Mae's Phinney Ridge Cafe

74th St. Ale House, 7401 Greenwood
Barking Dog Alehouse, 705 NW 70th St
Bleacher’s Pub, 8118 Greenwood
Carmelita, 7314 Greenwood
Fresh Flours, 6015 Phinney
Gaspare Ristorante, 6705 Greenwood
Kouzina, 8403 Greenwood
Mae’s Phinney Ridge Cafe, 6412 Phinney
Oliver’s Twist, 6820 Greenwood
Park Pub, 6114 Phinney
74th St. Ale House, 7401 Greenwood
Barking Dog Alehouse, 705 NW 70th St
Bleacher’s Pub, 8118 Greenwood
Carmelita, 7314 Greenwood
Fresh Flours, 6015 Phinney
Gaspare Ristorante, 6705 Greenwood
Kouzina, 8403 Greenwood
Mae’s Phinney Ridge Cafe, 6412 Phinney
Oliver’s Twist, 6820 Greenwood
Park Pub, 6114 Phinney
Pete’s Egg Nest, 7717 Greenwood
Picnic, 6801 Greenwood
Pig ‘N’ Whistle , 8412 Greenwood
Prost!, 7311 Greenwood
Red Mill Burgers, 312 N 67th
Santa Fe Cafe, 5910 Phinney
Stumbling Goat Bistro, 6722 Greenwood
The Dray, 708 NW 65th
Wingdome, 7818 Greenwood
Yanni’s Greek Restaurant, 7419 Greenwood

Thanks to community members and all diners from around Seattle in advance for their support of a great network of neighborhood restaurants.

6010 Phinney Building

The proposed four-story mixed-use building at 6010 Phinney Ave. is one step closer to becoming a reality, after being approved by the Design Review Board in a public meeting at Ballard High School on Tuesday. About 30 neighbors showed up to comment on the latest plans for a building that’s slated to go in where Rooster’s Breakfast Club, Daily Planet, Chef Liao and the Phinney Dry Cleaners now stand. The new design addressed a lot of neighbors’ previous concerns, but nearly every speaker at the meeting had the same big problem with the new plans: the location of the driveway leading in and out of the building’s underground parking garage.

Architects from Kilburn, LLC, ran through 14 different changes that attempted to address neighbors’ concerns from the previous Design Review Board meeting back in February. These included things like reducing the size of one of the building’s stair towers, using materials that more closely match other buildings in the neighborhood, and creating a transparent canopy over the sidewalk instead of a solid brick one. Ventilation between the ground floor and the roof has also been added, which will allow restaurants to move into the building’s retail spaces. While most of the audience were pleased with the changes, the location of the driveway remains a sore spot for neighbors.

The driveway was initially going to be located on Phinney Ave., but that changed at the previous DRB meeting in February. The board recommended moving it around the corner to 61st St., where there’s generally less pedestrian traffic. After that meeting, the architects redrew the entire plan from the ground up to accommodate the new driveway. The developers claim this nearly doubled their design costs. However, neighbors were concerned that a driveway on 61st would provide less visibility for cars coming out of the underground garage and pose a danger to pedestrians. The Design Review Board said that the sight triangle at the driveway was large enough to meet code.

Moving the driveway back to Phinney would also significantly break up the retail storefronts on the busiest side of the building. During deliberations, members of the Board said that they’ve been approving driveways on side streets with less foot traffic all over the Northwest. Neighbors argued that the Roycroft Condominiums, right across the street from 6010, use a driveway on Phinney. The Board discussed this point . The developers, for their part, say they’re just “taking the City’s lead” and doing what they can to comply with code.

The Design Review Board is only one step in the process of getting the building at 6010 approved. To secure a Master Use Permit and start building, the site also has to pass an environmental review. The results of the environmental testing should be available to the public next week, but developers said that preliminary reports show some contaminants in the soil. It won’t be clear how much contamination, or whether it’s from chemicals used at the dry cleaner that’s been on the site for decades, until the final report comes out.

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Pizza at Greenlake Park

Turnpike Pizza is opening right across from Greenlake Park, featuring authentic New York Style pizza from an enthusiastic enterpreneur owner.

New Pizza at Greenlake

Ric Monteiro has been planning a pizza restaurant for over ten years and studying the best of New York style pizza from around the country.  We’re eagerly awaiting the opening to enjoy some amazing pizza.  Turnpike will open this Thursday at noon, although some early samples may be available for the curious.  

New York Style Pizza from Turnpike Pizza

Check their site for menu and details, plus some detailed pics of the new restaurant .

6900 East Greenlake /  206-708-1860