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$3 sangria at Dinette (avail Tue - Sat from 4 to 6 pm)
- New bar The Living Room will have a famed bartender
- Satellite Lounge ousted from its current location
- Hipster celebrity Casey Affleck & wife Summer Phoenix spotted at Plum
- 22 Doors reopens and it's all tapas (at least the veggie burger is safe)
- Tamara Murphy of Brasa joins list of Belltown Chefs opening joints on the Hill with Terra Plata
- Blogazar spots HGTV celebrity David Bromstad at Purr
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Founded by George DePasquale in 1994, Essential Baking Company was the first local, certified oraganic artisan bakery in Seattle. It now operates two cafes: one in Wallingford and the other in Madison Valley. It also supplies fresh baked bread and baked treats to a number of outlets on the Hill including Madison Market , Trader Joe's and most recently - the 15th Avenue Starbucks . In fact, on a tour of their bakery in Wallingford, we learned that they daily go through a ton of starter to meet their obligations to restaurants and grocery outlets in town. To celebrate their 15th birthday, Essential is offering a free taste of chocolate hazelnut cake all day today at both of their cafes.
Earlier this morning, we referenced the PI story about an influx of heroin junkies to Capitol Hill. The real problem, it appears, is free, pre-rolled joints available in Capitol Hill alleys.
photo by gorabbitgo
Truffle fries at 22 Doors my current favorite
photo by Mark Eskenazi
I recently met with Becky Selengut, chef/owner of Cornucopia, a private chef and cooking instruction company. I first became acquainted with Becky on Twitter as the quick witted @ChefReinvented. We had drinks at one of Becky's regular stops, Poppy. (her favorite cocktail is a spicy Papi Delicious). Many at Poppy stopped by to speak to Becky, including Poppy's owner/chef Jerry Traunfeld, since she had previously worked for him at the Herbfarm. Dana Cree, Poppy's Pastry Chef asked Becky to taste a new dessert she was making - a spice cake with peaches and icecream.
After working in topnotch professional kitchens at La Medusa, La Spiga and the Herbfarm, Becky decided to forge a different career path. She now teaches cooking classes, offers private chef services and will be publishing her second book on a subject she's passionate about - sustainable seafood (via local publisher Sasquatch Books). She also blogs at Chef Reinvented and operates Seasonal Cornucopia, a website that tracks when local foods are in season in the Northwest. In addition to the food writing, foraging, teaching and cooking, Becky was recently selected to be the food guru for a reality show that makes over sustainabe living challenged people called "Mission Sustainable". If you want to find out more about Becky, follow her on Twitter. She will be teaching a food writing class in Sayulita, Mexico in April 2010 and is currently offering a free private cooking class to those who sign up.
Blitz, Capitol Hill’s Second Thursday Arts Walk, occurs next on Thursday, September 10 from 5:00 to 8:00pm. As Ellen Forney describes it:
Blitz showcases works many might otherwise miss, on the walls of coffee shops, retailers, and other corners of the neighborhood. features a dynamic range of visual and performing arts in venues throughout the neighborhood including galleries, coffee shops, private studios, and street corners. Produced by the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, these events have been engaging and entertaining for the enthusiastic walkers, businesses, and artists in our vibrant, quirky, artsy neighborhood.
Selected offerings from the September Blitz:
"New Cityscapes" by local painter Ann Duffy: Hyperrealist snapshots in time with long stretches of empty roadway, glimpses of iconographic buildings, or humorously altered roadway signage.
Babeland
"Blood and Honey," Landscapes by Airin Hail: Surreal, feminine, narrative multimedia paintings that use the language of symbols from Neolithic Eastern Europe to the Kali Temples of India.
Office Nomads
Photography by Stuart Upgrave: Beautiful landscapes and stunning natural portraits
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- Our favorite neighborhood bar and longtime CHS sponsor Bottleneck Lounge is hosting an expansion bash to celebrate its annexation of the space formerly occupied by the The Red Chair ($4 champagne)
- Now that Tobey Macguire sightings are old news (made his way to the Wild Rose even), India Arie at Plum anyone
- Bon Appetit includes Boom in its list of Top 10 New Asian Noodle Bars around the U.S.
- CHS reader and man about town kevinseattle recommends Poppy to Jewel and Traunfeld thanks him
- Spinasse's Jason Stratton picks two neighborhood staples as two of three favorite restaurants in Seattle: Machiavelli and Monsoon
- 22 Doors is closed until next Tuesday, but try of the other 15th Avenue White Russians
- Rover's will have a new casual sibling restaurant - say hello to Luc
- Fuel has a big announcement next week - guess comments welcome (coffee and pies are covered -what's next? a new location?)
According to GoTime, Cap Hill tops all other neighborhoods in the number of places with free wi-fi. Out of all these places, where have you gotten fast connections? Vivace on Broadway is the fastest I've experienced to-date.
Start early for September - contribute your Capitol Hill photos to the CHS Flickr Pool
Cal Anderson is the center of the world
Beard Off - this guy looks shamed after getting shaved
We last met up with the CHS community at Vino Verite a couple of months ago. For the fall meetup, we will meet at Poco Room from 5 to 7 pm on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Poco has agreed to extend their happy hour a bit for CHS. Seattle Metropolitan recently declared Poco's happy hour "the best wine happy hour in town". Happy hour prices are $2 off each glass and $8 off each bottle (you can even take the bottle home).
