A dog drools over his owner’s pulled pork sandwich from Maximus/Minimus.
The first ever Mobile City brought Capitol Hill residents out to the parking lot behind the Bank of America on Broadway for live music, food fun and local art. No estimates on attendance yet and a few rain drops were dodged but it was nothing that taking refuge inside the back of the Disco Truck couldn’t take care of. Here are some photos from the festivities. The associated summer* sale continues through weekend. We’ve listed the published discounts at the bottom of this post. Pick up a copy of the Mobile City map at participating merchants.
* yes it’s still summer
Kids prepare to make bike-powered spin-art.
Via Tribunali’s mobile pizza oven.
Writers from Pilot Books wrote spontaneous poems for party goers.
Rancho Bravo taco, a Capitol Hill favorite
Two pulled pork sandwiches from Maximus/Minimus are left unattended.
A drag queen from the Le Faux show at Julia’s jumps in for double dutch.
Summer Sale Roster
Babeland *
20% off featured waterproof toys
Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream *
$1 off all ice cream sundaes with map
Oddfellows Café *
$1 off coffee drinks with map or zipcard
Laughing Buddha
20% off jewelry with map
Pilot Books
10% off with map
Pagliacci Pizza
FREE fountain soda when 2 slices are purchased from 2pm – 5pm
Gyro World
Buy any Gyros sandwich and get a FREE medium fountain drink.
Speckprint *
25-50% off all shirts, posters and hoodies!
Ada’s Technical Books
10% off everything in the store with map. Receive a $10 gift certificate towards a future purchase with a $100 purchase.
Gold’s Gym *
$0 enrollment $29.99 a month special during the Summer Sale
Julia’s *
Panache
EDGAR The Store
20% off regularly priced merchandise on purchases of $20 or over with map. ALSO 50% off selected furniture and other items.
Marigold and Mint
Spend $50 and get a free bouquet of flowers
Feedbag
40% off any dog or cat toy. Limit two
Utrecht
20% off with map
8 limbs Yoga Centers *
20% – 40% off selected yoga items
Café Vita
10% off with map
Kaladi Brothers Coffee
10% off with map
City Home Store
Emerson Salon *
Show your map to get 25% off any service
Retrofit Home *
10%-40% off with our ever popular pull your discount from the hat!
Bluebird Ice Cream and Tea Room
$1 off beer float, OR free second scoop when you buy a scoop, with map
Old School Frozen Custard *
10% off with map
Veridis *
10% off with map
Throwbacks NW *
25% off all merchandise PLUS a $10 and $5 bin! Extra 10% off w/can of food.
Via Tribunali
Atlas Clothing *
10% off any clothing purchase. Accessory Sale- belts, shoes, scarves and slips starting at $3.
Gamma Ray Games *
Closet of Wonder sale featuring a massive range of used, rare and out of print board, card & roleplaying games all at ridiculously reasonable prices.
Cake Spy *
10% off all purchases $50 or over with map
NuBe Green *
20% off back to school items and 40% summer clearance
Bootyland Kids *
Summer Clothing Sale
Century Ballroom
Free cha cha, tango, waltz, mambo & lindy lessons on the broadway steps during the weekend sale
Copper Vine
20% off all containers. Discount applies to special orders as well.
MOE BAR
50% off drinks from 3pm- 7pm with map or zipcard
BIG MARIO’S
50% off all pizza’s and 50% off drinks from 2pm-5pm
Homegrown
$5 off a Homegrown t-shirt with map
Simply Frames
25% Readymade frames
Whimsy Home Decor
10% – 20% off summer accessories
Brocklind’s Formal Wear
Urban Outfitters *
10% off with map
Salon Armand
Cut-a-thon on Friday and Saturday August 27th and 28th. 10% of all service proceeds will go to Lifelong Aids Alliance.
Flora and Henri
Take an additional 10% off summer sale items with map
Edie’s Shoes
25% off all shoe summer stock with map (excludes already marked down items)
Zaw Pizza
Free salad with a purchase of a large pizza and bottle of wine, 6 pack of beer, or 6 pack of soda.
Sal’s Barber Shop
50% off a haircut for new clients with map
The sale participants are also doing a food drive for Northwest Harvest so bring your non perishable food items and drop off at locations with an * asterisk

I am a few weeks out of opening a mobile food business and we would love to know how we could be a part of this next year. If you have any info of who we would contact I would love that. We are also looking for a capitol hill spot but it’s not looking promising. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them.