Coronavirus Chronicles

Washington Reopens, and Seattle Wants You to Celebrate Downtown

The city rolls out a slate of festivities as the state rolls back restrictions on activity.

06/30/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Soup Excitement

Pho Bac Plans a New Location, and a Cocktail Bar, Downtown

Phocific Standard Time will serve playful cocktails upstairs.

06/03/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Groundbreaker

A Seattle Skyscraper’s Rise Helps Shatter a Glass Ceiling

A new 40-story condo building owes much of its design to Julia Nagele, one of few women in the world to shape such a tall tower.

12/21/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Overnights

High-End Lotte Hotel Finally Opens, Pandemic Be Damned

At last, a look at a long-vacant property that's been in limbo for years.

09/24/2020 By Allison Williams

LEMON UP

The Girl Scouts Are Throwing a Parade for a Brand New Lemon Cookie

The parade for the new Lemon-Up cookie starts Friday at noon.

02/28/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Meat Monuments

Daniel’s Broiler Bets Big on Downtown

What happens when a 40-year institution takes on Seattle’s hotel boom.

02/25/2020 By Providence Cicero

Downtown Switch-Ups

Sansei Is Closed and—Oh Sweet, Glorious Day—Dough Zone Will Open in Its Place

The soup dumpling purveyor is slated to arrive at Ninth and Pine this summer.

04/30/2019 By Rosin Saez

Opening Dispatch

The Hart and the Hunter Brings Southern-Style Food By Way Of LA

It's open now inside the new Palihotel downtown with beloved butter biscuits, photogenic tartines, and salmon jerky.

11/08/2018 By Rosin Saez

'Cue News

Now for an Update on Jack's BBQ Expansions

First up: a downtown location in the Columbia Tower, then a South Lake Union outpost in the fall.

05/25/2018 By Rosin Saez

Local Rooms

Lusty Lady to Become a Boutique Hotel

Sleep over at the old peep show.

05/29/2015 By Allison Williams

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: You're Invited to Hack the Commute

Today's picks for civic nerds

02/10/2015 By Darren Davis

City

Afternoon Fizz: Scholes to Head Downtown Seattle Association

Longtime DSA policy point person to take over as President & CEO of the group.

11/13/2014 By Josh Feit

Hotels

Local Rooms: Hotel Motif

So long, Red Lion. There's a new indie in town.

06/24/2014 By Allison Williams

Slideshow

Butch Blum's Cool New Storefront

04/10/2014

Slideshow

Jack Straw's New Digs on First Ave

04/08/2014

The City Moves

The Waterfront Gondola is Really Happening (Probably)

The guy who built the Great Wheel is serious: He's putting a skyway through Union Street.

03/04/2014 By Allison Williams

Retail Supernews

First Look: Zara Seattle

The biggest thing to happen in downtown Seattle retail in, oh, maybe 15 years?, happens today, on February 13 at 10a, when Zara opens for business at Westlake Center.

02/13/2014 By Laura Cassidy Photography by Kirby Calvin

Crime

Last Night: When Bus Riders Attack

A disgruntled bus rider attacks four women, including the writer, on a stretch of Third Avenue known for crime.

01/17/2014 By Sara Hendrickson

Hidden Gems

Eight Places to Eat Your Lunch Outside

Brown-bag it to these urban retreats around downtown and add a vitamin D boost to your day.

05/23/2013 By Rachel Breiwick