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The Shambles’ food and beer a cut above in Maple Leaf

Photo by Ryan Murray The interesting and diverse charcuterie plates at The Shambles are a highlight of an already exciting menu. People around the city are responding, and the restaurant remains packed nearly every night,

Sunday, February 18, 2018 11:56 AM

Meat’s on the menu at Maple Leaf’s instant hit The Shambles.

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ARCH celebrating 50th anniversary of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt

Seattle could have ended up looking a lot different, and transit advocates would have a lot more to worry about, if a coalition of concerned residents hadn’t stepped up 50 years ago.
In new book, Chou aims to make Chinese cooking more accessible

Sometimes, people bring fears with them into the kitchen.
It’s something Hsiao-Ching Chou has seen first hand, both in her time as a food editor and a cooking instructor.
Preparing for disaster

Seattle neighborhoods have options for emergency preparedness
Ballard welcomes New Seasons Market
Stampede Cocktail Club not afraid of fun

Out in Fremont for a late night? Not sure where you can get some dumplings, an inventive cocktail and an Instagram photo of a dinosaur head?
Outside City Hall: Amazon spheres: New Seattle icon or glorified food court?

The newspapers, TV, and radio stations were all agog, as were several county and city elected leaders, downtown chamber types, and other assorted poobahs. Late last January, after some saccharine speeches and the prerequisite obsequious genuflection by our Mayor and County Executive to the God of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, the spheres finally were open to view in South Lake Union…well sort of….
Heroin dealer sentenced after stashing drugs near Roosevelt playground

The leader of a heroin distribution ring who laundered the proceeds back to his native Ecuador was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 57 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
After man killed in double hit-and-run, questions for Sand Point Way safety arise

On April 30, David Allen was struck and killed by two motorists while at an intersection on Sand Point Way Northeast.

Both motorists fled the scene, leaving Allen to die in the road near Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Editorial: Seattle needs to stand up to big business, Bezos

A proposed employee hours tax has sowed a division among Seattleites unlike any in recent memory, and not just among those employed by the 3 percent of large businesses that would actually end up paying the price.
Total Ankle Replacement is an Option for Some Older Adults with Arthritis, Chronic Pain
County council approves paid-postage ballots

King County will be the first county in the state to offer paid-postage ballots, the county council voting by a wide margin to cover those estimated costs for the 2018 primary and general elections.
Nordic Heritage Museum opens, paves way for new Nordic connections

Years of planning and preparation were on display on Saturday, May 5 at the Nordic Heritage Museum’s grand opening in Ballard.
Trailbend Taproom opens quietly in Ballard’s booming brewery district

Tucked away discreetly in one of Seattle’s densest beer neighborhoods, Trailbend Taproom opened in Ballard.
Seattle Soundings: Congestive Failure

Mayor Jenny Durkan’s announcement that she wants the city to come up with a plan for “congestion pricing,” tolling surface streets in downtown and South Lake Union, is the latest city policy meant to sound and feel good, but that is deeply delusional and throws Seattle’s working poor under the bus - in this case, literally.
Curses and sugarcane at Book-It's "Oscar Wao"

One man plays nearly 30 characters in the stage adaptation of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” now playing at the Book-It Repertory Theatre through May 6.
Student activists occupy University of Washington Medicine admin offices

Student activists at the university of Washington moved to occupy the UW Medicine Administration offices this week to protest the privatization of the medical school’s laundry services.
Seattle finance committee assesses potential head tax business impacts

The Seattle City Council’s Finance and Neighborhoods Committee is sorting out potential impacts an employee hours tax could have on local businesses.
Outside City Hall: Remembering Husky great Ray Jackson

University of Washington Husky running back and legend, Ray Jackson, passed away recently at age 83. Star of the great Rose Bowl teams from the 1959 and 1960 seasons, he’s considered by many to be one of the best players from the “Coach Jim Owens era.”
A City on a Hill: Sinclair, KOMO, and a Historic precedent

Sinclair Broadcasting, the Baltimore-based owner of KOMO and more than 140 other local broadcast stations around the country, has had some bad PR lately, all of its own creation.
Lawmakers make progress, but want more after session

With Democrats in control of all three chambers for the first time in five years, a whirlwind pace marked the 60-day legislative session that wrapped up on March 8.

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