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Puppies, live music, and beer — Boneyard indoor dog park and tavern coming to the Central District

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Dogs love beer including this good one we spotted at Chuck’s (Image: CHS)

The Central Seattle dog park experience is about to change with the addition of Boneyard, an indoor dog park and tavern set to join S Jackson.

Dagmar Rehse, dog lover and Boneyard owner, wanted to create a way for Seattleites and their furry friends to spend and enjoy time together away from their homes — even when it is raining cats and dogs in the city.

“Nine months out of the year you see these dog owners going to dog parks and suffering in the elements to let their dogs play,” Rehse said. “I wanted to create something more comfortable for the humans while their dogs are frolicking around.”

The new space at the corner of 26th and Jackson will be an indoor dog park and tavern, with boarding and doggy daycare for the dogs, and a bar for their owners to play “drink” at. While Rehse doesn’t live in the area, she did notice that the dog friendly neighborhood was missing this kind of hangout. It is also in an area beyond the higher rent neighborhood cores where the rent on a 3,267-square-foot space needed to give rover room to run pencils out.

And while there are many dog-friendly drinking venues around the Central District and Capitol Hill, the Boneyard is the only one centered on making a great, safe space for canine companions. It will also offer something no other beer hall around can offer — fur baby babysitting for dog owners who want a break while they crack a cold one.

Boneyard will be the first space that Rehse has opened, built by her love for dogs and a wish for a place where dog and owner can enjoy themselves together outside of their home. Continue reading →

Fix the L8! Campaign underway to sway City Hall to do more to ease the way for one of Seattle’s most notoriously late bus routes

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A campaign to fix a key bus line connecting the Seattle Center, Lower Queen Anne, South Lake Union, the Central District, and beyond via Capitol Hill is raising awareness for its mission to improve the average on-time performance of the Route 8 bus. The campaign is focused specifically on the stretch of road spanning from 1st Ave to Fairview for the trip known as “Route L8” to many riders,

Nicholas Sattele, a volunteer with Central Seattle Greenways who is heading up the Fix the L8 campaign, pointed out that Denny Way is getting repaved next year without plans to add a bike or bus lane.

“Seattle pays higher transit taxes and in exchange, we get money to use for transit improvements,” Sattele said. “Route 8 is notably absent from that list.” Continue reading →

With Levantine flavors and natural wines from Cantina Sauvage, Cafe Suliman coming to Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market

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Ahmed Suliman and Marc Papineau (Image: @cantinasauvage)

 

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The Arabic flavors of Cafe Suliman are set to join Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market with natural wine purveyor Cantina Sauvage joining up to return to the space that started their partnership together.

Ahmed Suliman and Marc Papineau have a history on Melrose, both working together at Bar Ferdinand and Sitka and Spruce which grew in the market before fading into Capitol Hill food and drink history. The new cafe, marketplace, and bar will open in the same location where Bar Ferdinand was created.

“This place is probably the third or fourth that I looked at and I felt I was just following my heart — really that is what this place is,” Papineau said.

The space Papineau and Suliman are moving into is a partnership between their respective businesses. Cantina Sauvage, Papineau’s business, will act as the wine bar while Suliman’s business, Cafe Suliman, will be the restaurant and market — joint ventures in the same space.

Suliman is curating the menu for the space based on his childhood growing up in the United Arab Emirates. Shaped by pop-ups across Seattle, Cafe Suliman is an homage to his Middle Eastern culture.

“A lot of those recipes are based on the foods I grew up with and also my late mother,” Suliman said. “It’s a space that I really wanted to share with her as a tribute.” Continue reading →