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View MoreAluel Cellars closing original Capitol Hill tasting room Friday; Queen Anne and Ballard stay open
Aluel Cellars, the queer-owned urban winery co-founded by Alex Oh and Samuel Hilbert, will close its original Capitol Hill tasting room at 801 E Thomas St. on Friday, July 10, citing rising costs and public safety challenges, while its Queen Anne and Ballard locations remain open.
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View MoreAnthropic leases 113,000 square feet at South Lake Union's Dexter Yard
Anthropic leased 113,000 square feet at 700 Dexter Ave. N in South Lake Union, one of Seattle's largest office deals of 2026, offering a rare bright spot for a market with 28% vacancy and 17 straight quarters of negative absorption.
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View MoreBoeing engineers open 1st full contract talks in 14 Years
Boeing and SPEEA opened the first full contract negotiations in nearly 14 years on Wednesday, July 1, covering roughly 17,000 Puget Sound engineers and technicians whose contracts expire October 6.
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View MoreWorld Cup crowds pack Seattle, but Chinatown-International District businesses are left out
While downtown bars post record World Cup sales, Chinatown-International District businesses steps from Lumen Field report their worst days ever as regulars avoid crowds and soccer tourists bypass culturally specific restaurants.
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View MoreBungie cuts 292 Bellevue jobs as Destiny 2 ends, adding to Washington's tech layoff wave
Sony is cutting 292 jobs at Bungie's Bellevue headquarters effective July 9, the studio's third round of layoffs since Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition in 2022, adding to more than 11,000 tech job losses in Washington state over the past year.
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View MoreWalrus and Carpenter cooks and servers reach deal, ending weeklong strike
Sea Creatures management and the United Creatures of the Sea union reached a tentative first contract Wednesday night, June 24, ending the weeklong strike at The Walrus and the Carpenter on Ballard Ave NW; contract terms remain undisclosed pending a ratification vote.
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View MoreOver $60,000 raised for Ballard couple's home-based commercial kitchen damaged by fire
A June 9 fire wiped out the commercial kitchen and home of Sara and Sam Lucchese near 30th Ave NW and NW 59th St in Ballard, threatening the production base for their three farmers market food businesses and prompting a GoFundMe campaign backed by the Seattle Farmers Market Association.
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View MoreOx Burger serves Lao burger at Ballard pop-up at Fair Isle Brewing every Sunday and Monday
Chef Khampaeng Panyathong's Ox Burger has opened a pop-up kitchen at Fair Isle Brewing in Ballard's Brewery District, serving its acclaimed Lao Burger and two other smashburgers on Sundays and Mondays alongside the brewery's existing La Marea residency.
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View MoreStacked sandwich shop opens permanent location inside Montana Badlands with summer menu
Chef Sarah Monson's Stacked sandwich pop-up has gone permanent at Montana Badlands, 532 Queen Anne Ave N, filling a ground-floor food slot that has cycled through multiple operators since early 2024.
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View MoreExpeditors International breaks no-layoff tradition after 46 years, cutting hundreds of Seattle tech jobs
Expeditors International cut 230 Seattle-area tech workers on Monday, June 8, ending a no-layoff tradition dating to the logistics company's 1979 founding, even as the company posted $810 million in profit last year and touted AI investments five weeks before the cuts.
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View MoreNew state rule rounds Seattle business cash totals to nearest nickel
House Bill 2334, which took effect Thursday, June 11, allows Washington retailers to round cash transactions to the nearest nickel as pennies disappear from circulation. Here's how the math works at the register.
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View MoreSalmonberry's 12 year growth cost it a spot at Ballard Farmers Market
Salmonberry Goods co-owners Alex Johnstone and David Rothstein are ending their 12-year vendor run at the Ballard Farmers Market on Sunday, June 14, shifting focus to their Sunset Hill bakery-grocery and home delivery programs.
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View MoreReport: Seattle goes from 2nd best city for foreign business investment to 11th in one year
Seattle fell from 2nd to 13th in the 2026 FT-Nikkei ranking of best U.S. cities for foreign investment, drawing sharp reactions from local tech leaders and adding fuel to an ongoing debate about the city's business environment.
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View MoreBallard locals feel divided on the return of a well known vintage store
Barn Owl Vintage Goods, a Georgetown-based vintage clothing shop owned by Josh Dand, is opening a 5,000-square-foot location at 5209 Ballard Ave NW this summer, targeting a launch around Ballard Seafoodfest and filling a space vacant since Tactics closed in March.
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View More7 mix of local and national restaurants arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Sea-Tac Airport's $399 million renovated C concourse opens Thursday, June 11, with 11 new restaurants and shops, tripling the space to 229,500 square feet just days before the FIFA World Cup arrives in Seattle.
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