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August 18th, 2015 - 12:22 pm § in The Ave Scene

WINE

WASTATE wine industry making global splash Just so we keep enough of the good stuff here and it does not get so expensive that only Jeff Bezos can afford it!  [...]

May 8th, 2015 - 8:56 am § in The Ave Scene

Sam Adams brings Apple to beer .. the i-Can!

Here in Seattle we take beer very seriously.  There are hundreds of microbrews, all trying to sell you beer that tastes different and better.  No self respecting brew pub sells beer in a bottle, much less a can.  In the midst of all this Boston’s Sam Adams is not a star.  Most folks here r[...]

April 14th, 2015 - 10:10 am § in The Ave Scene

FREE ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today Tuesday, April 14, celebrate freedom .. at least free ice cream cones from Ben and Jerry’s. Click the cones to find your nearest participating Ben & Jerry’s. Or if you are in Seattle just go over to the north end of Greenlake![...]

April 2nd, 2015 - 7:30 am § in The Ave Scene

No tipping at Ivar’s

Last night my wife and I ate at IVAR’s to celebrate their new tipping policy. Ivar’s is going the whole way … raising workers to a real wage … $15/hr .. and doing away with tipping Management is serious about paying workers a fair wage. Prices on the menus will rise by 20%. T[...]

February 9th, 2015 - 4:59 pm § in The Ave Scene

Seattle BBQ?

Sigghh .. with the evaporation (ethnic cleansing by economic means) of Black Seattle, we have fewer and fewer good places for any soul food .. and that includes barbecue. The only places Barb and I like are Willy’s and Uncle Mike’s (left).  Willy is nearby .. just south of Franklin High[...]

January 22nd, 2015 - 4:22 am § in America, The Ave Scene

Do That! Willies

Seattle has become  an awesome restaurant  town.   The proliferation of  master chefs  able to combine cuisines with amazing entrepreneurial skills, has led to multiple restaurant districts from the heights of Queen Anne Hill to the valleys of SLU. But, sometimes I hunger for reality . Seattl[...]

January 21st, 2015 - 12:17 pm § in America, The Ave Scene

THE Ave Scene: Our Favorite Restaurant

Some years ago we were hungry in Seattle. Looking for a place to park at the base of Queen Anne Hill , we found a space in front of a restaurant called Perché No. We went in and Perché No become a central event in our lives in Seattle ever since.  Is Kong an Italian name?. […][...]

January 14th, 2015 - 11:46 am § in America, The Ave Scene

A Great Loss .. Kingfish Cafe

The Kingfish Cafe, our neighbor, is closing. This is a huge sadness.  When we moved here, a huge plus for Capital Hill was that it was a mixed neighborhood … mixed meaning a good community of Blacks, Jews, Nuns. Priests, Catholics, other misc. “White folks,” artists, UW faculty, b[...]

December 6th, 2014 - 11:16 am § in America, The Ave Scene

Ezells spreading its wings to Spokane

Ezell’s is one of the best things about Seattle.  I can remember when to was a black secret because white folks were afraid to go to the CD. One day my I discovered something even better: Hill’s Brothers’ Barbecue .. around the corner in a half burned out shack.   We used to get[...]

September 21st, 2014 - 3:47 pm § in The Ave Scene

THE Ave Scene: Where to eat!

Nate’s Wings and Waffles in the same location at 9261 57th Ave S.  A collaboration between Happy Grillmore’s Darren McGill and restauranteur Marcus Lalario (Li’l Woody’s)  is opening, The Ave’s own Husky basketball star, Anthony Washington.  is part of the at the new[...]