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History The most charming block in the city? By Mike Dillon Stand in front of the Deluxe Bar & Grill and gaze down East Roy Street toward Cornish. This leafy stretch of road just might be the most charming precinct in the city. In the 1930s, a tavern operated where the Deluxe is now. In 1962, Joe Rogel and a
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partner bought the building and expanded it. The Deluxe was one of the first taverns in the city to focus on food, so much so that the big thing in the late 1960s was to scoot in before 4 p.m. for the chef’s special: steak, a big baked potato with sour cream, salad and a hunk of garlic bread for $2.35. The Deluxe has evolved with the neighborhood over the years — it’s still the quintessential corner place. The Harvard Exit (the old Women’s Century Club) was one of the city’s favorite art house movie theaters. In the late 1960s, much of the college crowd, after polishing off the chef’s special next store at the Deluxe, caught their first sight of “Casablanca” here, and heard Randy Finley warn the crowd before the lights dimmed not to laugh at the 1940s dialogue. No one ever laughed, though. But the crowd did invariably cheer wildly with the “This is
the beginning of a beautiful friendship” fade-out. Across the street is the Loveless Building — shops, a courtyard and apartments — developed by architect Arthur Loveless. Loveless had his office here in his last years, when it was known as the Studio Building. Built in 1930-33, the structure incorporated the office he built for himself in 1925. Step into the courtyard, a bird-sung, green oasis with its gabled windows and you might feel you’re in Vienna, though Loveless’ vision was English. There’s an excellent bookstore facing the street: Quest Bookshop, which has been here for years. Facing East Roy, Kobo is a haven for Japanophiles. Stepping west, the severe, white-columned DAR building comes into view. Never mind. Across the street stands
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Martha Graham, Morris Graves, Guy Anderson and Mark Tobey. Cornish recruited them before they were famous. Of “Miss Aunt Nellie” (she never married) Tobey wrote: “Her life, like a day with the sun traversing the heavens with its light, was not
unlike her spirit which through her life rose slowly but surely over the horizons surrounding minds and lefts its imprint of light.” On a less metaphysical plane, Tobey also noted Cornish was “fun to be with.”
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the Spanish baroque Cornish College of the Arts’ Kerry Hall, offering degrees in music and fine arts. The building was built in the early 1920s to house the school and Miss Nellie Cornish’s living quarters. It was designed by Albertson, Wilson & Richardson, who also designed St. Joseph Catholic Church on 18th. These days, the campus has spread out to incorporate the old St. Nicholas School. Cornish also rents the upper floors of the DAR building for dance instruction. Despite its rarefied reputation, Cornish isn’t cloistered: The school conducts community outreach programs in summer camps and even in jails. Nellie Cornish had fortitude. She founded her school in 1914, a time when Seattle was considered a cultural outpost. New York’s Juilliard School didn’t even exist. John Cage taught here. So did
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Health First Hill not just ‘Pill Hill’ anymore By Mike Dillon First Hill sits at the south end of Capitol Hill, home to a concentration of medical facilities which earned the area the moniker “Pill Hill.”
Henry Yesler built his “skid road” here on the first hill of three hills running north-south between the harbor and Lake Washington. Seattle’s inimitable historian Paul Dorpat pegs First Hill’s
southern border at Yesler Way, with Yesler Terrace straddling First Hill and the International District. For the eastern border, he settles on 12th Avenue, which is right enough. When Dorpat labels Pike Street as the northern border, one might be tempted to argue for Spring Street. Either way, the number of diversified businesses is growing here in order to support an increase in multi-family apartments and condos. First Hill occupies about 220 acres. Significant growth is projected over the next 10 to 15 years. Despite the changes, First Hill’s classic buildings abide, still defining its character. Frye Art Museum A world class museum in the neighborhood. Designed by Paul Thiry, the Frye Art Museum has been one
