Last week’s closure of Tangletown’s Meridian Market has prompted me to revisit some recent postings to flickr by the Seattle Municipal Archives. O’Neil’s Grocery, a convenience store that once served the west side of Green Lake, can be seen here in this 1959 snapshot: photo credit: Seattle Municipal Archives O’Neil’s was located at 6522 Fremont Ave N. In 1998, a permit was issued to change the location’s land use from “multi purpose convenience store” to “administrative offices.” The address is currently occupied by CancerLifeline‘s Dorothy O’Brien Center. View Larger Map This east Green Lake grocery store and deli, pictured here…
August 2010
August 29, 2010 at 5:34PM
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A visit to Aurora Ave's new Mexican grocery shop
Many thanks to Ben K. over at Aurora|Seattle for giving us permission to share this clip with you, in which he visits new Mexican grocery shop Mendoza’s Mexican Mercado. The shop is located at 7811 Aurora Ave, in a spot previously occupied by the Sweet Spot Café. Thanks, Ben, for all the stories you bring us from “Seattle’s favorite street.”
August 29, 2010 at 5:07PM
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Tangletown's Meridian Market goes dark
The lights are off and the doors are locked at Meridian Market (2201 N 56th St). The market has been a fixture in Tangletown for three years. It has been struggling since last winter, and was officially put up for sale two weeks ago. A craigslist ad lists the sale price at $250,000. When I spoke with owner Wally Wright on August 11, he had no plans of shutting down the market before it was sold. However, My Green Lake tipster Ann tells us that the market was closed on Thursday night, and horseknuckle reports that it was still shut…
August 27, 2010 at 4:41PM
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Work continues this weekend at Green Lake Elementary School's Olallie Garden
Following up on two successful community work parties earlier this summer, the Green Lake Elementary School Garden Club again invites the community to lend a hand at the school’s Olallie Native Garden. Green Lake Elementary parents are using funding from the City of Seattle’s Neighborhood Matching Fund to improve the existing garden by making it accessible to kids with disabilities, adding an outdoor classroom for instructional activities and constructing sustainable elements to be enjoyed by the whole neighborhood. Yvette Herrera Greer of the Garden Club tells us that the green roof demonstration shed building is complete, thanks in large part…
