Welcome to the
SeattleDIY Collective’s Guide To
We created this guide because we feel that
About
the SeattleDIY Collective
SeattleDIY is a collective whose mission is to
promote and support the DIY ethos and its associated growing community in
We believe in being creators of culture rather
than consumers. We believe in promoting a just society that supports itself
through mutual aid and without hierarchies. We believe in fighting against the
institutional oppressions such as racism, sexism, ageism/adultism,
and homophobia, and we support environmental justice, animal rights, egalitarianism,
and human rights.
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us!
This guide has been painstakingly made primarily
by a few people who have put in a lot of hours, but also by a lot of people in
the community who have made suggestions. We’re more than happy to hear what you
have to say about this project, good or bad. If you’d like to help more
directly, attend a SeattleDIY Collective meeting, occurring every Sunday at 6pm
(visit seattlediy.org for more info). There is a
Table Of Contents:
211-Community Information Line
Local Laws
Radio Station Guide
Art In
Getting Around
Places of Interest
- Downtown/Pioneer Square
- Capitol Hill/First Hill
- Central District
- Beacon Hill/Columbia City
- International District
-
- West
- University District
- Wallingford/Fremont/North
- Ballard
Volunteering
List of nonprofits
List of collectives
211 –
Crisisclinic.org
Similar to 411 or 911, if you call 211 from any
phone you’ll be connected to the Washington Information Line, and you’ll be
able to speak with an operator who is experienced with finding resources. Like
maybe you broke a tooth, and you need to find a low-cost dental clinic. Or
maybe you’re getting evicted and you don’t know where to go for help. Who you gunna call? 211, that’s who. It’s
free.
Similarly, there’s the Community Information Line
(M-F 8am-6pm) at (206)461-3200, or 1-800-621-INFO
The Community Information Line is operated by
Crisis Clinic, which operates an incredible online resource database at crisisclinic.org.
Local Laws
Noise
ordinances
This is a common issue with those of us who put on
shows at houses. The Seattle Police Department website
(http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/police/prevention/Tips/Noise.htm) states that any
gathering at a residential property emitting noise that can be heard 75 feet or
more from the property, which occur Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and
7am, is defined as a “Residential Disturbance.”
However, SMC 25.08.500 (Public disturbance noises)
states that it’s unlawful to knowingly make any noise created by a musical
instrument that “disturbs” another person, and then refuse to stop said noise
when told to do so by police. This also applied to any human voice that
“disturbs” another person after 10pm, any night.
So
basically, in
This means that it’d be a good idea to talk to all your neighbors before ever
doing an event that might end up “disturbing” them. Be nice; give them your
phone number so you can talk things through without them going to the police.
Jaywalking
It’s
illegal in
Bicycle
Laws
Helmets are mandatory in
Tenant’s
Rights
tenantsunion.org/rights
Radio Station Guide
Hollow
Earth Radio
hollowearthradio.com
Hollow Earth Radio
Phone: 206-905-1250 (Leave tour stories,
paranormal encounters, upcoming events, dreams, prank calls)
“We are a free DIY online radio station called
"Hollow Earth Radio" that features local conversations and music of
Our first emphasis is on exposing works that have
yet to be unearthed or have long been dormant. The second part of our vision is
to support programs that highlight human experience as we want to talk to the
musicians, reveal the stories behind the artists, and learn about the actual
people involved.
We take and WANT bands' albums/demos/songs in
whatever form,and we also
take mix-tape submissions. Please see
our website or myspace page for more specific
information on how to tune in, contribute content, and send us albums!
We're on from noon to midnight everyday.”
KBCS
91.3 – kbcs.fm
This is the
Democracy
Now! - Weekdays Live 6-7 am and at 5-6 pm
Between
the Lines - Monday 6:30-7 pm
CounterSpin -
Tuesday 6:30-7 pm
Free
Speech Radio News - Monday, Wednesday & Friday 6-6:30 pm
There are some other decent info radio shows –
visit their website for more info.
Also good is their avant-jazz
show: Straight, No Chaser - Mondays
9-11 p.m.
KEXP
90.3 – kexp.org
KEXP is a public radio station that is mostly
standard indie-rock fare. It’s college radio technically, but it has no affiliation with UW other than being
licensed by them.
The best show they have to offer is Sonic Reducer (Saturday 9pm-midnight)
and plays all punk and hardcore. Also good is Audioasis, the local show, and
that goes from 6pm-9pm on Saturdays.