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of the city’s curious treasures since 1952. Thanks to Charles and Emma Frye, art patrons who derived their fortune from the meat-packing business, the price of admission is on the house. After closing down in 1995 for renovation, the museum reopened its doors in February 1997. The gallery spaces are bathed in natural light with dark backdrops to enhance Charles and Emma’s collection of mostly German paintings from the late 1800s. Most of the pictures are pretty tame. A few are pungently erotic. Among the artists periodically on display are Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargeant and Andrew Wyeth. The painting immortalized in a poem by Richard Hugo — “One by Twatchman at the Frye” — is here. The Frye also features continuously rotating exhibitions, bringing to the city some of the best art seen around here in decades — without a lot of hoopla. The Sorrento Hotel 900 Madison St., about 1912. Note the trolly tracks. Built in time for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition of 1909, designed by Harlan Thomas, who’d seen Naples, the Sorrento appealed to the
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“carriage trade.” Famous names from “Back East,” including Vanderbilt, showed up in the guest books. But the carriage trade faded away, and so did the Sorrento’s fortunes. The old hotel became rather shabby, before shabby was chic. Up until the 1980s, you could get a room for $35 and a stiff drink in the Dunbar Room — now the Hunt Club — for cheap, while in the Top of the Town whitecoated waiters served prime rib with an air of backwater resignation. In 1982, the classic old hotel reopened after undergoing radical refurbishing, offering some of Seattle’s first $100-pernight rooms. The renovation was done with careful attention to Thomas’ seven-story Italian Renaissance design, with its foursquare mission towers made of stone and brick. The lobby of Honduran mahogany is still here, and so are the hand-crafted tiles around the fireplace. The cheap reproductions of Renoir nudes that hung in the lobby are long gone. Swedish Hospital opened its doors in 1910. The first operation was located in a remodeled apartment building with 24 beds and little money in the bank. In 1912, Swedish relocated to Summit and Columbia, the cornerstone of its
current First Hill campus. Clara Peterson Goodman was the first baby born at Swedish hospital on July 21, 1910. Swedish founder Dr. Nils Johanson was a friend of Clara’s parents. He drove the motherin-labor across town to his new
hospital in the wee hours of the morning, all the while honking the horn of his Stutz Bearcat. When they arrived, the hospital was locked. The founder of the Swedish Hospital had to knock on the front door to gain entrance.
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Resources KEY RESOURCES
THEATERS
EDUCATION
1620 12th Ave. caphillchamber.org
805 E Pine St 206.464.5830 landmarktheatres.com
St. Joseph School
Landmark Egyptian Theater
Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce
Private Schools serving Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill Community Council Central Cinema
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LIBRARY
Capitol Hill Branch of the Seattle Public Library
425 Harvard Ave. E. spl.org
1411 21st Ave 206.328.3230 central-cinema.com 1515 12th Ave 206.329.2629 nwfilmforum.org Strawberry Theater Workshop
1524 Harvard Ave 206.427.5207 strawshop.org
Museums
Frye Art Museum
704 Terry Ave. fryemuseum.org
Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 E. Prospect St. in Volunteer Park seattleartmuseum.org
Seattlecentral.edu
Seattle Hebrew Academy Elementary
Catholic, Jesuit Seattleu.edu
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
Middle & High School seattleacademy.info
The Northwest School
Middle & High School, Domestic & International northwestschool.org
New City Theater
1703 13th Ave 206.271.4430 newcitytheater.org
Seattle Preparatory School High School
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PARKS
Holy Names Academy
Cal Anderson
High School, Girls holynames-sea.org
East Pine & 11th Ave Volunteer Park
O’Dea High School
1247 15th Ave East
High School, Boys odea.org
Louisa Boren
15th Ave East & East Olin Place
Seattle Central College
Elementary, K-8 stjosephsea.org
Early childhood – 8th grade seattlehebrewacademy.org
Northwest Film Forum
Continuing Education
Seattle University
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531 Broadway Ave East 206.971.3728 Immediate Clinic
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Music
Capitol Hill music: From grunge’s birth to today’s eclectic scene By AJ Dent Music is a common theme humming through much of Capitol Hill’s history. As businesses and buildings have risen and fallen over the years, the neighborhood has remained one of Seattle’s main musical hubs. Back in the late ‘80s, a sound was about to burst from this epicenter to every corner of the earth. If you’re reading this, you already know: like an angsty twentysomething nursing a toothache, grunge picked up the city of Seattle and gargled it like whiskey.
