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View MoreCantina Monarca plans 11,000-sq-ft restaurant at Lake Union Piers
Bellevue restaurateur Bernie Garcia plans to open an 11,000-square-foot Cantina Monarca location at Vulcan Real Estate's Lake Union Piers development by summer 2027, a major waterfront dining expansion as Seattle's restaurant sector faces rising costs and closures.
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View MoreCharlie's Queer Books plans second store on Capitol Hill
Charlie's Queer Books, the Fremont bookstore that launched from a disco-tiled cart in 2023, is opening a second, larger location at 1122 E Pike St. on Capitol Hill with a 50-seat event loft, children's reading nook, café and wine bar.
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View MoreBallard Ave loses Andalucia after 9 months
Moroccan restaurant Andalucia at 5327 Ballard Ave NW has closed after nine months, with owner Taufik Ridani citing rising costs, high rent and the toll of running the business alone.
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View MoreBooking Holdings plants $100M AI travel startup in downtown Seattle
Booking Holdings launched Vayo, a 20-person AI travel startup in downtown Seattle, with a planned $100 million investment, marking the travel giant's return to the area six years after closing its Bellevue office.
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View MoreGetty Images plans bankruptcy, keeps 360 Seattle jobs
Seattle-based Getty Images announced it will file for bankruptcy to shed $2.1 billion in debt and return to private ownership under the Getty and Koch families, with no layoffs planned for its roughly 360 Seattle employees.
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View MoreWallingford's Hawaii General Store closes after 28 years
Gail Stringer is closing the Hawaii General Store in Wallingford by the end of November after 28 years, citing rising costs, and will host a farewell party with live music on Saturday, Oct. 17.
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View MoreAnalog Coffee breaks 15-year vow with Lake Union expansion
Capitol Hill's Analog Coffee is preparing to open a second location in a former Starbucks drive-through space at 1200 Westlake Ave N. on Lake Union, breaking founders Danny Hanlon and Tim Hayden's 15-year vow to remain a single-shop operation.
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View MoreSeattle bans grocery surveillance pricing in U.S. first
Mayor Katie Wilson signed an ordinance making Seattle the first U.S. city to prohibit large grocers from using shoppers' personal data to set individualized prices, with the law taking effect Sept. 1, 2027.
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View MoreYoodli launches AI training platform from new Pier 70 office
Seattle AI startup Yoodli launched five corporate training products on Oct. 7, expanding beyond interview prep into enterprise learning as it grows to about 100 employees at its new Pier 70 headquarters.
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View MoreSeattle minimum wage hits $22.14 on Jan. 1
Seattle's minimum wage rises 84 cents to $22.14 per hour on Jan. 1, 2027, giving the city the highest local minimum in Washington state as business owners warn the increase compounds already rising costs from utilities, rent and a new state income tax.
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View MoreHashi Market signs lease for Aurora Avenue's Amazon Fresh space
Japanese grocery chain Hashi Market signed a lease for the 35,715-square-foot former Amazon Fresh space at 13025 Aurora Ave. N., marking the second former Amazon Fresh location in Seattle to be re-tenanted in a week.
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View MoreBallard launches vintage shop crawl across 10 stores Oct. 2
Ballard's first Vintage & Secondhand Crawl runs Oct. 2–4 across 10 shops and four bars, with discounts up to 60% off and a passport stamp system for a prize drawing.
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View MoreHedreen sells 50 artworks to fund Seattle U's $90M museum
Seattle University donor Richard Hedreen will auction roughly 50 works from his pledged $300 million collection through Sotheby's, with proceeds projected to exceed $90 million for construction of the planned Seattle University Museum of Art on 12th Avenue, even as the Lee Center for the Arts faces demolition to make way for the project.
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View MoreAllen Institute launches $95M AI protein lab in South Lake Union
The Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch have launched AI BioDesign, a $94.6 million initiative funded by the Paul G. Allen estate to use artificial intelligence to design novel proteins for cancer therapies and vaccines, with 62 researchers now working out of a South Lake Union lab.
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View MoreCharlie's Queer Books opens Capitol Hill shop in November
Charlie's Queer Books plans to open a second location at 1122 E Pike on Capitol Hill in November, bringing a 50-seat event space, coffee shop and wine bar to the building damaged by a 2025 electrical fire that shuttered the Post Options business center.
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