Capitol Hill’s Break Away vintage and thrift now on Pike — and Pine

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The Break Away team on the move

You are not seeing double. The crew at Capitol Hill thrift and vintage market Break Away have expanded with a second showroom in the neighborhood. You can now find the original shop on E Pike and a new second store of racks and piles of thrift and vintage clothing at Pine and Boylston.

How it all fits together, you’ll have to ask Break Away about, but the grand opening of the E Pine space brought a line around the block for “Break Away Steals” and shoppers digging through racks and piles for bargains and sick cuts.

CHS reported this spring on Break Away and owners including Nevin Poyneer and Tanner Callies growing from street vintage sales to a brick and mortar shop next to E Pike’s Late Night Vintage. “It’s like a maze,” co-owner Eddie Duran told CHS, “We have so many different rooms. We’ve got cool music, video games, foosball. You can just come hang out, get lost in here.” Continue reading →

Neighborhood rallying for restoration after accidental King of the Hill mural cover-up

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A post to the CHS Facebook Group started the search for restoring the King of the Hill mural

The original mural

An unfortunate graffiti clean-up accident temporarily removed a Capitol Hill landmark but neighbors were working this week to making things right again on E Olive Way.

A graffiti removal vendor reportedly accidentally covered up the mural of Aklilu “Abe” Abraham outside E Olive Way’s King of the Hill Market. UPDATE: People familiar with the situation have clarified that the graffiti removal was working with the building’s management, not a city clean-up contract.

CHS checked in with Abraham earlier this year about his recovery from emergency brain surgery — and his deep connection to the neighborhood who supported him and his market.

The graffiti removal crew mistake left the mural of Abraham covered in a layer of brown paint but the neighborhood has moved to quickly have the art restored. A post to the CHS Facebook Group to begin the search for a new artist to replace the work helped connect to what could end up an even better outcome — original artist Ethan Jack Harrington is now in contact to help sort out next steps.

Options could include paint remover that could take off the new layer and allow the original to be restored — or a new King of the Hill work on this curve of 1705 E Olive Way.

The good news is, like Abraham, the mural isn’t going away anytime soon.

 

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‘Inclusive, women-centered’ sports bar Pitch the Baby ready for tip-off on Capitol Hill

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The Seattle Storm tip off at 7 PM. The Women’s Euro will fill Saturday and Sunday. It is a good weekend to hang out at Pitch the Baby, Capitol Hill’s new “inclusive, women-centered sports bar where everyone is welcome and women’s sports are always on tap.”

“Our bar is a space built for belonging, care, joy, and resistance,” the Capitol Hill food and drink all-stars behind the project say.

Its grand opening on 19th Ave E is planned for Friday, July 11th. Continue reading →

Capitol Hill’s McMenamins Six Arms settles $91K ‘Secure Scheduling’ case

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A Capitol Hill cousin of the ubiquitous-in-Oregon McMenamins food, drink, and hotel chain is paying up after a wage theft investigation by the Seattle Office of Labor Standards.

In the settlement announced Friday, the Portland-headquartered company of 5,000 employees agreed to a $91,000 settlement in the case over allegations of violations of the city’s Secure Scheduling Ordinance at E Pike’s McMenamins Six Arms.

The city says the settlement will apply to 131 workers at the Capitol Hill bar and includes back wages, interest, liquidated damages, and civil penalties including a $691.87 fine. Continue reading →

These District 3 2025 ‘Day of Service’ projects could use a helping hand

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In 2023, Day of Service volunteers cleaned up around 14th Ave’s FAME

Saturday brings the fourth annual Day of Service in Seattle with volunteer events across the city including several in District 3 still in need of helping hands.

Launched in 2022 under Mayor Bruce Harrell’s “One Seattle” campaign, the day has continued as an opportunity for volunteerism and community clean-ups.

This year, the mayor’s office says there are a handful of Capitol Hill and Central District-area projects that were in need of volunteers:

  • Freeway Park Association/First Hill Improvement Association – Beautification Event
  • Molly Moon’s Capitol Hill – Beautification Event
  • Seattle Parks and Recreation Cal Anderson Park – Beautification Event
  • Seattle Parks and Recreation Miller Playfield – Beautification Event
  • Seattle Parks and Recreation Yesler Terrace Park – Beautification Event
  • Jaxler Community Cleanup – Beautification Event
  • Madison Valley Merchant Association – Beautification Event
  • Byrd Barr Place Block Party – Morning, Afternoon, and Late Afternoon Event Support
  • Powell Barnett Legacy Project – Beautification Event
  • Leschi Community Council – Beautification Event
  • SDOT Leschi – Beautification Event

You can learn more and register at seattle.gov/dayofservice.

