(Image: Pitch the Baby)
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
(Image: McMenamins Six Arms)
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
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:
You can learn more and register at seattle.gov/dayofservice.
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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.
(Image: Love City Love)
(Image: Love City Love)
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
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
(Image: Finch & Pine)
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
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
The folks at Aamrai (Image: Aamrai)
A Capitol Hill food and drink venue where a December 2024 closure marked what many feared would be the start of a wave of Capitol Hill shutdowns is back in motion this summer.
Aamrai Indian Kitchen & Bar is now open on Bellevue Ave.
“Aamrai offers a warm and inviting ambiance, with soft lighting, cozy seating, and gentle background music, making it the perfect place to celebrate those special moments with your loved ones,” the opening announcement reads. “Take your guests on a decadent culinary journey as you feast on our authentic menu, thoughtfully created by our team.”
CHS reported here on the late 2024 closure of The Jilted Siren as the barely one-year-old lounge’s ownership blamed “short sighted, negligent decisions” at Seattle City Hall for contributing to its closure. Small business advocates feared The Jilted Siren’s end might be the start of shutdowns of Seattle’s restaurants, bars, and small businesses most impacted by the 2025 expiration of the city’s tip credit. Six months later, the closure wave never really materialized — but there are signs of change in the neighborhood’s food and drink economy. Continue reading
(Image: Seattle Parks)
Seattle Parks is getting ready to kick off the design process for a $2 million renovation of the Miller Park playground next to the Miller Community Center, the Meany Middle School campus, and the Miller Annex Preschool Center.
Thursday night, the city is inviting you to meet with planners and designers to help shape the renovation. Construction is planned to begin in the spring of 2026.
The $1,906,093 project will replace play equipment, install play area grass safety surfacing and make accessibility improvements for the play area adjacent to the Miller Community Center. The equipment will include play structures and seating for children of all abilities ages 2 to 12. Seattle Parks and Recreation says it is working with Inclusion Matters to design the project. Continue reading