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While many historic performances and recordings happened in hoods outside of Capitol Hill, much still went down in the thick of it. Before being demolished, the 500 block of Pine was home to the notorious Squid Row. Bands like Mudhoney and Nirvana played and drank cheap beer in
this stageless bar before making it big. As acclaimed DJ Marco Collins describes, “I didn’t arrive in Seattle until 1991, and at that time, things were on fire. ‘Nevermind’ and ‘Ten’ had yet to come out, and the entire scene [was] centered around Capitol Hill, Belltown and Pioneer Square. Things hadn’t quite blown up yet and you could still see bands every night.” During his time DJing at 107.7 FM The End, Collins introduced the world to bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Thanks to his fortune-telling ear, he’s now featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Still, even he didn’t realize just how gargantuan grunge would get. “There was a camaraderie between artists that you didn’t see in many scenes,” Collins explains. “Everybody helped each other out, for the most part, with promoting shows. The scene was rich with bands all trying to ink a local record deal with Sub Pop, C/Z, K, Kill Rock Stars or Estrus Records. Nobody anticipated what was to come.” As fame descended upon Seattle’s music scene, places like Odd Fellows Hall (East Pine Street and 10th Street) and the
Comet Tavern (922 E. Pike St.) remained a haven for dive bar lovers. Grimy floors and loud concerts kept authentic flannelwearers coming back. The Comet is also marked as the last venue Mia Zapata, lead singer of The Gits, ever visited before being killed while walking home one night in 1993. An eerily similar credit goes to Linda’s Tavern (707 E.. Pine St). In 1994, days after ditching rehab, Kurt Cobain stopped by the bar and was seen by an acquaintance, creating his last confirmed public sighting before committing suicide. Linda’s had only just opened that year, and would go on to keep its keyplayer status in the scene. “Every luminary in this town inevitably ended up at Linda’s,” Collins said, “and the bar became a shelter from the masses for bands that had gotten too big to drink at their regular watering holes. That place is legendary. If those walls could talk.”
Experimental music
Though Zapata’s and Cobain’s deaths took an emotional toll on Seattle, already known for rainy days and gray moods, its residents were hardly done creating. In the years to follow
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more local experimental groups emerged. From the shredding of Kinski to the middle-finger music of The Spits, the scene continued to writhe and wail — in a good way. “Capitol Hill is the nucleus,” Collins said. “It’s where so much starts, and even if a band is not from the area, they surely are trying to make their presence known in the clubs on the Hill.” One of his favorite memories from the neighborhood perfectly depicts its upbeat debauchery. “I remember when the Cha Cha (1013 E. Pike St.) was up the street a bit. Eric from Hole lived upstairs and everyone drank there. Kim Warnick (Fastbacks/Cali Giraffes) bartended and I remember her screaming at everyone to ‘shut the f--k up!’ She then put on Madonna’s ‘Holiday’ and turned it up so loud that the whole place got up to dance. Any hipster presence went out the window. Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) got up on the bar and started tearing it up. It was a moment of pure drunken brilliance.”
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The current scene
Flash forward a few years and Capitol Hill has clearly retained its relevance in Seattle’s music scene — and not just in guitar-centric jams. One can find a buffet for the ears almost any night of the week: Havana (1010 E. Pike St.) hosts packed-out soul nights. Q Nightclub (1426 Broadway) is a weekend EDM destination. The Highline (210 Broadway E.) offers a hearty vegan menu and moshy metal shows. The list goes on and on. “Today, the scene is much more eclectic,” Collins said. “A couple years ago, the hip hop community was on fire. There was a moment that I was at Vermilion on the Hill for a hip hop record release party. I looked around and there was Kat from THEESatisfaction, Ismael and Tendai from Shabazz Palaces, Lar Mizell Jr. of KEXP and The Stranger and a cast of other characters. I felt like it was 1993 and the scene had just evolved.” Love or hate rappers like Macklemore and Sir Mix-A-Lot, they also rep Seattle to the rest of the world. Macklemore’s “White Walls” video features the undeniably delicious Dick’s Drive-In, while Mix-ALot’s “Posse On Broadway” 10
is arguably his second best-known song. If you had never been to the Emerald City before, these tunes could have been your first glimpse.
Block party
Evidence of the Hill’s continued influence on PNW music lovers is everywhere. On July 24 to 26, the Capitol Hill Block Party is set to take over the neighborhood’s main corridor for the Photo by Mitch Barchi 19th year in a row. The fest has helped catapult countless local bands into the spotlight, including Blue worked in music stores on Scholars and Beat Connection. Broadway the whole time,” Entrepreneur Jason Grimes Grimes continued. Spin recognized the vibrancy of Cycle recently celebrated its this region from the start. He fourth birthday, and with his specifically chose the Hill as the experience, Grimes is a go-to birthplace of his dream business, authority on where to find a record store cleverly called must-visit music experiences. Spin Cycle (321 Broadway E.). “The best venues on Capitol “I chose to open the store Hill aren’t on maps,” he said, because I wanted to do for a “like Black Lodge or musicians’ living what I know and love,” he basements, like the Denny explains. “To work with those School of Music or Cairo or who know and love and make the Summit Block Party. That’s music. It’s a community I admire, ground zero. That’s where and so this is how I chose to be everything takes its first breath.” a part.” “I’ve lived on Capitol Hill for almost 11 years and have
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Much has been said about the Hill of today versus yesteryear, but both Collins and Grimes still see its heart, pulsing right along with the music all around. “Up and coming players like Pony Time, Tacocat, Cataldo, Ruler, Killer Ghost, Prom Queen, Blood Drugs, Haunted Horses and Grave Babies are leading the way, among others,” Collins said. “I think the scene is healthy as ever.” Grimes adds, “Capitol Hill
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Pride
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Pride Week is an annual tradition on the Hill and brings along with it celebration, festivity and happiness. Pride is especially momentous for the countless social advocates in Seattle who have worked hard
throughout the decades to gain equal rights for the local LGBT community.