KUOW
94.9 – kuow.org
The local public radio station that plays nothing
but National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio
International programs. Some of our personal favorites are On The Media (Sunday 6pm), Tavis Smiley Show (Sunday 7-9), and This American Life (Friday 7pm, Saturday
11am)
KPLU
88.5 – kplu.org
Before 3pm is when they play the good jazz. From
3-7 Mon-Fri, and Saturday mornings, they play NPR, PRI, and APM programs.
Beware the occasional smooth jazz.
KGRG
89.9 – kgrg.com
KGRG is legit college radio, complete with awkward
and poorly trained DJs, and an overabundance of pop-punk and metal. There’s a
punk and hardcore show (Dead Air,
Wednesday 7-10pm). There used to be some really great shows over the years,
like a riotgrrl radio show, and my old favorite punk
show, “For The
Kids.” Sometimes KGRG doesn’t come in very well in
Pirate
Radio!
Those of us in the collective unfortunately have
no knowledge of current pirate radio stations broadcasting. If you have
knowledge of one, let us know!
News in
The
Stranger
thestranger.com
“
seattle.indymedia.org
Even if the quality of writing is not the
greatest, the format, structure, and content is
wonderful. IndyMedia started in
Eat
The State!
eatthestate.org
Eat The State! is more of
an op-ed news rag than a professional news source. Still, they manage to not
come off as a collection of essays, and they tend to put a lot of thought into
research and accessibility. This is a good paper to volunteer for those who
want to put their journalistic skills to good use.
This paper is pretty terrible. Don’t bother
reading it.
SeattlePI /
The local mainstream press.
They’re both owned by the same larger company, but the PI has a little more of
a “centrist” point of view.
Art in
Here’s a good website for more info:
cityofseattle.net/arts/FirstThursday
Cheap Living in
Cheap
Housing
One unfortunate fact about
For those in great need of affordable housing
there are programs available. However, these programs are likely to include a
long waiting list.
seattlehousing.org – Seattle Housing Authority
ccsww.org/aha/housing.php - Archdiocesan
Housing Authority
kcha.org – King County Housing Authority
crisisclinic.org – Crisis Clinic – use to find
info about other housing programs.
DSHS – Department Of
Social and Health Services (www1.dshs.wa.gov)
DSHS is where you go if you want to get on food
stamps, get medical coupons, or have any other needs that would be considered
“welfare.” You’ll qualify for some services if you are at the poverty line or
below in income (around $16,000/year, I believe). Visit your local Community
Service Office (CSO) to find out what you’re eligible for.
Capitol Hill/Central District:
Belltown:
Whitecenter:
Ranier:
Cheap Medical Care
There are several sliding-scale health providers
in
Primary
Care
Country Doctor Community Health Clinic -
Sliding-Scale
Dental
Central Area Dental Clinic -
Reproductive Health
STD
Testing
metrokc.gov/health/apu/std –
visit this website for a list of places you can go to get an affordable STD
screening. Our favorites are:
Country Doctor Community Health Clinic, (206)
461-4503
And you can get screened for a sliding-scale fee
at Planned Parenthood (ppww.org).
Birth
Control
The State Of
With Take Charge, go to your health care provider,
or Planned Parenthood, and get what you need!
Food
Food
Banks
Most food banks in
seattle.gov/humanservices/csd/survivalservices/emergencyfood/foodbanks.htm
Most food banks also can provide “no-cook” bags
for those who don’t have a kitchen.
Free
Meals
Food Not Bombs!
FNB have three projects:
Thursday at 6:00(ish)pm, FNB serves a free veggie meal open to everyone at
Saturday Free Market - food (and sometimes
household goods) donated from a local co-ops, distributed
it at the
Cascade Free Market (
My Sweet Lord – a free/cheap Hare Krishna café, open
7:30-11 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Again, visit crisisclinic.org for more free
community meals.
Gardening
Things grow well in
Dumpstering
Dumpster diving, when done properly, is a safe and
fun way of getting food, furniture, books, and who knows what else. If you’ve
never done it before there are things you really MUST know before going.
Usually dumpster diving is illegal, so you should take all necessary
precautions before going out and diving in.
Etiquette:
1. First come first
serve.
Dumpster divers don’t own the dumpster. If someone
is there when you arrive, respect their space and if there’s enough room then
hop in too. Don't demand a share of their spoils,
however, making trades is often appreciated.
