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View MoreMatt Broussard plans Capitol Hill rotisserie chicken restaurant
Social media chef Matt Broussard, who built an 8-million-follower online career after working in Tom Douglas's Seattle kitchens, plans to open Char the Chicken, a counter-service rotisserie spot on Capitol Hill, by October.
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View MoreSeattle's BrainChild Bio raises $116M for brain cancer therapy
Seattle startup BrainChild Bio, spun out of Seattle Children's Hospital, raised $116 million in Series A funding to advance a CAR T cell therapy for DIPG, one of the deadliest childhood brain cancers, into a pivotal Phase 2 trial.
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View MorePine Books carries on 65-year bookselling tradition at Pike Place
Pine Books is the sixth bookstore to occupy a Pike Place Market storefront that has sold books continuously since 1961, with owner Tiffany Brost stocking Pulitzer and Booker Prize winners and hosting a World Cup book bracket.
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View MoreBeehive Espresso owner owes 70 baristas $1.85M for wage theft
A King County judge ordered Beehive Espresso owner Alan Tagle to pay more than $1.85 million to 70 former bikini baristas after finding he stole wages and tips for years across five Puget Sound espresso stands.
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View MoreCrocodile's Belltown basement gets new 400-capacity venue
Pittsburgh-based Bottlerocket Social Hall will combine the Crocodile's shuttered Madame Lou's and Here-After basement venues into a single 400-capacity concert and event space in Belltown, targeting a March 2027 opening.
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View MoreResearch predicts few Seattle millionaires will flee new tax
A Cornell researcher estimates about 98% of Washington's 25,000 millionaire households will stay despite the state's new 9.9% income tax, even as anecdotes of wealthy residents leaving dominate the debate ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 vote on Initiative 645.
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View MoreKitchen & Market plans Queen Anne store for early 2027
Kitchen & Market, the specialty grocer founded at Pike Place Market in 2021, plans to open its sixth location at W. McGraw Street and Queen Anne Avenue N. in early 2027, bringing chef-prepared meal kits and grab-and-go items to the neighborhood.
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View MoreSeattle completes Rainier Valley homeownership initiative at 127 homes
Seattle awarded $2.64 million to Habitat for Humanity and Jabooda Cares for 18 affordable homes on MLK Jr Way South, completing the Rainier Valley Affordable Homeownership Initiative at 127 homes and exceeding its original 100-unit goal.
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View MoreOutdoor Research moves HQ to West Seattle waterfront
Outdoor Research is relocating its corporate headquarters from a 114,000-square-foot SoDo building it occupied for 31 years to a 7,916-square-foot waterfront office in West Seattle's Denali building, while its flagship retail store temporarily closes ahead of a planned move to downtown Seattle.
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View MoreSeattle biotech TwinStrand wins $245M patent case
A federal judge ordered Guardant Health to pay Seattle's TwinStrand Biosciences and UW more than $245 million for willfully infringing DNA sequencing patents developed at the university, plus ongoing royalties through 2033.
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View MoreCrown Hill pub burglarized 6 days after opening
The Crown, a Crown Hill neighborhood pub that opened Aug. 12, was burglarized six days later when thieves drilled the lock, stole the safe and disabled cameras in four minutes. The pub stayed open and is asking the community to stop by.
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View MoreAlaska Airlines launching nonstop Seattle flights to Athens, Paris
Alaska Airlines will launch seasonal nonstop flights from Sea-Tac to Athens and Paris in May 2027, making Seattle the only West Coast city with direct service to Greece and bringing the airline's long-haul network to seven routes.
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View MoreStarbucks cuts 224 more Seattle jobs; 120 chose layoff over Nashville
Starbucks is eliminating 224 positions effective Oct. 19, including 120 corporate employees who refused to relocate to the company's new Nashville office, bringing total Washington job losses since February 2025 past 2,500.
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View More4 businesses to fill former Theo Chocolate building in Fremont
Four new businesses including a coffee shop, taproom, oyster bar and pottery studio will fill the former Theo Chocolate building at 3400 Phinney Ave. N. in Fremont this fall, bringing new life to a 121-year-old landmark that previously housed Redhook Brewery and the Fremont Trolley Barn.
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View MoreEx-Amazon exec moves startup to Dallas, dings Seattle
Former Amazon operations chief Dave Clark relocated his $150 million supply chain startup Auger from Bellevue to Dallas, warning Seattle's anti-business climate is pushing companies away as the city's office vacancy rate hits 35.8% and a $175 million budget deficit looms.
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