History of Pride
Just over 40 years ago in 1974, Seattle’s first Pride took place. Entitled “Gay Pride Week,” the event was celebrated from June 24 to June 30, 1974. The week began with a memorial service at the Metropolitan Community Church to commemorate the 32 people killed during the 1973 Upstairs Lounge
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arson attack in a gay bar in New Orleans. Gay Pride Week included the grand opening of the Gay Community Center and a picnic at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square, which attracted around 200 people, according to reports. The picnic also featured large banners reading “Proud to be lesbian, proud to be gay.” On June 30, 1974 Gay Pride Week concluded with a march to Seattle Center, and dancing around the main fountain. Today, Pride is a major Seattle event. In 2014, 400,000 people attended. That is a significant uptick from just 2006 when 150,000 people came to the parade. But Pride doesn’t just hint at the history of the event itself. It also whispers memories about the chapters of the Seattle gay community in general.
Evolution of Capitol Hill
How did Capitol Hill became the center for the LGBT community? Before the 1970s, the general American public thought of homosexuality as dangerous, which reportedly drove gay culture underground. In Seattle, gay bars were confined to Pioneer Square. However, by the 1970s general attitudes changed, with national anti-war demonstrations, women’s and civil rights protests and social activism. At that time, the Seattle gay community transitioned to Capitol Hill. The Hill offered affordable housing and proximity to downtown, lending to job access. The gay nightlife scene was also strong. People did not want to remain stuck in Pioneer Square. In the mid-1970s, new anti-discrimination laws were passed, helping LGBT communities everywhere join the mainstream. Today, people love Capitol Hill. It’s not only a beacon for LGBT life — many other social advocacy walks and demonstrations happen in
Pride! the area, as well. It is arguably the most progressive part of Seattle.
Social advocacy
Activists have fought long and hard for the LGBT community. In 2011 and 2012, people came together and battled hard for the passage of Ref. 74, which was approved by voters, making marriage equality legal. At the time, Douglas William Hamilton was communications
manager at Equal Rights Washington, the organization that created the Approve Ref. 74 campaign. According to Hamilton, this state was remarkable in its passing of marriage equality. “In 2012, Washington state was only one of three states to ever win this by popular vote,” he said. However, not all activists have the same frame-of-mind. “I’d say the [most interesting part of marriage equality’s history is the] fact that it took so long for marriage equality to get here compared to other states,” said Peter Amelia, one of volunteers on the Ref. 74 campaign. “It’s also interesting how apprehensive the people east of the Cascades were and are.”
The progress continues
Throughout the decades, flavors have changed. Back in the 1970s, the fight for equal rights took the form of marches and protests. Parades were not always the large, extravagant celebrations they are today. Since then, times have changed and social movement methods have evolved. The history of Pride and the LGBT community is rich, complex and continues to get even more colorful as time goes on. Seattle Pride has announced The Wildrose owner’s Shelley Brothers and Martha Manning, along with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey
of St. Joan, as this year’s Grand Marshals of the 2015 Pride Parade. The Wildrose opened in 1984 and remains Seattle’s only lesbian bar and after 30 years in Capitol Hill, is matched only by San Francisco’s The Wild Side West Bar as the longest-running lesbian bar in America.