2. Take only what you need.
Many dumpsters have multiple groups of people who
go to them at different times of the day or night. That means that if you clean
a dumpster out of everything good, and you won't use everything, then it'll
just go to waste again, whereas it could have been picked up by other dumpster
divers at a later time.
3. CLEAN UP YOUR MESS!
Many stores and employees at stores don't mind
dumpster divers (many employees dive themselves), but they'll start to mind if
the divers make a huge mess. This is especially shitty for the employees, who
are usually regular people like us, who already have shitty jobs. Let's not
make their jobs shittier. Think of it this way: if you leave a mess, it's
fairly likely that the business will start to lock their dumpster, which will
greatly suck for you and anybody else who uses it. Leave it as nice as or nicer
than you found it.
4. Don't spoil sites.
We don't want to bring unwanted attention to
dumpsters. The more people you tell, the more likely it is that someone will go
there and fuck things up. Use discretion when telling people about the places
you frequent, and if you tell people who are new to dumpstering, be sure to
tell them about good dumpster etiquette.
Tips:
1. Safety!
Go with another person! It's good to have backup,
because you never know who might be there. Also, be aware of where you're
putting your hand, because just like with everywhere, there are junkies who
might leave their needles places, or broken glass, or rabid dogs, or zombies.
2. Escape Routes.
If you need to get out of there in a hurry, it's
good to know the best route to take. HOWEVER, don't run if the cops show up.
Dumpster diving at most is a trespassing charge, which is a misdemeanor (ie, not a big deal), but they probably won't even charge
you with that. It's good to also prepare an excuse why you're there.
3. Gear.
Good gear to bring is a large backpack, a
flashlight/headlamp, and gloves. If you have a car, bring some crates. If
you're on a bike, a rack is good. Just in case, wear clothes that you don't
mind getting a little dirty, and quality solid boots.
4. Locations.
Use creativity; stores with return policies,
stores with display models, stores with products that expire, stores that throw
away scraps, etc, are all good possibilities. Also a fun thing to do is pay
attention to store news - ie, if a cooler breaks down
at Safeway, they'll throw away things in their coolers. Factories are good
places to go, because they will often throw away a whole box of something if
there is a single 'defective' component, or often will produce a surplus that
they’re not able to distribute. The sky is the limit!
Have fun, and play safe!
MAP!
(Map of
Getting Around In
Metro
Bus
The busses in
However, they’re what we got, and sometimes
If you have a bike and you want to take a bus,
each bus is equipped with a bike rack that can hold two bikes. Drivers won’t
let you take your bike onto the bus. You also can’t put your bike on the bike
rack when you’re downtown in the “Free Ride Zone.”
The Free Ride Zone is the area of downtown where
riding all the busses is free. However, you have to pay once you’ve gone
outside this zone.
Pay attention to the sign at the front of the bus
that says whether you pay when you enter or exit. It changes, depending on if
the bus is coming from or going to downtown (coming from = pay as you leave,
going to downtown, or busses that don’t go downtown = pay as you enter). Busses
will generally be $1.25 (or $1.50 at peak hours), or $.50 if you’re 17 and
younger (wink wink).
transit.metrokc.gov is
the city’s bus website. It has schedules, and a particularly handy Trip
Planner.
Bicycling
in
Here are some helpful routes:
*
Airport Way to
* ID
<-> Central District:
* Central
District <-> Capitol Hill:
My favorite street is
* Capitol
Hill <-> University District:
There’s also a good route from Cap Hill to the UD
via
* Downtown
<-> University District:
To get to the UD, take
*
Downtown <-> Queen Anne
Queen Anne is a huge hill with no easy way to get
to the top. Sorry.
*
Downtown <->
*
Ballard <-> Fremont/Wallingford/U-Dist
The Burke-Gilman Trail is the best commuter path
for this route. To find it, just go downhill from these neighborhoods until you
get to the water. Some spots are bumpy, so keep your eyes peeled. It’s also one
of the most scenic routes in
*
The northernmost point of Beacon Hill has a nice
little bridge that connects it to the ID at
*
West
Ride under the
Ferries!
The Downtown Ferries
wsdot.wa.gov/ferries
@ pier 50 and 52
The
ferries offer a slightly expensive but convenient way to get out of the city.
