Seattle Police were photographing a blood trail running from E Cherry to E Union after a man was found shot at 23rd and Union Thursday morning.
According to Seattle Fire and East Precinct radio updates, a 911 caller reported finding the man just after 6 AM near Uncle Ike’s just off the intersection with his upper body covered in blood and saying he had been shot. Continue reading
“Oh shit, look who’s back,” reads a recent post on the @neighborladypublichouse social media feed. Yes, some of the neighborhood’s favorite bartenders are in the mix again as the Neighbor Lady Public House has reopened in its new home across the street as part of the mix of Black-owned and neighborhood businesses in the Midtown Square mixed-use development.
It has been three years since the alleged political feud, non-disparagement agreement, and lost lease that stirred the Neighbor Lady to seek out a new home. The new location might have a few of its infamous urinal cakes ready to deploy. Continue reading
(Image: @jerkshackseattle)
Speaking of new opportunities for Black ownership in the Central District, Trey Lamont’s new 23rd and Union location of Jerk Shack is now open in the Midtown Square development.
The Carribean restaurant is one of the first of the development’s commercial tenants to open on its inner square.
CHS reported here on the mix of Black-owned and neighborhood businesses opening in the mixed-use development that also has added more than 400 market rate and affordable apartment units on the southeast corner of 23rd and Union including the new Jerk Shack, the Arté Noir arts space and gallery, Raised Doughnuts, and a new home for The Neighbor Lady. Continue reading
(Image: Marjorie)
Fans of 14th and Union’s Marjorie already had some good news to soften the blow of Donna Moodie’s decision to shut the restaurant down after 13 years on the block and 20 years of business in Seattle. The busy restaurant entrepreneur and one of the few black owners in Seattle food and drink was preparing plans for a new Boujie Bar in the Central District.
Now, Moodie says she wants Marjorie to live on — Boujie Bar will have to wait. The restaurateur announced the switch in plans in a recent Seattle Times interview saying the 23rd and Union project will be “Marjorie 3.0” after her start in Belltown and eventual move in 2010 to Capitol Hill.
“I just couldn’t part with Marjorie,” Moodie told the Times. “It came to me when I was in the process of saying goodbye.” Continue reading
(Image: Marjorie)
A Capitol Hill community and restaurant industry leader is ending her long run at 14th and Union.
Donna Moodie has confirmed plans that her Caribbean-inspired, “food for the soul” eatery Marjorie is closing this week after 13 years. The restaurant announced last week it would hold a final “end of an era” dinner party Wednesday, March 29th.
Moodie, reached via Community Roots Housing where she also works to lead the organization’s Capitol Hill EcoDistrict efforts, declined to say more right now about the abrupt closure but said she expects more “news” after what she expects to be “a hectic couple of weeks.”
Whether it is a sale to make room for a new concept or simply Moodie winding Marjorie down, Moodie is staying busy in the area — about nine blocks east. Continue reading
De’Auzjanae Pickett
A portion of E Union linking two important corners in the Central District’s history and community has a new name.
New honorary street signs have gone up marking D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Way.
At a ceremony marking the new honorary designation, De’Auzjanae Pickett said it was a fitting way to remember her brother.
“As you guys all know, this block, this scene as a whole, played a major role in D’Vonne’s upbringing and who he was and who he is and where his legacy will continue to go,” she said.
This week, loved ones and family were joined by Mayor Bruce Harrell, and City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda at a ceremony marking the installation of the new honorary street signs joining the existing E Union signage just west of 23rd and Union, the Liberty Bank Building, and Midtown Square.
“Even as we mourn the tragedy of his loss, we know that his legacy will live on forever in the hearts of those who he inspired, especially the many young people he mentored as they become the future leaders of this city,” Harrell said. Continue reading
The bar at Marjorie would make excellent inspiration for whatever is coming at Boujie bar (Image: Marjorie)
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So, what is this CHS hears about one of the leading Black restaurant owners in the city and a Capitol Hill community leader working on a project to become part of the impressive food and drink mix at the Central District’s Midtown Square development?
It’s true — though details are limited on exactly how Boujie Bar from 14th and Union favorite Marjorie’s Donna Moodie will take shape.
CHS included the coming venue here in our look at the 17+ Capitol Hill and Central District bars and restaurants to look forward to in 2023 as Moodie’s new bar and first new food and drink project in years will join a robust mix in Midtown Square at 23rd and Union.
While Boujie Bar remains a super secret work in progress and Moodie declined to provide details of the new project at this time, she has grown the now 20-year-old Marjorie into a Seattle favorite and remains one of the few Black owners in Capitol Hill area food and drink. The 14th and Union joint’s bar is also pretty swell and a good spot to enjoy Moodie’s “steel drum” plantain chips and a cocktail or a Red Stripe.
Born in Jamaica and raised in Chicago, Moodie would trail her mother around the kitchen as a young girl, and she gained respect for her “scratch” cooking, while using the highest quality ingredients supplied by local merchants and farmers. Moodie opened Marjorie in 2003 in Belltown as an homage to her mother, although the space relocated to Capitol Hill in 2010 on E Union. Continue reading
(Image: Ms. Helen’s Soul Bistro)
In 1970, Helen Coleman opened a diner in the Central District, at E Union and 23rd. While the most recent brick and mortar location, Ms. Helen’s Soul Food, was destroyed by the Nisqually earthquake in 2001, Coleman’s legacy continues.
Ms. Helen’s Soul Bistro will open at the Midtown Square development amid a mix of local businesses and food and drink venues in the spring of 2023 — directly across the street from the original Helen’s Diner location.
“Our location faces the original spot where mom opened her restaurant, and all arrows pointed to this being a have to do kind of thing,” said Jesdarnel Henton, daughter of Helen Coleman.
Patrick Foley of Lake Union Partners, the commercial real estate company that developed the corner, connected with Henton several years back about a new location at another mixed-use project but Henton sat on the idea while looking into other options around the city.
“Finally, mom came to me and said, ‘Look, if we’re going to do this again I would rather have it in the Central area. If we’re not going to be in the Central area, we’re not going to do it’,” said Henton. Continue reading
A man suffered stab wounds to his head and the assailant was quickly arrested at gunpoint in a knife attack Sunday night in front of the 23rd and Union PCC.
Police and Seattle Fire were called to the area of 23rd and Union just after 9 PM to the reported stabbing. According to emergency radio updates, the victim was found with a knife wound to the back of the head and taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police located the reported attacker in a nearby alley and took him into custody in a nearby alley shortly after the attack. According to radio updates, the suspect was identified by witnesses who saw him fleeing the attack.
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Raised Doughnuts is now open at 24th and Union, part of the Midtown Square development — 428 market-rate and affordable apartment units, a quasi-public central plaza, and a huge underground parking garage, plus a mix of organizations and businesses the developer Lake Union Partners says will better represent the surrounding communities than the original plans for a big chain pharmacy.
“It’s been a challenging 8 months but we’ve finally reached the end of the build out and we can’t be happier!” owner Mi Kim said in a recent social media post about the opening. “So ready to make you all some doughnuts and cakes and so excited to see what this new space brings us and our community!”
CHS reported on the plans for Raised’s move back in September 2020 with original plans for a 2021 debut. Following the pandemic and construction delays, the new Raised Doughnuts cafe is now ready with plenty of room to sit down and enjoy or get in line to take your box away. The new Raised is also being prepared for big plans including including doughnut and cake classes, Kim said. Continue reading