Urban Animal provides veterinary care its own way Cherri Trusheim is the owner and visionary behind Urban Animal. She was a practicing veterinarian for 15 years, working primarily in emergency and critical care. She always felt a bit disenchanted with her chosen profession and while working full time explored other career paths, attending bartending school, taking a real estate course, sitting for the L-sat and attending carpentry school. Nothing seemed to fit until she elected to “do it her way.” Urban Animal is pioneering a new model of veterinary care in which option-based medicine is provided by experienced, highly trained veterinary professionals. The practice is walk-in only, providing economically priced services and attempts to fit people’s budgets. Doctors and staff are committed to open conversations, getting to know owners budgets and personal philosophies on their pets. This all happens in a place with staff
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which has a firm understanding of the “gold standard” medicine. Urban Animal’s long-term goal is to create a nonprofit arm of the business, where low-income individuals can have their basic pet care needs provided. This is a muchneeded resource as veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive. Urban Animal’s decor is not your average veterinary practice and that becomes clear the second you walk through the door. With interior design by Seattle Junk Love’s Sarah Littlefield, there is a vintage vibe with the 1963 photobooth, old paint by numbers and custom wallpaper featuring photos of people and their pets from the early 1900’s to the mid-century.
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FOOD MATTERS: Capitol Hill tried and true By Ronald Holden
The fortune cookie at Ballet summed it up: “One old friend is better than two new ones.” With all the new places opening all over Capitol Hill, I thought I’d go back to some of the old haunts. Here’s what I found.
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BALLET
914 E. Pike St. Dzung Nguyen, 32, has worked at Ballet for half his life now, and has lost none of his enthusiasm for the hospitality business. Ten years ago, his parents retired and his siblings moved away, so he took over the restaurant, which has existed since 1987. It’s the antithesis of fancy Asian places like Momiji or Monsoon or Nue: 16 unadorned tables, plastic
holders for the utensils, paper napkins, a fish tank, an elephant sculpture. Yes, you can have pho here, it’s a Vietnamese restaurant, after all. But Capitol Hill is crawling with pho parlors.Yes, you can have a vermicelli bowl or phad Thai, but there are a dozen noodle shops of all stripes within crawling distance. What I recommend is something that just doesn’t exist elsewhere: the satay. Rice noodles, check. Slivered cucumber, check. Crushed peanuts and bean sprouts, check. The combo, which costs $9.95, adds a generous helping of prawns, chicken and beef. It’s the coconut milk soup, fragrant, spicy with lemongrass and colored bright pink, that’s unique at Ballet. If you finish the bowl, you won’t need to eat for at least a day.
DELUXE BAR & GRILL
625 Broadway E. When I moved to Seattle, the Deluxe, which has been around since 1962, was still serving steak dinners. Not half-a-steer, $100-Met-Grill, bone-in, ribeyes, but modest cuts, with a baked potato, whipped butter and a salad. I’m pretty sure it cost less than $10, and I lived on those dinners until the rest of the family arrived and we settled into a cozy brick house near Stevens School. The current tradition is called Burgerama, a Wednesday institution on Capitol Hill. When Joe Rogel and his partner Bernie Minsk bought the place, there was a laundromat on one side and a grocery on the other; it has since taken over the entire building. There are now 20 tap handles, a huge array of 6-ounce burgers, and, in a concession to
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Dining the changing Capitol Hill clientele (heaven forfend) even a kale salad. Rogel’s son, Barry, who has run it since the turn of the century, says the Deluxe will remain what it’s been for half a century — a neighborhood bar & grill.
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219 Broadway E. Yes, Shiro Kashiba introduced sushi to Seattle, but it was fancy sushi, at a downtown hotel. When Hana started out three decades ago, it also had the notion that you
had to have a gimmick, so they floated the sushi plates out to the diners. No longer. Now, the gimmick, if you can call it that, is
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922 E. Pike The Comet was the living heart of Capitol Hill for a generation of music lovers, the place for a shot or two at the beginning (or end) of the night, where the term “grunge” didn’t describe the bands but the bathrooms. All that ended abruptly one October day in 2013 when the sound equipment suddenly vanished and the doors were padlocked. To the rescue came Capitol Hill’s professional saviors, Dave Meinert and Jason Lajeunesse, fresh off their launch of Lost Lake around the corner. They added a decent menu and a couple of pinball machines. Now you can get a decent chopped steak sandwich and $4 pitchers of beer, along with a “daily dog” special. The bar stools have fresh new upholstery and the booths no longer have splinters.
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900 Madison St. Long considered one of the most elegant addresses in Seattle, the Sorrento Hotel on First Hill (1234 Madison) has recently undergone an expensive facelift. The mahogany-paneled lobby (the Fireside Room) is largely untouched but the dining room (the Hunt Club) has been given a complete makeover. The musty carpet is gone, in favor of Moroccan tiles; new tables and chairs now give the impression of a Parisian brasserie. Chef Seth Caswell, brought in to spearhead the transition, is a lover of local cheese. Six local cheeses are on the happy hour menu alone, including Roth Moody Smoked Blue and Mt. Townsend Seastack. Individual items, like a grilled lamb sausage or smoked brisket sliders with celeriac slaw, can be ordered for $8 per plate or $20 for a “tower” of three (a particularly inviting way of sharing plates).
