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It’s no ‘Pine/Pike’ but you can celebrate April Fools’ 2025 with a Poop Donut

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The great Pine/Pike prank of 2011

There have been some great Capitol Hill April Fools’ pranks over the years. 2011’s Pine/Pike sign switch stands out. 2014’s Costco Coffee? Also a winner.

2025? At least one neighborhood prank planned for April 1st is looking pretty sh…

…ockingly chocolately.

CHS doesn’t receive a lot of press releases with subject lines like “Poop Donut” but when we do, we open the email. Take it away, Mighty-O:

This month we have a highly anticipated launch of our Poop Donut that we roll out once a year in honor of April Fools Day!

We’re a local business that is turning 25 this year. Would you be able to help us get the word out? Any exposure would help us immensely! Here’s some info:

Seattle’s Mighty-O Donuts is selling a specialty “poop” donut for April Fool’s Day! Grab this dookie donut to play the ultimate prank on your friends, families, coworkers, and strangers by taking a big delicious bite!

The poop donut pre-orders open on March 18th for pick up on March 31 and April 1st. Limited supply will be sold in store on these two days so be sure to plan your pranks & place your poop pre-orders now!

You can order yours today or swing by the 12th Ave and Madison location and hope you get lucky Tuesday. CHS recommends splurging and adding the googly eyes for a quarter.

Meanwhile, another Hill doughnut shop will also join the April Fools’ Day prank trend. You can check with Summit’s Top Pot to get your hands on their limited edition Habanero Old Fashioned — “⁠Allergen Warning: Please note these spicy treats do contain real peppers. Please be mindful of food allergies when attempting this prank,” Top Pot notes.

 

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The Summit hustlers: Weekly pool competition draws shot makers and neighbors to Capitol Hill pub

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By Matt Dowell

“Some fat ass cats show up here,” said Ronnie on a recent Wednesday night at the Summit Public House. He’s a regular at the pool table there and he’s been shooting pool on Capitol Hill since the ’90s.

Summit’s free-to-play table attracts good players on any night of the week. But for the last few years, a weekly Wednesday night tournament has become a center of the scene.

Show up around 7 PM on a Wednesday and you will see players warming up. A stack of cylindrical cue cases abuts the long bench at one end of the table. Competitors chalk up with focus, break racks with a whip crack heard around the bar. As Katy, the organizer, takes $10 buy-ins, she adds names to the bracket on a nearby TV screen.

It might look serious to an outsider, especially one who doesn’t play pool. But chat up a few people gathered around and you’ll quickly see there’s more to it than the game.

“They’re fat, but friendly cats,” Ronnie revised. “I like the competitiveness here, and the chill. Everybody’s friendly. Everybody polices themselves. You can come out here [to the patio between games] and smoke your cig, your doobie, your spliff.”

“It’s a good way to spend some time on a Wednesday night.”

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Cornelly ready to expand from Capitol Hill with new Queen Anne pizza and pasta joint

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Part of Capitol Hill’s pandemic-challenged food and drink class of 2020, Cornelly craft pizza and pasta is adding a second, larger location in Queen Anne.

Sam Carroll talked with the Seattle Times about his plans. Cornelly’s expansion with a second location in the former Queen Anne Cafe space will be three times the size of the Summit Ave original and, adding some neighborhood envy to the news, the new spot will also have a bar. Continue reading →

‘Help A Beloved Family-owned Corner Store Recover’ — Neighbors rally to help Summit Foods recover from damaging break-in

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Neighbors have helped raise thousands of dollars to help support a Capitol Hill convenience store recover from repeated damaging break-ins.

A fundraiser for Summit Foods is close to its $10,000 goal thanks to the generosity of its customers and nearby residents of the Summit Ave shop that provides daily necessities on the western slope of Capitol Hill but has been targeted in smash and grab burglaries that have hobbled the business. Continue reading →

RIDER ALERT — Route 3’s arrival on Summit part of changes and cuts to dozens of bus lines as RapidRide G service begins in September

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Thanks to CHS reader Matthew for the picture

The neighborhood around Summit Ave is celebrating. New signs have gone up announcing the September start of service in the area on Route 3, one of several bus lines King County Metro is adjusting — and deleting — with the launch of the RapidRide G line on Madison.

The first #3 bus will mark the return of Metro service on the street since Route 47 was stalled in a pandemic-era suspension.

The gains of I-5 Shores are the losses of Queen Anne. Like so many routes being adjusted, the #3 change comes with some bad news for somebody. In this case, the route’s old path to Queen Anne is being sliced away. Continue reading →

Seattle Fire rescues one, quickly knocks down blaze in 116-year-old Capitol Hill weekly-stay hotel

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The 1908-built Curben Hotel on Summit Ave still stands after a fire Saturday morning required at least one person to be rescued during the response.

Seattle Fire was called to the 1700 block of Summit just south of Denny just before 6 AM to respond to an upper floor unit on fire in the three-story building.

Arriving firefighters performed a ladder rescue of at least one person. Seattle Fire reports they were treated at at the scene and in stable condition.

Crews were able to quickly bring the fire under control and a search revealed no additional victims.

It is not clear how many people will be displaced from the area of the building where the fire occurred in the longtime weekly-stay hotel.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Seattle Fire reports.

 

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Metro’s plan for RapidRide G service changes includes return of bus service to Capitol Hill’s I-5 Shores

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A new Metro coach ready for the center-loading RapidRide G line (Image: Metro)

King County Metro is planning for the return of Route 47 to serve Capitol Hill’s Summit and Bellevue Ave neighborhoods — kind of.

