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As redevelopment plan creeps forward, you still have time to enjoy Annapurna — and help it find a new Capitol Hill home

The future of 1833 Broadway

Thanks to the neighborhood’s deep love for the restaurant — and the dedicated ongoing documentation of “changing” Seattle by Vanishing Seattle — CHS’s inbox lit up this week with concern.

Did you know Annapurna’s building is going to be torn down?

We did.

CHS reported on the impending doom for the 1905-built Capitol Crest building back in 2016. The project to create a new development with a mix of 50 apartment units above 3,500 square feet of space for a store or a restaurant on the property even started the design review process back in 2017 but has been on pause since. With a bustling light rail facility across the street, the trade of 14 apartments and business space for a denser development is probably a good one.

Annapurna and its neighbors, meanwhile, have soldiered on. In summer of 2015, Owner Sujan Sharma and Roshita Shrestha celebrated their Yeti Bar expansion after surviving years of nearby light rail construction and fully aware of the plans for their block that have been in motion since 2013, according to city permits. Annapurna has even added a neighbor along the way with Albacha braving the impending demolition to open in late 2017.

Earlier this year, as permit deadlines approached for the 1800-block Broadway project, paperwork on the development kicked back into motion, and this sign went up at Annapurna asking for help finding the restaurant a new Capitol Hill location:

We’ve reached out to Annapurna to ask more about how much time they have and how people can help. UPDATE: Ownership tells CHS, yes, they are looking but that getting information from the landlord about the timeline for the project has been difficult. CHS also reached out to the Office of Economic Development which says it will be in touch with the restaurant.

The good news is, redevelopment and, likely, demolition is still a long way off. According to city permit information, the building must be assessed as a possible historic landmark and that process is being lined up to begin with the Department of Neighborhoods this fall. In the wake of that decision, the project also must complete its design review process. The development hurdles could push the project out a year or more.

So, once again, you have time to enjoy a Capitol Hill favorite. And, hopefully, Annapurna and its Yeti Bar — and its neighbors and the neighbors living above — have time to find a new Capitol Hill home.

 

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neighbor
neighbor
4 years ago

NO NO NO! Good to hear there is still time to enjoy the Yeti Bar’s scrumptious offerings. And I sincerely hope that they find a great new spot.

Jack
Jack
4 years ago

Roosters?

Cd resident
Cd resident
4 years ago

Why isn’t sawant helping this restaurant owner? The developer should have to pay for moving expenses and any and all cost associated with a move.

A
A
4 years ago
Reply to  Cd resident

Direct this question to her office versus just here. So they have opportunity to respond.

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
4 years ago
Reply to  A

Or so they can have the opportunity to not respond?

Let Me Show You My Movement
Let Me Show You My Movement
4 years ago

Does Kshama sa-want to help this restaurant owner???

James
James
4 years ago

Another cool brick building taken away on Broadway.

The sterilization of the hill continues….YIPEE

matt
matt
4 years ago
Reply to  James

I love Annapurna, but this just silly.

I’m pretty sure you would complain regardless of the style and materials of the new building.

This brick building probably replaced a wood one. This brick building hasn’t had any seismic retrofitting work done. This building is in the same block as a subway station, it only makes sense to build a lot of housing on top of it.

James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  matt

Not silly at all.

I don’t like the direction Seattle is going. That’s why I visit and want to move to Bellingham soon. It’s at least old and cool looking. And has many relics. Seattle doesn’t care. They just bulldoze every memory and coolness factor without thinking. To put some boring bland box building up that will be vacant and have For Lease signs all over.

KEEP THE BRICK IN CAPITOL HILL

RWK
RWK
4 years ago
Reply to  matt

I love brick buildings too and hope that at least some of them escape the development boom. But one of these days an Anhalt building will be bulldozed, and that will be the final nail in the coffin for Seattle as we know it.

Fairly Obvious
Fairly Obvious
4 years ago
Reply to  matt

These days, brick laying is expensive and time consuming…and that’s if you can even find a mason to hire: they are all extremely busy and their numbers are shrinking.

Most Contractors I deal with (large and small) dread projects that involve bricks.

So there’s a practical reason you don’t see many new brick buildings.

Lalala
Lalala
4 years ago
Reply to  matt

So if we replace with another brick building, it’s OK? Because at least a new one would be compliant with earthquake regulations.

Tacos chukis is doing great in the SLU and Central District, despite being new buildings.

Michael C Wesner
Michael C Wesner
4 years ago

One boring apartment building after another. why don’t they just change the name Broadway to Rebar Avenue.

Colleen
Colleen
4 years ago

They should go into the space Rooster is vacating.

Loren
Loren
4 years ago

Gentrification at its finest

Paul Symington
Paul Symington
4 years ago

“New Urbanists” and “progressives” have killed Seattle’s soul.

Jeff
Jeff
4 years ago

This town is turning to dogshit with these awful buildings