429 15th Ave E. The restaurants under the umbrella of Chow Foods were, until five years ago, one of the most influential locally owned groups in Seattle, essentially defining the concept of the neighborhood restaurant. Driven by food (menus changing every three months) rather than by a celebrity chef. Small enough, individually, to feel intimate, yet big enough, collectively, to warrant a centralized backoffice and administrative functions, the eight (at the time) Chow Foods stores ran parallel to the Tom Douglas and Ethan Stowell “empires.” They never made a big deal about being under the same ownership; their names weren’t always know citywide: Endolynee Joe’s (West Seattle), Atlas Foods (U-Village), Jitterbug (Wallingford), the HiLife (Ballard), Coastal Kitchen (Capitol Hill), 5-Spot (Queen Anne) and Mio Posto (Mt. Baker). It had all started in Portland, Oregon, where Peter Levy and Jeremy Hardy learned the restaurant biz with the McCormick & Schmick organization, both of them working their way up to GM. Returning to Seattle in the late
1980s, Levy found an underutilized spot on North 45th Avenue, which he named the Beeliner, a diner with eastcoast attitude (a sign said “Eat It & Beat It”). He added the 5-Spot atop Queen Anne a couple of years later, and took on Hardy as a partner when he opened Coastal Kitchen on 15th Avenue. When the company broke up, Hardy kept Coastal (and Mio Posto), which continues to focus on seafood and shellfish (Basque, Morocco, Nawlins). Coastal opens at 8 a.m. (with an early-morning, “Don’t Judge Me” happy hour) and keeps going until midnight. The oyster bar opens at 3 p.m Ronald Holden is a restaurant writer for Pacific Publishing who blogs at www.cornichon.org. His latest book is “Home Grown Seattle: 101 True Tales of Local Food & Drink.”
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Dick’s Drive-In 115 Broadway E 206.323.1300 Skillet Diner 1400 E Union St 206.512.2001 skilletstreetfood.com Oddfellows Cafe & Bar 1525 10th Ave 206.325.0807 oddfellowscafe.com Poppy 622 Broadway E 206.324.1108 poppyseattle.com Glo’s Cafe 1621 E Olive Way 206.324.2577 gloscafe.com Elysian Brewing Co. 1221 E Pike St 206.860.1920 elysianbrewing.com Volunteer Park Cafe 1501 17th Ave E 206.328.3155 alwaysfreshgoodness.com Honey Hole
703 E Pike St 206.709.1399 thehoneyhole.com Deluxe Bar and Grill 625 Broadway E 206.324.9697 deluxebarandgrill.com
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Charlie’s Bar & Grill 217 Broadway E 206.323.2535 broadwaycharlies.com The Tin Table 915 E Pine St 206.320.8458 thetintable.com McMenamins Six Arms 300 E Pike St 206.223.1698 mcmenamins.com Freddie Juniors Burgers 1513 Broadway Ave 206.323.1413 Blue Moon Burgers 523 Broadway Ave 206.325.2000 bluemoonburgers.com
Asian
Boom Noodle 1121 E Pike St 206.701-9130 boomnoodle.com Jai Thai 235 Broadway Ave 206.322.5781 jaithai.com Rom Mai Thai 613 Broadway E 206.728.9058 rommaithai.com Ayutthaya Thai 727 E Pike St 206.324.8833 ayutthayathai.com Pho Cyclo Cafe 406 Broadway Ave E 206.329.9256 phocyclocafe.com Pho Than Brothers 527 Broadway Ave 206.568.7218 thanbrothers.com
Momiji Sushi 1522 12th Ave 206.457.4068 momijiseattle.com Sushi Maki 1633 Bellevue Ave 206.264.0725 Aoki Sushi 621 Broadway Ave 206.324.3633 Kukai Ramen & Izakaya 320 E Pine St 844.585.2487 kukai-ramen.com Ha Na Restaurant 219 Broadway Ave 206.328.1187 Chungee’s Drink ‘N Eat 1830 12th Ave 206.323.1673 chungees.com
Ethiopian
Abay Ethiopian Cuisine 2359 10th Ave E 206.257.4778 abayethiopiancuisine.com Queen Sheba 916 E John St 206.322.0852 queenshebaseattle.net
Indian