Metro and King County Executive Dow Constantine have arrived at a finalized plan for changes to area bus routes to better connect and optimize service with the planned 2024 opening of the RapidRide G bus line on Madison.

CHS reported here in December on Metro’s ongoing process to weigh rider feedback against available resources and hopes for increased service frequencies on key lines connecting to the RapidRide route.

Metro has been set on other changes including Route 10 and Route 12 with a proposal for the lines to be “reoriented” to operate along E Pine instead of E John and Madison, until they turn north on 15th Ave and 19th Ave. Metro is also going ahead with a plan to move Route 11 off Pine.

But the future of the former Route 47 service had been up in the air. Under the final plan being submitted for approval by the King County Council, Metro would restore service in the areas along Summit and Bellevue by “extending some Route 3 trips to restore trolley bus service in western Capitol Hill where the former Route 47 operated.” Continue reading →

911 caller reports accidentally shooting themself in the foot on Summit Ave

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A shooter who accidently hit themselves in the foot brought a large police and medical response to the 1400 block of Summit Ave Monday night.

Police and Seattle Fire were called to a building in the area where a caller reported having accidentally shot themself around 10 PM. Police says the 28-year-old suffered a self-inflicted, non-life threatening gunshot wound.

Seattle Fire provided treatment at the scene before the subject was taken to Harborview for further treatment.

There were no reported additional injuries or damage, and no arrests.

Elsewhere in the East Precinct, police responded to a report of gunfire in the Central District Monday night. Multiple 911 callers reported the gunfire around 20th and Cherry just before 11:15 PM. No injuries were reported.

 

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Metro says Summit/Bellevue bus service could be saved as it moves forward on changes to Routes 10, 11, and 12 in advance of RapidRide G opening

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“Option B”

King County Metro says there is wide support for plans to maintain higher frequency while shifting streets used by key bus routes along the coming Madison RapidRide G corridor but that community feedback could help save the planned cuts to bus service on Summit and Bellevue Ave north of Olive Way.

The agency has released new proposal maps and details of updated plans for its “Madison Street Area” network service revisions. CHS reported here earlier this year on the planning and survey process designed around optimizing bus lines in advance of the expected start of RapidRide G service hoped to begin in 2024.

Under the revised plans, Metro says it is moving ahead with changes to Route 10 and Route 12 with a proposal for the lines be “reoriented” to operate along E Pine instead of E John and Madison, until they turn north on 15th Ave and 19th Ave. Metro is also going ahead with the plan to move Route 11 off Pine.

“The Route 10 and Route 12 proposals were supported by respondents to bring more frequent service to important destinations along Pike Street and Pine Street. The Route 11 proposal had strong support from survey respondents,” Metro said about the decision. “The Route 11 proposal (along with the Route 8) would provide all-day, all-week, frequent service between destinations along Olive Way, John Street, and Thomas Street – such as the Capitol Hill Station, Safeway, Kaiser Permanente, Meany Middle School and more.” Continue reading →

911 | Teen shot in chest in MLK Way drive-by, explosions reported at Belmont Place encampment fire

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See something others should know about? Email CHS or call/txt/Signal (206) 399-5959. You can view recent CHS 911 coverage here. Hear sirens and wondering what’s going on? Check out Twitter reports from @jseattle or join and check in with neighbors in the CHS Facebook Group.

  • Teen shot in drive-by: A 17-year-old was shot in the chest and an address error delayed Seattle Fire’s response in a reported drive-by shooting early Friday morning on MLK Way. Police were called to the 1100 block of MLK Way South just before 1 AM Friday to the reported shooting and reported finding evidence of a shooting involving a 9mm handgun. Seattle Fire units were dispatched to the scene but were first sent to an incorrect address in the 1100 block of MLK Way — 1.3 miles north of the incident. A similar error occurred in the response last October to the shooting on MLK Way that took the life of neighborhood business owner D’Vonne Pickett, Jr. SPD says the victim was shot multiple times and Seattle Fire reported the teen was in serious condition when transported to Harborview by Seattle Fire. There were no reported arrests and we do know have an update on the victim’s condition. The shooting comes as the East Precinct has boosted patrols around Garfield High School following a string of gun violence in the area of the school.
  • Belmont Place encampment fire:

    Thanks to a CHS reader for the picture and report from the scene

    Seattle Fire rolled out a full response to a large encampment fire that threatened a building at Belmont Pl E and Bellevue Pl E Saturday night. According to SFD, the fire did not spread to the nearby structure but residents reported several explosions amid the massive wall of flame from the encampment on a property lined up for long-delayed development. There were no reported injuries.

  • Fatal 23rd Ave crash: A 57-year-old woman died Friday afternoon in a single-car crash at 23rd Ave and Judkins. Seattle Police say witnesses to the just after 4:30 PM crash reported the driver appeared to try to beat the intersection’s red light and overcorrected, “causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and impact a tree.” SPD said the southbound lane of 23rd Ave was shut during the investigation.
  • DUI driver strikes cop car: East Precinct officers had an easy time tracking down a suspected DUI driver after an early Tuesday morning crash smashed up a police patrol car. SPD reports officers inside the precinct headquarters at 12th and Pine heard the loud crash outside the building and saw the suspect vehicle turn onto E Pike after swiping into the police cruiser. Police tracked down the driver and placed the 25-year-old woman under arrest for suspected DUI and hit and run.
  • Smoky Sunday carport fire: A column of smoke that rose above Capitol Hill on the early evening of Sunday, May 28th came from a car fire in the carport of a 1700-block Summit Ave building. Seattle Fire says its units were able to quickly extinguish the blaze but not before it sent a cloud of thick smoke above the neighborhood.
 

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