Many TJs contended for this honor, but only one hired a toddler to draw her favorite shapes and then used that as the garage blueprint. Parking uphill? Angled? Blind corners? This brave little architect said, “Why not all three?”

If for some reason you need to go east from this store, the choices are simple: a sometimes-illegal (the sign goes up and down!), always death-defying left turn onto 15th to get to the light at 85th or a scenic tour of North Ballard’s wiggliest streets and finest dead ends.

No number of painted arrows could tame the individual and collective chaos of the three main entrances into this sloped mess of angled spots. But that hasn’t stopped them from adding more! That’s a bummer for pedestrians who would prefer if drivers looked up, not down, since the lack of walkways forces them to weave through multiple rows of parked cars and two-way traffic to get to the store.

Perhaps fewer people would attempt the wildly inefficient, mildly risky left turn onto Rainier from this lot if the other exit didn’t dump them on to a small street that probably either is closed for the farmers market or has all its visibility blocked by a delivery truck ignoring the “no parking” signs.

Come one, come all, to the hall of mirrors, parking spot edition. The outdoor lot just across from the store entrance appears normal—until you try to turn down one of the narrow lanes, park in the tiny spots, or access the identical but completely separate lot on the west edge. If you can’t open the passenger side door, just tell your kid it’s a fun game to crawl in through the trunk.