Annapurna Cafe 1833 Broadway Ave 206.320.7770 annapurnacafe.com Moti Mahai Cuisine 1520 Broadway Ave 206.323.9189 motimahalindianseattle.com India Express 510 Broadway Ave 206.324.9449 indiaexpressseattle.com Mirch Masala 213 Broadway Ave 206. 709.0111 mirchmasalaseattle.com
Mexican
Bimbo’s Bitchin’ Burrito 506 E Pine St 206.322.9950 bimboscantina.com La Cocina & Cantina 423 Broadway Ave E 206.323.1675 El Gallito 1700 20th Ave 206.329.8088 elgallito.com Barrio 1420 12th Ave 206.588.8105 barriorestaurant.com Paquitos 1000 E Pike St 206.453.4216 vivapoquitos.com El Farol 1467 E Republican St 206.325.9005 Roosters Bar & Grill 611 Broadway E 206.922.3061 roosterstexmex.com
Italian
la Spiga Osteria 1429 12th Ave 206.323.8881 laspiga.com Gnocchi Bar 1542 12th Ave 206.328.4285 gnocchibarseattle.com
Spanish
Tango 1100 Pike St. 206.583.0382 tangorestaurant.com
Pizza
Hot Mama’s Pizza 700 E Pine St 206.322.6444 hotmamaspizza.com
Pagliacci’s 2400 10th Ave E 3015 E Madison St 206.726.1717 pagliacci.com Olympic Pizza & Spaghetti 516 15th Ave E 206.329.4500 olympiapizza3.com
Bagels
Eltana | Wood Fired Bagel Cafe 1538 12th Ave 206.724.0660 eltana.com Einstein Brothers Bagels 224 Broadway Ave 206.454.8526 einsteinbros.com
Vegan
Plum Bistro 1429 12th Ave 206.838.5333 plumbistro.com In The Bowl 1554 E Olive Way 206.568.2343 inthebowlbistro.com
Sips & Sweets
Tea Republik 202 Broadway Ave 206.501.0208 tearepublik.com Espresso Vivace 532 & 321 Broadway Ave 206.860.2722 & 206 860.5869 espressovivace.com Stumptown 616 E Pine St/1115 12th Avenue 206.329.0115 stumptowncoffee.com Victrola 310 E. Pike St 206.624.1725 victrolacoffee.com
Fuel Coffee 610 19th Ave E 206.329.4700 fuelcoffeeseattle.com Roystreet Coffee & Tea 700 Broadway Ave 206.325.2211 roystreetcoffee.com Cherry St. Cafe 509 Olive Wy/ 320 E Pine St 206.623.3005 cherrystreetcoffee.com Argentino Cafe 1125 E Olive St 206.383.3295 Caffe Ladro 435 15th Ave E 206.267.0551 caffeladro.com Broadcast Coffee 1623 Bellevue Ave 206.467.4717 broadcastcoffee.com Bakery Neaveau 137 15th Ave E 06.858.6957 bakerynouveau.com Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream 917 E Pine St 206.708.7947 mollymoonicecream.com High 5 Pie 1400 12th Ave 206.695.2284 high5pie.com Top Pot Doughnuts 1206 Madison St 206.708.7244 toppotdonuts.com Dilletante 538 Broadway E 206.329.6463 dilettante.com Cupcake Royale 1111 E Pike St 206.883.7656 cupcakeroyale.com Advertisers are in red
Crumble & Flake 1500 E Olive Wy 206.329.1804 crumbleandflake.com
Out & About Diesel 1413 14th Ave dieselseattle.com The Cuff Complex 1522 13th Ave cuffcomplex.com Julia’s on Broadway 300 Broadway E juliasrestaurant.com Madison Pub 1315 E Madison St madisonpub.com Neighbours 1509 Broadway neighboursnightclub.com Pony 1221 E Madison St ponyseattle.com
Purr Cocktail Lounge 1518 11th Ave 206.325.3112 Re-Bar 1114 Howell St rebarseattle.com R Place 619 E Pine St rplaceseattle.com Wildrose 1021 E Pike St thewildrosecar.com QFC 417 Broadway Ave E/1401
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QFC Broadway Ave/416 15th Ave E Safeway 1410 E John St/2201 E Madison St Trader Joe’s 1700 E Madison St Central Co-Op 1600 E Madison St City Market 1722 Bellevue Ave Bartell Drug Store 1407 Broadway Ave Rite Aid Drug Store 201 Broadway Ave Walgreen’s Drug Store 500 15th Ave E/1531 Broadway Ave Rainbow Natural Remedies 409 15th Ave E Advertisers are in red
Live Venues Chop Suey 1325 E Madison St chopsuey.com Highline 210 Broadway Ave E highlineseattle.com Neumos 925 E Pike St neumos.com
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Unicorn & Narwhal 1118 E Pike St unicornseattle.com Linda’s Tavern 707 E Pine St lindastavern.com Smith 332 15th Ave E smithseattle.com Ba Bar 550 12th Ave E babarseattle.com Auto Battery/Po Dog 1009 E Union St autobatterybar.com Sam’s Tavern 1024 E Pike St samstavernseattle.com
