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‘A Man in a Porsche with a Trump Flag Hit Him with a Baseball Bat’ — More on SPD’s investigation of the possible Capitol Hill Election Night hate crime The Stranger dug up

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While several reports of disturbances involving Trump supporters on Election Night on Capitol Hill involved individuals or groups yelling from passing vehicles, details of an incident reported to have started with hateful harassment that escalated into an assault with a baseball bat on a gay man on 12th Ave have finally been made public.

The Seattle Police Department is looking for the suspects involved in the Election Night assault on Capitol Hill and investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

The Stranger was first to report the assault investigation Friday reporting “a man in a Porsche with a Trump flag hit him with a baseball bat” and questioning SPD why the department did not go public with the investigation or seek assistance in the case. A spokesperson told the outlet that detectives “may not publicize a case to prevent suspects from destroying evidence, or drawing others who may copy the crime.” Continue reading →

Landlord says shuttered Capitol Hill pizza joint left behind thousands in unpaid rent

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An unsatisfied customer’s contribution in Google Reviews

After three years of bizarre hours and arguably some of the worst slices ever sold on Capitol Hill, Fat Tomato has closed for good, leaving behind around $100,000 in unpaid rent, according to court filings and a notice posted at the shuttered 12th and Pine restaurant.

Court records show Equity Residential Management suing the restaurant’s ownership for nine months of unpaid rent — $96,815.18 as of September.

Photos of the complaint taped to the closed restaurant’s door make up some of the latest Fat Tomato photos posted to social media along with a rogue’s gallery of customers showing off some of the questionable pie they’ve been served over recent years at the corner pizza shop. Continue reading →

Police work to tie group of teens busted in robbery and carjacking spree to Capitol Hill-area mini-mart hold-ups

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Police are working to tie a flurry of armed robberies at Capitol Hill-area convenience stores to a string of nearly 80 increasingly violent hold-ups across Seattle and King County.

The Seattle Police Department says a task force arrested a group of teens and an adult suspect Thursday after tracking the group to Federal Way and chasing them down in a stolen mercedes:

The targets of the majority of these robberies were gas stations and late-night fast-food restaurants. The group would often consist of 2-3 males wearing facemasks and hooded clothing. The suspects would show up in a stolen vehicle which was either taken in a vehicle theft or a carjacking. They would enter the store, prop the door open, and point guns directly at the employees demanding they open the cash register. In many cases they would destroy computers they believed were tied to surveillance footage.

CHS reported here on Capitol Hill-area robberies possibly related to the group including a Friday night, October 4th hold-up at the Circle K on 12th Ave near Seattle University where the store and multiple customers were robbed at gunpoint. Less than 30 minutes later, the 7-Eleven at 15th and Denny was also help up at gunpoint where police say the suspect stole cash from the register along with a wallet and phone. The primary suspect was described a black male in his 20s, skinny and around 5’10”, wearing a black tracksuit and black ski mask, and carrying a black handgun with an extended magazine. Continue reading →

The Grand Illusion’s search for new Seattle art house home will include partnership with Capitol Hill’s Northwest Film Forum

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Classic Seattle art house cinema The Grand Illusion is moving on from its University District home and will be partnering with Capitol Hill’s Northwest Film Forum on pop-ups and more as it searches for a new theater to call home.

The Seattle Times reports the U District theater will close after more than 50 years with a final screening in January.

The Grand Illusion is asking for community fundraising support as it searches for a new space in the city and says 12th Ave’s NWFF will be a partner in pop-up screenings. Continue reading →

028 Barber Shop readying Capitol Hill expansion as haircut giant Rudy’s stumbles

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028 Barber Shop currently has four locations across the Seattle area (Image: 028 Barber Shop)

A growing Seattle-area chain of barber shops is coming to Capitol Hill just as the neighborhood-born giant Rudy’s is stumbling.

A new 028 Barber Shop is in the works replacing a former workout studio on 12th Ave inside the Trace Lofts building, CHS has learned.

The growth of the small chain comes as the city’s leading provider of barber services and E Pine-born Rudy’s has stumbled under private equity-backed SoHi Brands. In Oregon and Washington, the private equity firm entrenched itself with founders behind some of the region’s most popular but financially challenged small restaurants and companies including Rudy’s. Continue reading →

Barrio, an early player in the Pike/Pine food and drink boom, to close after 16 years on Capitol Hill

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A key investment for an early pioneer in the growth of Seattle “restaurant groups” and upscale Mexican cuisine on Capitol Hill and across the city will close this week after 16 years of business on 12th Ave. Its arrival was part of the early rumbles that grew into a boom in Pike/Pine food and drink driven by a surge in mixed-use redevelopment of the neighborhood.

Barrio, a Mexican restaurant concept from the company behind the Purple Wine Bar, announced its final day of service will be Friday, August 30th.