Prices vary depending on where you go, and then you have to pay a little extra
to bring your bike on board. On some routes you only have to pay one-way. If you bring bread with you, you can have fun
with the seagulls while they fly close to the ferry and try to grab the bread
from your hands. Or wear the bread as a hat and see what happens.
Elliot
Bay Water Taxi runs May through September for $1.50 and goes between downtown
and
Ferry from
To
Vashon (Fauntleroy Terminal):4829 SW Barton
Back to
Vashon
is a good Island to go to if you're really too lazy to drive up to the
Other Guides/Getting Around
Resources
If
you’re looking for another print guide, the Lonely Planet Seattle is a good
guide, though it’s a bit pricey. Here’s a few website that may be helpful.
lostinseattle.com
seattlewiki.org
seattle.citysearch.com
SeattleDIY’s
Selected Places Of Interest
Here you’ll find a list of what we feel are the
most interesting places in town. We selected them based on our personal
favorites and places we think are reasonably interesting – not necessarily by
some “DIY” measuring stick. We absolutely prefer to support places that fit our
values (ie, we won’t promote a restaurant owned by a
misogynistic asshole). These are our collective opinions, and not necessarily
what is the truth about what you may find these places to be. If you think we
missed anything, please let us know!!! Email us at diyguide@seattlediy.com
Downtown /
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Artworks
urbanartworks.org
Artworks is a
great local nonprofit that works with youth from all backgrounds, socially and
artistically. This is a wonderful place for youth to get involved and use the
space for their own DIY projects, such as Ursa Minor,
the DIY free/trade store that’s there every Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm. Artworks also
hosts shows on occasion!
Theaters
Venues
The
Vera Project
Theveraproject.org
A membership run music and arts space. Has
a silkscreening lab, does vegan dinner with their
acoustic shows, and often collaborates with other local organizations to do other
rad shit. The Vera Project is a training ground for future punks. It’s kinda like Gilman, but doesn’t smell like a toilet, and
also gets city funds. Has adult staff but is led by a youth board. It’s a
recent darling of some local big-shots like Eddie Vedder,
but despite that it’s still one of the best things that
Everything is moving to a new space at the
Misc.
Ye Olde
Curiosity Shop
yeoldecuriosityshop.com
They
have tons of stupid and cool stuff like mummies and a 2-horned narwhal skull.
What’s nice is that you can look at lots of things without spending any money.
In fact, if anything there costs money, don’t pay for it, because I guarantee
it will be a let-down. For example, don’t give your money to the fortune teller
machine, because even if you’re 12 and wish you were big, you won’t wake up the
next day and get a job at a toy company and fall in love with a woman with a
perm.
Su-Th:10am to 6pm, Fr-Sa: 9am to 9pm
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
elliottbaybicycles.com
206-441-8144
Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4
entry
needed!
Mobius Cycle
mobiuscycle.com
Bicycle shop downtown that has really awesome
staff that are welcoming to everyone, and they host cheap bike classes every
week (plus one/month for women and trans people).
BYOB!
Mon–Fri 2-8
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
leftbankbooks.com
206-622-0195
Mon–Fri 10–7, Sun 11-6
elliottbaybook.com
206-624-6600
Elliot Bay Books has over 150,000 book titles.
They will buy back your old books to stock the large used book section. They
also have an excellent zine selection.
Mon-Sat 9:30-10, Sun 11-7
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
King
County Needle Exchange
2nd and Pike
Half of all new HIV infections each year are a
result of needle sharing. Reduce your chance of blood borne diseases by
swapping needles at a one to one ratio. The needle exchange provides all the
cottons, cookers and alcohol wipes you need.
Mon-Fri 1-5, Sat 2-4
Restaurants
& Cafes
Cyberdogs
206–405-DOGS
Cyberdogs
serves vegetarian hotdogs with all the fixins and
true to the name you can even hop online. It's a nice stop between Capitol Hill
and Downtown, and the owner is crazy, in a good way.
Daily 11-Midnight
Daily
Dozen Donut Company
206-467-7769
The lines are really long sometimes, but this
little stand serves bags of mini-donuts and cheap coffee. The workers are
really cool and it's a good reason to brave the onslaught of Pike Place Market
tourists.
Open market hours
206-682-6664
Located just below
Mon-Fri 7-8, Sat 8-8, Sun 10-6
KAPOW!