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Barca Seattle 1510 11th Ave barcaseattle.com Century Ballroom 915 E Pine St centuryballroom.com Comet Tavern 922 E Pike St comettavern.com Crescent Lounge 1413 E Olive Way 206.659.4476 Liberty 517 15th Ave E libertybars.com Sun Liquor Lounge 607 Summit Ave E sunliquor.com Sun Liquor Distillery 512 E Pike St sunliquor.com
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Garage Billiard/Bowling 1130 Broadway Ave garagebilliards.com 95 Slide 722 E Pike 95slide.com Tavern Law 1406 12th Ave E mccrackentough.com Revolver 1514 E Olive Wy revolverbarseattle.com Clever Dunne’s 1501 E Olive Wy 206.709.8079 Stout Pub 1530 11th Ave E stoutpubs.com Rhino Room 1535 11th Ave E therhinoroomseattle.com Capitol Cider 818 E Pike St 206.397.3564 capitolcider.com Corretto Trattoria & Bar 416 Broadway Ave correttoseattle.com
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All Pilgrims Christian Church
The Chapel of St. Ignatius
500 Broadway E (206) 322-0487 allpilgrims.org
901 12th Ave (206) 296-6000 seattleu.edu/chapel
Aquarian Foundation
Church of the Undignified
315 15th Ave E (206) 324-6046 aquarianfoundation.com
1729 Harvard Ave (206)324-6121 churchoftheundignified.com
Calvary The Hill
First Covenant Church
1107 E Howell St (425) 501-5092 calvarythehill.com
400 E Pike St (206) 322-7411 firstcovenantseattle.org
Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
Grace Church Seattle
1729 Harvard Ave (206) 285-2282 chpseattle.org
1300 E Aloha St (206) 709-4432 graceseattle.org
Central Lutheran Church 1710 11th Ave (206) 322-7500 loveiscentral.org
Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption 1804 13th Ave (206) 323-8557 assumptionseattle.org
FIRST COVENANT CHURCH 400 E . PIKE ST . SUNDAY MORNINGS We believe in God | Comunity | Friendship | Capitol Hill
Worship Mount Zion Baptist Church
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
1634 19th Ave (206) 322-6500 mountzion.net
1245 10th Ave E (206) 323-0300 saintmarks.org
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
2100 Boyer Ave E (206) 322-9929 saintdemetrios.com
1714 13th Ave (206) 322-9387 saintnicholascathedral.org
St. James Cathedral
Seattle First Baptist Church
804 9th Ave (206) 622-3559 stjames-cathedral.org
St. Joseph Parish Church 732 18th Ave E (206) 329-5698 stjosephparish.org
1111 Harvard Ave (206) 325-6051 seattlefirstbaptist.org
Volunteer Park SeventhDay Adventist Church 1300 E Aloha St (206) 325-5544 volunteerparksda.org
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Quest Bookshop Your Metaphysical & Spiritual Bookstore 717 Broadway East • 206.323.4281 • Seattle-ts.org
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Hi Capitol Hill Neighbors, Join us for these upcoming events Margie Zech 206.295.2281 mzech@windermere.com
Music in the Park Sponsored by the Madison Park Business Association
House Hunting?
We’ll help you find the home of your dreams!
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We will help you maximize value and get the best price for your home.
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST from 6:30 - 8 in Madison Park AUG 6 - Two Scoops (twoscoopscombo.com) AUG 13 - Shaggy Sweet (shaggysweet.com) AUG 20 - Gin Creek (reverbnation.com/gincreek) AUG 27 - The Side Project (tspband.com)
Bring a blanket & picnic dinner or get take out from one of our great restaurants in Madison Park. Enjoy music by some great local bands in a family friendly setting.
Madison Park Art Walk SEPTEMBER 11 - 27
Truly Madison Park’s signature event. Featuring Local seasoned and emerging artists’ works. More info at madisonparkartwalk.com
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