Seattle Real Estate & Homes For Sale | Seattle, Washington » Lake City http://www.seattlepowersearch.com Seattle Real Estate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:45:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/seattle-neighborhood-farmers-markets/ http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/seattle-neighborhood-farmers-markets/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:36:14 +0000 Edy Kizaki http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/?p=6993 Fremont Sunday Market

Seattle Farmers Markets are a local tradition, and each neighborhood has one with a little bit of it’s own special character.  Here is the all-inclusive list of the markets.  You don’t have to limit yourself to one because many of them are on different days of the week.  Two of my favorites are the Fremont Sunday Market and the Ballard Sunday Market, and of course the Granddaddy of them all, Pike Place Market itself.

BALLARD: Sundays 10-3 year round, 5300 Ballard Ave NW

BELLTOWN:  Thursdays 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July to Sept, 2901 Western Ave

BROADWAY:  Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May to December, Broadway & Pine

COLUMBIA CITY:  Wednesdays 3 p.m. to 7  p.m. April to October, 37th Ave S & S Edmunds

GEORGETOWN:  Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June to October, 6000 Airport Way S

LAKE CITY:  Thursdays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June to October, NE 125th & 28th Ave NE

MADRONA:  Fridays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. May to September, 1126 MLK S

MAGNOLIA:  Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June to October, 33rd Ave W & W Smith St

PHINNEY:  Fridays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June to October, 67th & Phinney Ave N

PIKE PLACE MARKET:  Mon-Sat 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. year round, 1st & Pike

QUEEN ANNE:  Thursdays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June to October, W Crockett St & Queen Anne Ave

U DISTRICT:  Saturdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. year round, University Way & NE 50th

WALLINGFORD:  Wednesdays 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. June to Sept, 1815 N. 45th St

WEST SEATTLE:  Sundays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. year round, 44th Ave SW & SW Alaska

 

Below are some photos taken at the Fremont Sunday Market.  Come and shop, enjoy, taste, listen, people watch, and I guarantee you’ll be back!

Sunday Market

Spice Blends from Russia

 

Flower Stall

 

Street Musicians Entertain the Shoppers

 

Yakama Valley Asparagus

 

Tempting and Healthy

]]> http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/seattle-neighborhood-farmers-markets/feed/ 0 In-City Country Living and Large Lots in Maple Leaf http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/lake-city-in-city-country-living-and-large-lots/ http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/lake-city-in-city-country-living-and-large-lots/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:22:37 +0000 Seattle Guide http://www.seattlepowersearch.com/?p=1749  

Close and dear to my heart, is my own neighborhood, little old Lake City. Annexed as part of Seattle relatively recently in 1954, the larger than city norm properties were used to raise peacocks, minks, and chickens in the earlier years. People living in the city would have their country homes in Lake City and the farming community had a big presence. Thus, there are many older fruit trees and old growth trees in general than in much of the city. There are also Lake Washington views in the eastern section of the neighborhood that border the water. With prohibition in the 1930′s came a bootlegging industry that was prominent at the Jolly Roger’s Restaurant on Lake City Way. Tunnels still remain underground at 8721 Lake City Way NE, now a Shell gas station, where the bootleggers would spring for a getaway when the lookout crew on a high tower would spot police arriving.

As the owner/operator of Toyoda Sushi Restaurant, one of the best neighborhood joints in the heart of Lake City for the past 20 years, I have seen the comings and goings of businesses, families, and everything in between. Going to the annual Pioneer Days Parade as a child, a little bit of Seafair that runs through every summer, I wasn’t certain that this “country-like” neighborhood was ready for sushi. But ready, it was! I have had the honor of serving our country style Japanese cooking to our much loved entertainers Paul Newman, Joe Pantoliano, Tom Hulce, Alex Borstein, and former Mariner Kazu Sasaki to name a few. Fresh caught fish is truly a treat that people will travel from every corner of the city for, and from neighboring towns, too.

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