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This literary spirit is pretty fun in corporeal form. Haunted Burrow Books has made a spooky story-filled home on 15th Ave E.
A recent power outage helped set the appropriate mood in the bustling commercial district on the top of Capitol Hill. Inside Haunted Burrow, a reading group gathered, divining with tarot cards “in the back of the store by electronic candlelight.” Continue reading
CHS has been giving love to Capitol Hill’s Twice Sold Tales for years. We celebrated its 35th year of serving Capitol Hill book lovers here a few years back.
Owner Jamie Lutton and her Harvard Ave shop got some more love earlier this month with some attention from a social media tastemaker. Derek Guy — the @dieworkwear fella who has gained a wide following puncturing the tasteless shells of some of the worst people on the planet by sartorial examination — called out Lutton and Twice Sold in a recent post. Continue reading
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(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
Zohran Mamdani’s political surge in New York City, of course, has a grocery store element.
Soaring prices, faded services, and eroded humanity are an industry-wide trend that is hitting hardest in America’s largest, busiest, most expensive cities.
With this month’s nearly overnight closure of the Broadway Whole Foods only the latest major grocery corporation cutback in the city, don’t look to Seattle leadership to champion city-run grocery stores — yet.
“I’m not looking to legislate anything,” District 3 representative Joy Hollingsworth told CHS about her comments following the rapid shutdown of the Broadway at Madison Whole Foods two weeks ago. Continue reading
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A new era for an E Olive Way commercial building begins Friday as All the Best debuts its new Capitol Hill store:
After sitting vacant, boarded up, and behind fencing since 2022, this historic space has been transformed into a bright, welcoming destination for Capitol Hill’s pet lovers. Local illustrator Sarah Robbins helped bring the space to life with a joyful mural that reflects the energy of the neighborhood—and the pets we serve.
Starting on the 13th, All the Best says it is welcoming dogs (“and brave cats”) with “tasty treats, and offering personalized recommendations on the best food, treats, and gear to help them thrive.” Continue reading
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Shopping in Capitol Hill-area grocery stores has become wacky enough that shoppers may not have noticed that a cyberattack targeting massive distributor United Natural Foods is causing bare spots on shelves and inventory problems at local stores. Continue reading
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(Image: Haunted Burrow Books)
The shapeshifting mix of short-term pop-ups, flea markets, and retail experiments that are keeping the old QFC block of 15th Ave E active in anticipation of coming mixed-use redevelopment will include a spooky temporary guest.
Haunted Burrow Books and its offerings of “horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi, and other moody genres” is getting ready to haunt the street for an ephemeral stay in the mix.
Owner and editor Roxanne Guiney has announced a June 20th grand opening for the temporary Capitol Hill horror and dark fantasy book shop: Continue reading
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Six months after going dark and quietly ending its 11-year run of Capitol Hill nightlife, the former Rhino Room space at 11th and Pine is suddenly filled with furniture as custom retailer Couch has moved to Capitol Hill from Ballard.
“Pick one of our thoughtfully designed styles or work with us to come up with a new variation. We are custom builders in the truest sense of the word,” the store’s pitch goes. “Custom elsewhere can mean you get to choose blue instead of gray. At Couch it means you design a sofa in your exact size, style and comfort specifications.” Continue reading
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There will be a head shop in the heart of the Pike/Pine nightlife district. Be careful with your lungs.
Fast-growing, Hollywood, Florida-based franchise World of Smoke & Vape is joining the block neighboring LGBTQ art, retail, and community space Queertique and legendary neighborhood lesbian bar The Wildrose.
The stretch is familiar with big chains in alternative markets — the below-sidewalk commercial space was once home to the neighborhood’s Castle Megastore sex shop.
Construction permits and business filings show the new shop is owned by the experienced franchise entrepreneur who also opened a World of Smoke & Vape on Queen Anne last year. Ameen Babul has also been a successful operator of Subway sandwich shop franchises. Continue reading
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They missed 4/20 but Capitol Hill pot shop The Reef was back open in time to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.
The E Olive Way at Denny shop reopened this weekend after three months and $300,000 of work to rebuild and reinforce its 1926-era storefront. The protective sidewalk bollards are back in place. The business also continued to pay employees through the closure.
“When our Capitol Hill location was forced to close, our top priority was taking care of our team,” David Olivas, director of operations at The Reef, said in the announcement of the grand reopening. “We were able to keep our staff on payroll so no one lost income from hours, but their ability to earn tips was impacted.” Continue reading