 

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On the List | Summer Series at the Amphitheater begins in Volunteer Park, Pitch the Baby grand opening, Queer & Trans Film Festival 2025

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A series of summer concerts in Volunteer Park begins Thursday night. It is time for the July Capitol Hill Art Walk and the Queer & Trans Film Festival 2025. Here’s a look a few calendar highlights from around Capitol Hill this week. For more, check out the CHS Calendar.

  • THURSDAY — Summer Series at the Amphitheater and Picnic in the Park — Volunteer Park — Join us for the kickoff concert of Summer Series at the Amphitheater, featuring an evening with The Paperboys and the Stacy Jones Band on Thursday, July 10th from 6:00-8:30pm. We will also be hosting our annual Picnic in the Park! Bring a picnic, your blanket, and your friends and family. There will be free ice cream and activities for kids. Food trucks will be onsite, including Oskar’s Pizza, Taco Cortes, Spooky Dogs, Canela, and Kathmandu MoMoCha. Admission is free and open to the public. We can’t wait to see you there. Reserve a ticket here (not required but it helps us predict crowd size for each show). 
  • THURSDAY — July Capitol Hill Art Walk — The monthly second Thursday art walk returns for a summer edition with special activities in the Chophouse Row courtyard and a dance party at E Union’s Passable Art.
  • FRIDAY — Pitch the Baby Grand Opening — 600 19th Ave E — The new Capitol Hill women’s sports bar is ready to turn on the game and serve up a few cold ones: Cozy pub. Fierce fans. Women’s sports always on tap. Continue reading →

LOVECITYLOVE — ShopRite edition — joins effort to keep 15th Ave E active in long wait for redevelopment

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A Capitol Hill street living in limbo awaiting a wave of redevelopment.

An arts venue that has made its way through the liminal spaces created by the neighborhood’s relentless change.

It’s the perfect match.

You can add the everything you need and more spirit of dearly departed neighborhood convenience store ShopRite to the mix.

LOVECITYLOVE has landed on 15th Ave E.

The nomadic arts venture that has made its home in a variety of soon-to-be-demolished, destined-for-redeveloped storefronts across Capitol Hill and Seattle is now resident at 15th and Republican in the emptied out cornershop where ShopRite served the neighborhood for 30 years.

It is beginning its days on this new corner of the Hill with a schedule of open mics, sewing classes, and cafe hours. Continue reading →

To end 13 years of oversight, feds asked to sign off on Seattle Police Department’s new crowd control policies

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Police make an arrest during a counter-protest against a rally of anti-trans Christian groups in Cal Anderson Park

With revised crowd control policies and a new chief in place, Seattle has filed to formally end more than a decade of federal oversight of its police force. Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the filing Tuesday.

“An end to the consent decree does not mean the work is done – we are committed to being a learning, growing organization,” Harrell said in the announcement. “What it does mean is that it is time to fully restore local control of our police department to our community.” Continue reading →

Finch & Pine — one of the last of Capitol Hill’s “_________  and  _________ ” wave — has closed

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Pacific Northwest cafe Finch and Pine has permanently closed leaving a Capitol Hill food and drink space that has hosted a steady rotation of interesting food and drink projects ready for its next.

The cafe space built with the redevelopment of the Belroy Apartments more than a dozen years ago on Bellevue Ave has hosted projects over the years from an intriguing list of Capitol Hill-related owners including Fuel Coffee founder Dani Cone, Team Maranation’s Kamala Saxton and Roz Edison, and Joe Bar’s Wylie Bush.

Finch and Pine debuted in the space with the circular tiled bar in 2021 as Sitka and Spruce alum Sara Moran became a first-time owner. Continue reading →

Harborview injury stats show why it is better to leave 4th of July to the pros

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More views of the 2025 fireworks over Seattle here

Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center predicted it would treat more than 50 serious fireworks injuries from the Independence Day weekend’s festivities. As of Monday, it had treated 52.

As the only facility providing Level I trauma services for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, Harborview knows what it is talking about when it comes to July 4th. Continue reading →