Concerned neighbors delivered a petition to a top parks official Wednesday night in an effort to combat “an incredible increase of drug trafficking” at Bergen Place and Marvin’s Garden. “We […]
Month: April 2009
Plaka Estiatorio restaurant opens
Ballard’s newest restaurant, Plaka Estiatorio held its grand opening to a packed house on Wednesday night. As you may surmise from the name, this is a Greek restaurant (“Plaka” is […]
Ballard man charged with kidnapping
King County Prosecutors filed a second-degree kidnapping charge today, the Seattle Times reports, against a man who lives at a senior apartment complex in Ballard. According to the SeattlePI.com, Robert […]
Volunteer gardeners needed at the Locks
If the recent sunny streak has you itching to use your green thumb, check out the Carl English botanical garden at the Locks. There are only three paid staff that […]
City clears way for new office development
The city has conditionally approved an application to subdivide a huge parcel of land along Salmon Bay, clearing the way for plans to build office buildings along the Ballard waterfront. […]
See Tuesdays with Morrie this Friday
The Taproot Theatre (204 N. 85th St) is offering Ballardites a 2-for-1 deal to come see Tuesdays with Morrie this Friday evening. The special offer coincides with Art Up Greenwood-Phinney […]
Adams kids say goodbye to playground equipment
Adams Elementary kids spent their recess today chanting, “Saw! Saw!” as they watched their monkey bars get sawed off and their old playground dismantled. It’s no wonder the kids are […]
McPhee’s prepares to move a bazillion things
For 10 years, Ballard residents have been able to stroll down to Market Street and buy everything from a giant shrunken head for $250 to hundreds of tiny treasures for $19.95 a quart at Archie McPhee’s, the wonderfully wacky, tacky store that caters to our inner child.
But, they lost their lease, so McPhee’s is packing up and heading to Wallingford, and they’re saying goodbye to some of the store’s larger fixtures that just won’t fit in the new space. Shelving, racks, an old dentist’s chair, a life-size medieval archer and a custom-built pop-up cake that did a booming business as a rental – all are for sale.
“Usually it’s a hairy man in a coconut bra jumping out of the cake,” Shana, the store manager, explains of the cake that’s now for sale for $1,500. “It’s usually more funny than saucy.”
So, once the big items are sold, how in the world will Shana and her crew pack up the estimated 10,000 different items for the 2.4-mile move to the corner of 45th and Stone Way?
Where was this 1915 photo taken?
This is going waaaay back in the Ballard archives to 1915. Without looking at the Ballard Flickr pool where the photo was posted today, can you identify where this picture […]
Tent in empty lot on 57th St.
We wrote recently about a couple tents that had set up camp along Shilshole Ave. near the old Yankee Diner, and a few My Ballard readers have sent us a […]
Another unusual raccoon sighting
My Ballard reader Caitlan and her husband were on a walk when they spotted this unusual sight on the roof of a home at 28th and 68th. “We watched him […]
Briefs: French restaurant, Skarbos, Greek eats
A few short business-related stories in the neighborhood: Back in November, we wrote about a plan to convert Obermaier Machine Works at 5307 Ballard Ave. NW to a French restaurant. […]
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