“It is with significant emotion to share that we have decided to close Barrio, our beloved restaurant in Capitol Hill, after a truly exceptional 16 years,” the Heavy Restaurant Group said in its announcement.

The massive 4,500-square-foot restaurant on the street level of the Trace North apartment building had been listed for sale earlier this summer for nearly $400,000 in a deal that would include monthly lease terms of $11,764 monthly rent plus $4,709 a month in building expenses.

CHS has asked Heavy for more information about the decision to close the business at this point with a lease still in hand but we have not heard back from the Seattle-based company. Continue reading →

‘Open and operating’ — County council votes in support of continued youth detention at 12th Ave’s Children and Family Justice Center

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The Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center (Image: King County)

The King County Council agreed this week on a symbolic gesture affirming its commitment to continue youth detention at 12th Ave’s Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center.

This week’s approval of the motion from Councilmember Reagan Dunn representing the county’s southeast came after “months of deliberation,” the announcement on the vote reads.

The council’s summer debate wasn’t quite as heated as the bulletin implies. “It is the intent of the King County Council to maintain operations of the secure juvenile detention facility at the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center,” the motion states.

Dunn positioned the approval as a necessary step toward more solid legislation. Continue reading →

Below 12th Ave, Pupper’s Play and Stay can help break the Capitol Hill dog freeze

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(Image: Pupper’s Play and Stay)

(Image: Pupper’s Play and Stay)

By Nova Berger/CHS Reporting Intern

8,400 square feet of Capitol Hill business space with a history canine customers is back in motion with a new dog boarding venture that is emphasizing connection for the social animals and directly addressing some of the damage done to doggie confidence by pandemic limitations.

Pupper’s Play and Stay owner Rob Rosemont is trying to break the Seattle Dog freeze by emphasizing the importance of dog to dog contact on the social well being of Capitol Hill dogs. With a giant, nearly 9,000-square-foot space, Pupper’s offers both daytime playtime and nighttime boarding as well as some add ons like walks in Cal Anderson and individual playtime. The process is customizable to the owner, and every dog undergoes a temperament evaluation to ensure they receive the best care tailored to their personality and needs​.

“The dog’s so nervous the first couple times. But after three or four visits, it starts to wag its tail and play with other dogs.” says Rosemont.

Pupper’s is doing its thing in a space that has long been home to Capitol Hill dog-related business. Most recently, Tails of the City called the underground space below 12th Ave home before moving to Georgetown. Above ground, eXit Space School of Dance has moved in and is bringing its energy to the NOD Theater.

For Pupper’s, the customer base is growing. The pandemic actually brought even more dogs to Capitol Hill. During COVID, approximately 23 million households nationwide acquired pets according to the ASPCA. Seattle saw a 30-40% rise in pet adoptions, reflecting a broader national trend of people seeking companionship during lockdowns.

Now that owners have returned to more traditional workdays, a lot of those dogs are stuck at home, Rosemont says.

“On Capitol Hill ,they sit in one to two bedroom apartments. Their owners only have time to take them out once or twice a day.” Continue reading →

With ‘zero youth detention’ commitments already broken, county council plans vote on keeping 12th Ave youth jail open

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The King County Council will vote in August on legislation some of its members say will affirm the county’s commitment to continuing youth detention at 12th Ave’s Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center.

“Today, the facility is holding 61 young people on charges including murder, manslaughter, rape, child molestation and other serious violent crimes,” Claudia Balducci, Law and Justice Committee vice chair and former director of the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention, said in a statement. “It is clear that we continue to have a need for detention. At the same time, our county has long been committed to the success of our young people to keep them out of detention.”

The August vote follows the county council committee’s failure Wednesday to arrive at a consensus on the proclamatory legislation from councilmember Reagan Dunn that creates no new specific policies or programs but would declare the intent of the council to “maintain operations of the youth detention facility.”

The legislation may not be necessary. Continue reading →

First Hill ax murder suspect charged with second deadly homeless attack

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The First Hill man jailed and facing trial in the ax murder of a sleeping camper in February has been charged with the murder of a second homeless man 12 days earlier in a 12th Ave alley.

Liam Kryger is now facing two counts of first degree murder.

CHS was first to report police had linked the 25 year old to the additional killing.

Prosecutors say mobile phone and video evidence shows Kryger carrying an ax behind the office building of the Seattle Men’s Chorus where 68-year-old Paul Ewell was found murdered early on February 10th with injuries “created by a heavy sharp object similar to a hatchet, axe, or maul” indicating “there were at least three such strikes to his head,” according to the SPD report on the killing.

Prosecutors allege Kryger killed again less than two weeks later when he murdered 52-year-old Daravuth Van with an ax as he camped near First Hill’s Town Hall event venue. Continue reading →