Rice on the Hill

Taku, Shota Nakajima's New Kushikatsu Bar, Arrives At Last

The Pike/Pine hangout serves up its first round of highballs and fried avocado on March 11.

02/24/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Side Bar

Life on Mars Spins '70s Vibes with Pike/Pine Chic

The vegan cocktail bar, run by music industry locals, lets you pick the soundtrack (sometimes).

08/20/2019 By Stefan Milne

Pedestrian Chronicles

Pedestrian Chronicles: Data Shows Peds and People Below King County Median Income Dominate Light Rail Ridership

Nearly 60 percent of light rail passengers arrive by foot.

10/04/2016 By Josh Feit

Power Lines

The Capitol Hill Street Closure Controversy

When Pike and Pine closed to car traffic over the summer, some businesses in the neighborhood rebelled.

10/26/2015 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Developers Scoff at Both Sawant and Burgess

Rent resolution, neighborhood reaction, Eyman violation, and housing consternation.

09/22/2015 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Pike/Pine Showdown and Uber Standoff

Caffeinated news featuring Uber's response, a retailer's response, and a legislator's resignation.

09/02/2015 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Some Pike/Pine Property Owners Disapprove of Street Closure Project, Uber Driver Deactivated After Speaking Out on Workers' Rights

Caffeinated news featuring a Pike/Pine surprise.

09/01/2015 By Josh Feit

Urbanism

The Pedestrian Chronicles: The Pike-Pine Corridor

The Downtown Seattle Association promotes a new plan to connect the waterfront to Capitol Hill.

03/06/2014 By Josh Feit

Feature

Best Places to Live 2011

An insider’s guide to Seattle’s best neighborhoods—from Burien to Vashon to Laurelhurst—now and in the future.

03/15/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Last Night

What could be more relaxing that sitting in a blindingly bright white room and being leered at by a giant orange frowny face while eating food delivered on a conveyor belt?

11/15/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

Save The Cars On Pike Street!

Recently some folks have been floating around the idea of making certain streets in the Pike/Pine neighborhood off limits to cars during weekend nights. To prove that I am not a fundamentalist car hater, let me say this: It's a silly idea.

09/10/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

Hugeasscityscapes

Walk eleven blocks due east of the utopian upscale-hipster urban street scene on 12th Ave between Union and Pike and you're on a different planet.

08/06/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

The Tallest Building in Pike/Pine

By preserving an existing historic facade to gain a 10 foot height allowance increase, a proposed seven story building at 11th and Pine would be the tallest building in the Pike/Pine neighborhood.

07/13/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

Holding Patterns

04/21/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

Last Night

03/19/2010 By Dan Bertolet

Opinion

On the Need to Eliminate Red Tape

02/18/2010 By Dan Bertolet