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Char the Chicken: Influencer chef and restaurant group ready to hatch new grill concept on Capitol Hill

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A growing Pacific Northwest incubator of restaurant chain concepts emphasizing health and sustainability is being joined by a celebrity chef for a high-profile poultry re-start on Capitol Hill.

The Conscious Hospitality Group is preparing the 11th Ave space formerly home to the flagship location of scuttled sustainable chicken sandwich concept Mt. Joy for a reboot as Char the Chicken, a “fire-grilled rotisserie chicken” concept that Instagram-famous Matt Broussard told the Seattle Times will overcome the challenging realities of the current Seattle dining economy because of his passion.

“Any other social media cook, they’re not gonna open a restaurant,” Broussard tells the Times. “Like, this is the dumbest thing you could do.”

The Conscious Hospitality Group backing will help.

CHG is a Bellevue-based restaurant collective and incubator led by co-founders Norman Wu and Danny Brawer. The company dedicated to “health, sustainability, and ethical business practices” pairs in-house concept development with operating partnerships, providing shared infrastructure, supply-chain scale, and administrative backing needed to expand sustainable, wellness-oriented food brands across the Pacific Northwest. Continue reading →

Remembering Binyam Wolde, ‘the spirit of Dirty Dog’

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The spirit of Dirty Dog has passed.

Binyam Wolde, the entrepreneur behind the Dirty Dog food cart business that has included the wiener stand at 11th and Pine that has grown into a core element of the Capitol Hill street scene, died earlier this month. Wolde was 44.

As his business continues, a fundraiser has been set up to help support his family. “Biny was a devoted and loving husband to his wife. He was a fun, patient , and loving father to his two young children- he absolutely adored them. He was the eldest of six siblings who looked to him as mentor and friend,” it reads. “He was generous with all who knew him and our community is devastated that we’ve lost him.” Continue reading →

CHOP Salad: Yes, a Sweetgreen really is opening at 11th and Pine

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11th and Pine was the battleground for some of the most intense clashes between police and demonstrators during the CHOP occupied protest. Four years later, it will be the turf of two warriors of the fast-casual restaurant start-up struggle.

Salad chain Sweetgreen has made a splashy start of its preparations to finally open on Capitol Hill with signage and posters plastered across the corner’s windows some three years after CHS first reported its plans for 11th and Pine. Continue reading →