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One shot, suspected gunman arrested in Cal Anderson drive-by shooting

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A man suffered gunshot wounds to his legs in a shooting at the Cal Anderson basketball courts late Monday night.

Seattle Police detained at least two people including the suspected gunman over the hours following the just before midnight drive-by shooting.

Meanwhile, a second shooting victim later arrived at Harborview almost an hour after the Cal Anderson incident and following more gunfire reports on Capitol Hill and the Central District.

CHS is working to learn how the incidents fit together.

According to East Precinct radio updates, multiple callers reported gunfire, fireworks, and people running on the west side of the park around 11:50 PM. Arriving officers found a male victim down and bleeding from the legs on Nagle Place. Continue reading →

A couple more neighborhood art notes: new Nagle mural, Howe Street Stairs pigeon, and quirky construction signs on Broadway

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The new Nagle Place mural (Image: Hunters Capital)

While patrons look for a new location for the Saint Rat rat gallery near Cal Anderson Park, here are a few more neighborhood art notes:

  • New mural: There is a new mural above Nagle Place on the back of the Broadway Building. Neighborhood real estate and development firm Hunters Capital says the work was painted by the Urban ArtWorks’ Base Crew,” a program for young artists to grow their design skills and connect with the community through art.” Continue reading →

With limited seats, premium sushi, Ltd Edition wins spot on ‘America’s best restaurants’ list

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Tsukasaki and Kobayashi “testing” the sake (Image: Ltd Edition Sushi)

Capitol Hill’s Nagle Place is home to one of “America’s best restaurants.” The New York Times has added to the buzz around Ltd Edition Sushi by naming the eight-seat sushi bar to this year’s roster of the 50 best food and drink places in the country, one of only two entries from Washington and the only Seattle venue on the list.

“The chef Keiji Tsukasaki came to the sushi craft somewhat later in life, after more than a decade in the nightlife world, and he presides over the eight-seat counter with an impresario’s charisma,” the New York Times says of the star behind the counter.

Ltd hasn’t been an overnight sensation. CHS reported here in the summer of 2021 as the venture launched across from Cal Anderson Park while the area was still in the grips of the COVID-19 crisis and its impacts on bars and restaurants. Keiji Tsukasaki’s restaurant found itself faced with building early business by selling premium omakase boxes while its plans for the sushi bar waited on standby. Later that year, those plans went fully into motion as Jun Kobayashi, former head sushi chef at Shiro’s, joined the Ltd team as executive chef. Continue reading →