Mayor Mike McGinn’s End Hunger Food Drive is approaching.  On Saturday, September 25, 2010, volunteers across King County will collect food for those in need at participating grocery stores. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., donations will be accepted at the Greenlake PCC (7504 Aurora Ave N).  The food will help feed hungry families, children [...]

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 [...]

We just received word that a longboard and kiteboard specialty shop is moving into the area. On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, Motion Boardshop (MOBO) will move to 8310 Aurora Ave N.  The location was formerly occupied by Karin’s Beauty Supplies. Motion Boardshop has been in business in Lake Forest Park since 2008.  The move to [...]

According to the Seattle Weekly’s restaurant and dining blog Voracious, a lube wrestling competition is coming to the Kangaroo & Kiwi (7305 Aurora Ave N), which Voracious pegs as “a sorta-fratty Aussie bar across Aurora from sorta-fratty Greenlake.” The wrestlers are members of the Emerald City Mudhens, a first-division women’s rugby team. The event starts [...]

The Greenlake Farmers Market (6501 Aurora Ave N) is offering a free food preservation class. Learn to can and freeze peaches this Saturday (August 14, 2010) at 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the market, located at 6501 Aurora Ave N, on the same lot as the U-Haul truck-rental business. No registration is required – [...]