip to San Francisco, the owner’s wife tried some “incredible gelato,” Will tells us. “Needless to say that was the spark …
In the industrial part of Ballard, a small chocolatier and French importer are now open for business. Eat Chocolates and Anne Au Soleil French Imports have opened in this little house at 621 NW 45th Street. The new chocolate shop is a gourmet chocolatier that will make you custom chocolates, teach you how to make …
A new shop has sprung up in Collective’s former space at 5339 Ballard Ave. It’s called o.b.o. and the owner, Jon Bengtsson, says it’s like the ultimate garage sale. Truckload after truckload, Bengtsson and a friend are emptying their storage spaces and getting rid of stuff they’ve accumulated over the years. From an old neon …
Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai is expanding from Wallingford to Ballard. The menu hangs in the window of the new restaurant at 5313 Ballard Ave., right next door to the newly opened Fresh Flours. As Ballardissmallilikeanonymity says in the forum, “for my money, the world’s best vegetarian Thai place, and the best Thai food of any sort …
A new burger joint is getting ready to open right next door to Malena’s Tacos at 2008 NW 56th St. The owner of Seattle Burger Co., William Wen, says he will sell hand-crafted gourmet burgers in the price range of $4-$7. Although there are several newer burger places in Ballard, such as The Counter and …
A Peruvian cafe is getting ready to open on 15th Ave NW and NW 57th St. Named for the city in Peru, Cafe Cuzco will have espresso, pastries and possibly foods with Peruvian flair. We’re still waiting for more details from the owner but with the abundance of emails we’ve received on this new business, …
Back in September we wrote about Fresh Flours expanding from Phinney Ridge to Old Ballard. Well, the time has come for the boutique pastry shop to open their doors. This Saturday help them celebrate from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 5313 Ballard Ave NW. They’ll be giving out free cookies and all coffee drinks …
Inside this nondescript building on NW 49th Street hides a surprising new addition to an industrial part of Ballard: a new winery called Domanico Cellars. Jason and Jill Domanico are a husband and wife team who are passionate about three things: family, wine and Ballard. They have a four-year-old daughter, both have full-time jobs and …
A new business is opening on the corner of 20th & Market, leaving one less vacant space at the nearly empty intersection. Work is underway behind the plastic to transform the former All the Kings Flags space into “Sustainable.” We spoke with Wanna, the owner of the new shop, who tells us she’ll sell recycled …