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![...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food’
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[...]
August 13th, 2014 - 4:45 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Do That! Willies vs. Bourbon and Bones
A couple of days ago Barbara and I went to a new, fancy “Nawilns” style BBQ place in Ballard. Bourbon and Bones, it is called. No complaints! Bourbon and Bones was more than OK. The barbecue is kind of North Carolina style , vinegar-based, OK but the grits, the smoke chicke[...]
June 8th, 2014 - 4:00 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
When Will The Seattle Get Great Southern Food?
Seattle has never had much southern food. The great Hills Brothers barbecue closed decades ago to be survived by the good but not great Willies and Jones’ brothers. Until it closed a few months ago, Les Bon Ton was pretty good at imitating a N’awlins road house. Of course there is [...]
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[...]