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Beloved Seattle restaurant makes a comeback through city's new ownership program

The city recently launched a program to provide a path for business owners also to own their space.
Ruby de Luna
Business

These Black-owned Seattle businesses are closing their doors in 2025

It may be the beginning of a new year, but for some local businesses, 2025 is the beginning of the end.
Ruby de Luna
Business

Last call at Merchant’s Cafe & Saloon: Seattle’s oldest bar set to close

Seattle’s longest-running bar is set to close its doors for good at the end of the year. The historic tavern is known for its ghost stories, press tin ceiling, and buckboard floors in the heart of Pioneer Square.
Casey Martin
Business

Return to office and real clothes came just in time for this Seattle startup

Armoire founder Ambika Singh is standing in a sprawling new SoDo warehouse. Aisles of sequined dresses, holiday sweaters, and workwear stretch out in every direction. Her business is booming, but she’s remembering a not-so-distant past when she wasn’t sure the clothing rental startup would make it.
Monica Nickelsburg
Arts & Life

Seattle's minimum wage, one of the highest in US, goes up again in January

Starting Jan. 1, the minimum wage in Seattle will be $20.76.
Ruby de Luna
Business

Starbucks workers strike in Seattle, LA, and Chicago as negotiations stall

Unionized Starbucks workers in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago hit the picket lines Friday. It’s the start of a five-day strike aimed at disrupting Starbucks during the busy days leading up to Christmas, when many customers stop by for seasonal drinks.
Monica Nickelsburg
Food

Peter Piper may have picked a peck of pickled peppers, but he had nothing on Mama Lil’s

Kim Malcolm talks to Howard Lev, author of A Pepper for Your Thoughts? How NOT to Start a Gourmet Foods Business.
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
Arts & Life

Holly, jolly, and a little bit naughty. Seattle SantaCon is comin’ to town

Love it or hate it, the holiday pub crawl is back in Seattle this year with hundreds of partying Santas swarming downtown bars. The event can be a bit chaotic, but it's also a big moneymaker for bartenders.
Casey Martin
Business

Albertsons calls off merger with Kroger. Now what?

"This deal is dead as a door nail," according to University of Washington law professor Doug Ross.
Ruby de Luna
Food

No hocus pocus, just delicious donuts. A Seattle area guide to authentic shops

With all of the excitement and social media buzz over Voodoo Doughnuts opening their first Seattle shop in Capitol Hill this week, here’s an appreciation post for your local, independent donut shop quietly pumping out the best donuts that opens early and closes when the donuts run out.
Casey Martin

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