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Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend.
Benched
The Ravenna Varsity, a beloved 62-year-old diner, will serve its last classic cinnamon roll on August 3, after the owner and landlord were unable to come to an agreement on lease renewal. Even after closing briefly in 2002, when its original space was torn down, the Varsity remained a favorite hangout for the neighborhood.
This news came on the heels of a fierce pushback at nearby 92-year-old bar Little Red Hen losing its lease. Reporting this week from The Seattle Times painted a more complicated picture, but brought the good news that they extended the current lease until the end of August, allowing the bar to stay open while negotiating a potential lease extension.
Coffee Talk—Middle East Edition
Pastries on Parade
- Jungle fever: Farmers market fave panadería Pan de La Selva is opening softly next week at its new downtown digs, and bringing a plant to help green up the space gets you a 15 percent discount.
- Scandinavian Specialties: Pike Place Market coffee shop and bakery Freya opened a second location in the 8,000-square-foot former Specialty’s space at Fifth and Union. To clarify how big that is, it’s something like seven gajillion times the size of the original location.
More Comings and Goings
- Ya regresa: Monica Dimas’s return to Capitol Hill started with the opening of Pitch the Baby last week, and will continue with the rebirth of Condesa, her one-time torta shop, next door on August 9.
- Adiositos: Poquitos announced this week that after seven years in Bothell, it would be closing its northern outlet as of September 20. The Capitol Hill location will remain open.
- Curd stop: The no-longer-mobile cheese vendor Street Cheese, started by a pair of local cheesemongers, opened its permanent location on Beacon Hill this week.
Oh, BTW, here’s what you missed last week.