206-447-5587
1165
(Corner of Minor and Harrison)
This little spot, located in a rolled up garage
space in the side of a warehouse, offers a great cup of coffee.
Mon–Fri 6:30–4
Mediterranean Mix
205
Simply amazing falafel – perhaps the best in town.
Both The Stranger and my friend Giovanni say so. The Stranger says, “Moist,
sweet falafel fritters, a pretty green color thanks to parsley, are shoved into
grilled "good" pita with whole chickpeas, sliced onions, a thick tzatziki sauce, and a huge spoonful of tomato-heavy tabbouleh salad.”
www.bamboogarden.net
Chinese and Pan-Asian vegan food. They're also kosher. I recommend
the amazing chicken balls and the corn chowder soup. Yum!
Daily 11am-10pm
Record
Stores
Singles
Going Steady
206–441–7396
This record store has it all: from punk to crust
to all manners of hardcore and metal. For the decorative, they've got patches
and pins and studs. For everyone, it's a music must stop whenever you need to
get the goods.
Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-6
This is new/used record store that’s pretty huge
and has a lot of hidden gems. It’s also one of the best places you can go to
sell your old CDs and records. They have a lot of in-store performances by
touring indierock bands.
Mon 9am-Midnight
Tue-Sat 9am-11pm
Sun 9am-10pm
Thrift
& Clothing
Ursa Minor
myspace.com/ursaminorursaminor
A free/trade/cheap DIY store run by
some young kids, facilitated by an arts nonprofit, Artworks. These same youth host
shows via their group “Social Ghost Society,” and are full of sunshiny energy
and awesome ideas.
Fri-sun 11am-5pm + 1st Thursday night
every month
Fancy
Pants
206- 956- 2945
Schmancy
206–728–8008
These stores, run by a group of crafty folks, sell
cute gifts and accessories. Fancy Pants, obviously, specializes in clothes,
while Schmancy sells toys, and there's even
Tues–Sat 11-6
Something
Old Something New
200
(on the corner of
DESC thrift store proceeds benefit programs for
the homeless. Accept small donations of items useful to homeless people. Open
late on first Thursdays.
Mon 10:30-2, Tues-Friday 10:30-5
Public
Spaces
seattlecenter.com
Get
there by following the Space Needle (Denny & 4th)
A huge and famous part of
seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/FreewayPark.htm
A
sprawling urban park that has places to hide, places where you can plummet to
your death, and you can get free internet wifi. There’s wonderful fountains
that you can play in, and amazing views. This place is considered to be one of
the best places to bring newcomers to the city. Rumors suggest that it’s
sometimes sketchy. But shit, it’s pretty.
Cascade
People's Center
Cascade People's Center is a progressive community
center that hosts all sorts of things, like free yoga and a kitchen in which
Food Not Bombs cooks. All programs are free! Everything is volunteer run! This
place is absolutely incredible.
at the corner of Minor
and Harrison
(P-Path is at the corner of Minor and Thomas)
Buried in a warehouse district quickly being
overrun by the bio-tech build up boom,
Central
Library
206-386–4636
This is a no lose deal. They have tons of books,
internet access, and the craziest building in town. It doesn’t matter if you
can’t read and this sentence is just a random collection of
symbols to you—go check out the Central Library.
Mon–Thurs 10–8, Fri–Sat 10–6, Sun 12–6
(Jackson and Occidental)
“The
Myrtle
Edwards Park
(Go north along the wharf and you'll hit it)
For those tired of the crowded boardwalk by the
piers this park offers beautiful views of the water and the islands. The bike
path running along the waterfront allows for easy access to the park.
Olympic
Broad St
and
Created by the
Capitol
Hill/First Hill
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Crawl
Space
crawlspacegallery.com
206-322-5752
An art space ran by young people, showcasing young
and hip artists.
Sat-Sun Noon-5 and by appointment
The Compline Choir
@ St.
Mark's Cathedral
complinechoir.org
Fixin for some Gregorian Chanting?
Come and lay on the floor of a huge beautiful cathedral and zone out while
listening to indecipherable but pretty songs about god.
Sun
9:30
Theaters
Northwest
Film Forum
Non-profit film theater. Hosts independent and international films. Also offers
filmmaking classes and workshops.
Egyptian
Theater
206-781-5755
Used to be a Masonic Lodge, hence,
totally creepy. Plays the classics at midnight
during weekends.
Performance center that primarily puts on plays,
but collaborates with groups to host other events.
