You may not think that the terms “environmentally friendly” and “oil change“ go together, unless you’ve met Alex Kagarlitsky. He and his team moved into their formerly moss-and-paint-covered home on 45th Street and Corliss Ave about five months ago and as they put it, “We’ve been cleaning the whole time.” The small staff, who had [...]
There may not be a “B” in the title, but peanut butter and jelly play an interesting role in the story behind this Magnolia business. It begins with local proprietress Patti Howell as a “dawg” herself, graduating from the University of Washington. She then honed her business skills at a few larger Seattle companies, including [...]
Greenlake Bar & Grill has held down the fort at NE 72nd Street and Greenlake Drive for almost ten years, with a big anniversary approaching this October. The brothers behind the bar are John and James Schmidt, who grew this original idea into a string of five Neighborhood Grills throughout the Seattle area. But fear [...]
The Ballard Loft isn’t one of those bars that you could pick up and reproduce in any location. In fact, co-owner and General Manager Dan Murphy told us, “It was built on a concept around the needs of the neighborhood.” He and his business partner decided to create a casual, neighborhood sports bar with quality [...]
