There’s a new sign in the window of the little building that most recently housed Green Go Foods. The bright orange liquor license application says that the Ballard Bootlegger Club, LLC will be a restaurant/lounge with spirits, beer and wine and less than 50 percent dedicated dining. This is the third establishment at 5402 20th …
Ballardite Nicole Miller is passionate about her business. She owns Blackbird men’s shop, Birgitta women’s shop, the new candy shop just off Bergen Place and now the newest Ballard mercantile, The Field House. Located just off Bergen Place on Leary, where Art By Fire vacated this summer, this new shop is near and dear to …
Encanto Barcelona, a five-year-old boutique in Downtown Seattle is expanding. Owner Jimmy Hasson bought the high-end store earlier this summer and changed the focus of the place. “The focus of Encanto Barcelona is a stylish, modern place to shop for value-oriented (read affordable) clothing for men and women,” according to the write-up by NorthWest Source. …
A new specialty food store is getting ready to open on Market Street. Savour is opening in the space that Best Regards left earlier this summer. According to their website, the shop is a “lifestyle boutique for food lovers” and will carry freshly packed foods to-go, packaged gourmet foods, Macrina bakery items, kitchenware, accessories, and …
Today was preview day for the new Whole Foods in Interbay. The pumpkins are stacked out front, the shelves are stocked, even the cupcakes are frosted and ready for tomorrow’s grand opening. Vicky Foley, the spokeswoman for Whole Foods, says that this is one of the smaller stores in the Seattle area, but it is …
The Interbay Whole Foods will open one week from today, October 13th, a day earlier than originally announced. “Yes we are opening one day early as we are so organized!” said PR representative Vicki Foley. As you can see from this picture, the store looks pretty much ready to go. The shelves are stocked and …
The empty lot at 5423 Shilshole Ave NW, near the old Yankee Grill may soon become a four-story building. A Land Use application has been submitted for the building which will have 100,000 square feet of office, 1,715 square feet of retail, parking for 160 vehicles and one caretaker’s unit. This is right next to …
The Crown Hill QFC, which has been slated for closure, now has a final date. The store will permanently close on October 17th at 6 p.m., according to Kristin Maas with QFC. Maas tells us that the store is holding a close-out sale with 30 percent off grocery items and 40 percent off natural foods …
It’s been in the works since spring, now The Counter opens today at Ballard Blocks (4609 14th Ave NW, Suite 108). Although they do have a standard menu with six burger options, this gourmet burger joint prides itself in the hundreds of thousands of combinations you can come up with. They say that 80-percent of …
Another retail space has been rented out at the Leva on Market apartments. A Sprint store is moving into the space next to Bakker’s Dry Cleaning, which is the end unit closest to the fire station. Construction permits for the project were issued earlier this month.
MovieCycle, the entertainment buy/sell/trade store that we wrote about last week is now open at 2240 NW Market St. We spoke with the manager, Jeremy Keyes, who tells us that they’ll take DVD, Blu Ray, PSP movies and video games. They’ll also take VHS “but we really don’t want to,” he said. They’ll buy DVDs …
A new design studio and showroom opens today on Ballard Ave, just in time for Saturday’s Art Walk. White Sage Studio opens in the beautiful, bright space that Greener Lifestyles vacated this spring (5317 Ballard Ave). The studio, with interior designer Erin Langan and architect/artist John Fleming, will focus on sustainability. (Langan recently worked on …