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Ambitious Capitol Hill hotel and restaurant project The Baillie is holding an estate sale

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The guys creating The Baillie boutique hotel and restaurant project on Capitol Hill’s Millionaire’s Row are holding an estate sale this weekend to clear out decades of furniture, knickknacks, art, and ephemera from the old mansion’s decades as a bed and breakfast.

Join us Sunday, October 4, 11-4pm at @thebaillieseattle as we open the doors for a one-day estate sale.

Whether you’re furnishing a space, searching for a singular find, or simply curious to see the “before,” this is your chance to explore the mansion and get a pre-construction sneak peek at our newest project.

Refreshments and light bites will be available.

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Seattle Fire handles deck fire at 14th Ave house

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Seattle Fire put out a deck fire that burned outside a 14th Ave and Marion home Wednesday.

Crew were called to the single family-style structure in the 800 block of 14th Ave just after 12 PM to reports of a deck fire that had extended to the outside of the third floor of the house. Continue reading →

Next for Capitol Hill Skillet space: Tanaka Ramen and Izakaya

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A busy season of change for Capitol Hill restaurants includes a new ramen joint coming to a space left empty by the downsizing of a former popular diner chain.

Tanaka Ramen and Izakaya has its roots in Hawaii where food and drink entrepreneur Jue Tina Wang opened her first restaurant eight years ago before expanding with new ramen joints, a dessert concept, and a dumpling brand on the islands and now in Illinois, Texas, and around the Puget Sound including a Kirkland location of Tanaka that opened last year.

While her MangoMango Dessert franchise locations and Dumpling Factory concept haven’t caught on, the Tanaka joints have grown with a focus on fresh Japanese comfort food in stylish settings.

Permits show an overhaul is underway at 14th and Union where Tanaka is set to take over the former Skillet Diner. Continue reading →

Station 25 battles two Capitol Hill building fires

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Capitol Hill’s Fire Station 25 had a busy Friday including responses to two building fires that left one structure heavily damaged while Seattle Fire’s quick response limited damage to the roof of the second.

In the first incident just after 11:30 AM, multiple 911 callers reported a fire on the upper story of the small 1922-era building in the 600 block of 12th Ave E near Mercer.

According to Seattle Fire and radio updates, crews arrived to find fire and smoke spreading in the upper floor and attic space from a unit closet. The incident was escalated and crews set about slowing the fire’s spread with hand-lines until a hydrant supply could be established.

Seattle Fire reported that crews had to rip open walls to reach the “void space fire.” Continue reading →

Just south of Capitol Hill, Seattle U’s Championship Field has a big part to play in the 2026 World Cup

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New turf was installed last summer (Image: Seattle University)

Monday, Seattle will become a World Cup city as it hosts the first of six matches scheduled here during the 2026 FIFA men’s tournament.

For soccer fans across Capitol Hill hoping to be as close as possible to the action, the Seattle matches come with an exciting prospect.

Some of the best players in the world will likely be preparing for their battles at the corner of 14th Ave and Jefferson.

Championship Field’s path to victory to be selected as a practice facility for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup plays out like a nail-biter with a near stoppage time winning goal — complete with years of preparation nearly undone by last minute drama only to the see the Seattle University home team pull things out just in time.

There are also the rules — oh, so many rules — to the FIFA game of municipalities, facilities, and fields jockeying to be part of the tournament.

Before you make a sprint for 14th and Jefferson, here is how all the rules and planning will play out. Continue reading →

‘Right next to Volunteer Park’ — The Baillie creating boutique hotel and restaurant on Capitol Hill’s Millionaire’s Row

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From the @harrysgoodtimes announcement of The Baillie

A new life for the Shafer Baillie Mansion will create a new boutique hotel and restaurant on Capitol Hill’s Millionaire’s Row.

The Baillie is slated to open next year inside the mansion that has stood at the 14th Ave and Aloha just down the street from Volunteer Park for 113 years.

CHS reported here in February on the sale of the historic bed and breakfast as its longtime owners prepared for retirement.

The $4.9 million sale was finalized in March but a plan has been in the works for months to shape the project.

The buyers are familiar with food, drink, and hospitality in the neighborhood. Continue reading →

As Seattle development slowdown continues, a new mixed-use apartment building is ready to open on Capitol Hill

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One of the few new mixed-use apartment buildings to rise on Capitol Hill during the ongoing development slowdown is ready to welcome its first residents.

The seven-story Tanager Apartments now rises above the cluster of music clubs and bars it was designed to puzzle-piece together with at 14th and Madison. Chop Suey, the Madison Pub, and 14th Ave bear bar Diesel remained open during the construction.

Finishing work has included large, colorful murals on the building’s faces and above Chop Suey’s own wall of artwork.

“Inside the community, thoughtfully designed brand-new homes offer a variety of floorplans to fit the way you live,” reads the pitch for the new market-rate project. “Enjoy inviting shared spaces including a landscaped courtyard and rooftop decks, perfect for gathering, unwinding, and taking in the city from above.”

A second-floor one-bedroom above 14th Ave will run you $2,004 a month. You can get a seventh-floor one-bedroom above the internal courtyard for $1,800. UPDATE: As noted in the comments, these listings are for only the affordable units. Standard unit prices have not yet been listed. Continue reading →

Townhomes on Millionaire’s Row? Appeal dropped over redevelopment value of 14th Ave E landmarked house

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“The Caroline Horton House over time. (a) architect’s rendering of the house (Seattle Times, November 25, 1906); (b) 1937 archive photo (Washington State Archive); (c) recent photo (nomination report photo)”

Advocates for preservation of the city’s historic homes and properties have dropped their appeal over a Seattle Hearing Examiner decision this year that could allow a property owner to demolish a landmarked house on Capitol Hill’s Millionaire’s Row to develop a set of eleven townhomes on the 14th Ave E parcel just south of Volunteer Park.

Historic Seattle filed for the “voluntary dismissal” in the case last week.

The organization originally filed the appeal in January after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Board approved a “controls and incentives agreement” for the landmarked Caroline Horton House that imposed no restrictions on the 120-year-old house after the house’s owners were able to show just how valuable the property could be if developed. Continue reading →

2026 Capitol Hill and Central District James Beard semifinalists: Cafe Suliman, Temple Pastries, Ramie, and Surrell

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The talented food and drink creators behind a Levantine flavored cafe inside Melrose Market, a Central District bakery, elevated Vietnamese on 14th Ave, and an E Madison house dedicated to “modern Pacific” fine dining have been honored as semifinalists in the annual James Beard Awards.

The announcement of the semifinalist lists is the first step in what has grown into an expanded process for the foundation’s awards. Final nominees will be announced in March with winners celebrated in June.

By then, you will have hopefully paid a visit or two to these Capitol Hill and Central District honorees. Continue reading →

Shutdown of Capitol Hill’s original Skillet Diner part of chain’s Seattle downsizing

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Capitol Hill’s Skillet Diner is permanently closed after 14 years of service on E Union.

The food truck-born concept that grew into a chain of high-end diners announced the immediate closure of its Capitol Hill location along with its diner in South Lake Union. Its Post Alley location will close in December. The company says it will continue to operate its counter inside the Seattle Center Armory and locations inside Sea-Tac Airport.

SKillet ownership blamed costs for the shutdowns saying it was “time to shrink the Skillet footprint.” Continue reading →