Retail
More Cashier-less Amazon Go Stores Could Be Opening in Seattle
A report says that Amazon has seen success with the HQ1-adjacent store, and more stores could soon be opening in Seattle and Los Angeles.
Amazon’s new no-checkout convenience store has seen some early success, and more locations like it will soon be opening. Recode is reporting that Amazon is planning six more Amazon Go locations, some of which are likely to be in Seattle. The report says “Amazon has identified three locations” for additional Go stores here in Amazon’s…
Seattle Magazine’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2017
Finding the perfect holiday gift isn't easy. Fortunately, Seattle magazine can help.
Its that time of year again when we pause to write cards and wrap special somethings for special someones in sparkly paper and ribbons. There are a million gifts out there to choose from and, sure, its the thought that counts, but taking the time to select the right gift for the right person is…
Photo: 300,000 People Celebrate NBA Champion SuperSonics in Downtown Seattle in 1979
The Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets in the 1979 NBA Finals. Is another Sonics victory parade is Seattle's future?
This photograph appeared on the front page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5, 1979. A crowd estimated at 300,000 in a city of 493,000 residents thronged downtown Seattle the day before to celebrate the Seattle SuperSonics victory over the Washington Bullets on June 1, giving Seattle its only National Basketball Association championship. This view…
Longtime Sportswriter Larry LaRue Dies
He covered the Seattle Mariners for more than 20 years.
Larry LaRue, a supremely gentle man with a gift for storytelling, died of a heart attack Monday while visiting family in California. He worked for The News Tribune of Tacoma from 1988 to 2015, most of that time spent as the newspaper’s beat writer covering the Seattle Mariners. Seattle Business magazine wrote about LaRue’s entertaining…
Celebrating the Photographer Who Chronicled Seattles African-American Community for Six Decades
"On the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith" opens this month at MOHAI and will run until June 2018.
FOCAL POINT: Al Smith photographed singer Vivian Dandridge (above), older sister of Dorothy Dandridge, at Seattle’s China Pheasant restaurant in 1953. This article appears in print in the November 2017 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Albert Joseph Septimus Al Smith grew up above a grocery store in Seattle, the son of a couple…
Coming Home: 5th Avenue Theatre Brings ‘Something Rotten’ to Seattle
David Armstrong feels something special for the one that got away.
When the musical Something Rotten makes its Northwest premiere at the 5th Avenue Theatre this month, you will excuse David Armstrong for feeling a wee bit parental about the touring companys long-awaited arrival. The 5th Avenue Theatre workshopped Something Rotten in 2014 and scheduled its world premiere aka pre-Broadway tryout on the 5th Avenue stage…
Retail Farming Takes Hold in Washington
More growers see the benefit of selling their products directly to the consumer.
Washington state farmers are moving upstream in the retail chain to develop and sell food and drink products and also capture customer appetites for farm-to-table meals. TRIDEC, the Tri-Cities Economic Development Council, annually produces the FABREO food and beverage trade show in Pasco. This years show FABREO stands for Food and Beverage Retention and Expansion…
Dining: Healthful Ice Cream?
Frankie & Jos plant-based offerings salve the conscience and satisfy the palate.
My skepticism about healthy sweets started when my mom first brought home a box of fat-free SnackWells cookies in the mid-90s. In that case, the skepticism was justified. I approached the vegan ice cream at Frankie & Jos with less skepticism because of the power duo at the helm: Kari Brunson, the juice queen behind…
Life & Style: Perpetual Blush
Washingtons excellent roses: Theyre not just for summer sipping.
In the summer of 2013, dry, new-school Washington rose was in the early, buzzy stages of its emergence.In the subsequent four years, that buzz has turned into a roar, as Seattleites have been treated to a flood of crisp, dry, delicious pink wines. Rose is here to stay, declares Trey Busch of Walla Walla-based Sleight…
Made in Washington #7: Bob Kramer Knives
Sharper Image: a photo gallery by Navid Baraty
If theres a hierarchy in the world of knife making, Bob Kramer Knives occupies a top rung. Kramer’s custom-made, carbon-steel chefs knives fetch prices of $10,000 and up and you might wait several years to get one. Kramer, who worked in professional kitchens before turning to bladesmithing in Seattle, moved to Olympia in 2005 and…
Spotlight: Customer Relations 101
A local chef gets his point across and how(ie)!
Weve all been there. We see an item listed on a restaurant menu and wonder how in heavens name it can charge that much for a hamburger. Or some mac n cheese. Or a simple Caesar salad. One woman who dined recently at Beardslee Public House in Bothell wondered as much, and she posted this…
Drink: Meet Ciders Cute Cousin
Perry might become your favorite summer sipper.
Lightly sparkling and faintly fruity, the traditional European drink known as perry has found an ideal production climate and an appreciative audience in the Pacific Northwest. A surge of enthusiasm for this Old World beverage made from fermented pears began with cider makers looking for new ways to use fruit and continues to grow as…