Langston Hughes Cultural
cityofseattle.net/parks/centers/langston.htm
206-684-4757
Performing
arts space, home to many events ranging from drag shows to community forums.
Mon–Fri
11:30–8:30
Venues
No
Space
Lightning bolt played here!!!!
Misc.
Richard
Hugo House/ZAPP
hugohouse.org/programs/zine.html
The Richard Hugo house is a literary arts center,
hosting a variety of lit events. The ZAPP is the zine archiving and publishing
project - a full blown zine library as well as a place to help you publish your
own zine, or to hang out.
Mon-Tues 1-9, Wed-Sat 1-5
Goods
& Services
Blue
Bottle
206-325-1592
Tues–Sun 12–7
Gift shop with art by local artists. Consignment. Exhibit space upstairs.
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Stumbling
Monk
206-860-0916
Laid back bar for people looking for inexpensive
quality Belgian beers. Sit for hours playing your best friend at Battleship.
The
Hideout
vital5productions.com/projects/thehideout.html
206-903-8480
A five year performance art installation
with a full bar. Running March 25, 2005 through November 31, 2010
Mon-Fri 4-2, Sat-Sun 6-2
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
J&S
Broadway News
206-324-7323
It's the only newsstand on Broadway and it's a
nice local owned spot where you can get the newspaper, a magazine for the bus
(49 stop is outside), or a pack of smokes. Be sure to give a nod to that
guy sitting outside at the author's signing table. John and Sally, who own this
place, are super nice and treat their employees well.
Daily 8-Midnight
Bailey-Coy
Books
414 Broadway E
206-323-8842
Independent bookstore.
Prominently features witty staff recommendations. Check in often so you don’t
miss any of the visiting authors.
Mon-Thu 10-10, Fri-Sat 10-11
Grocery
Madison
Market
206-329-1545
Consumer-owned natural foods
co-operative. Bulk grains, goodies, herbs, teas, and toiletries.
Juice and coffee bar.
Daily 7 -11
Rainbow
Grocery
206-329-8440
Small natural food store with a good juice bar
that also serves vegan rice bowls and soups for cheap. Has surprisingly good
prices and selection.
Mon-Sun 9-9
Hardware
Babeland
206-328-2914
Have you ever walked into a sex shop and felt creepy
and cheap? Babeland is not that shop. Formerly Toys in Babeland, the store is
brimming with goodies for your goodies. There is no judgment here; the staff
likes to help you figure out which toy will help you get off in style. People
of all genders and sexualities are embraced.
The staff is helpful. Ask questions. Trust me.
Mon-Sat 11-10:00, Sun Noon-7
Health
& Safety
Country
Doctor
206-299-1600
Low cost community health center. Will fix you without it costing a limb. Because
you need those.
Home
Alive!
Home Alive is a grassroots organization offers
self-defense classes on a sliding scale, taught within an anti-violence and anti-oppression
framework. Instructors are friendly and
generally very involved in other community projects.
Hot
House Spa
206-568-3240
A low-cost women-only health spa. Soak
up the heat in a hot tub, steam room, or sauna.
Noon-midnight, closed Tuesdays.
Restaurants
& Cafes
Teapot
teapotvegetarianhouse.com
206-325-1010
All vegan pan-Asian cuisine. A little pricy, but delicious. Try a vegan Thai iced tea or
some amazing vegan cheesecake. Menu can be hit and miss, but when its good, its great. Good selection of hot teas and the
restaurant is certified kosher.
Daily 11-10:30
Bagette Box
baguettebox.com
206-332-0220
Truffle fries- get in touch with your inner bourgeois.
Bring a framed photo of your dog and they will hang it on the wall.
Daily 11-8
Healthy
Hedon
206-324-6066
Fancy but slightly expensive
Tues-Thurs 1-9, Fri-Sat 5-11, Sun Noon-4
hillsidequickie.com
206-325-6429
Vegan Jamaican sandwich shop, like the
one in the U-district. The prices may seem steep, but you get a
lot of food.
Belgian
Frites
925 East Pike
Grab and go belgian-style
fries with dipping sauces. Also has vegan and meat bratwursts.
Thurs-Sat 3-2:30, Sun-Wed 3-Midnight
Café Ladro
206-267-0551
Café that serves 100% fair trade,
organic, shade grown coffee. Not best atmosphere, but
really good coffee and tea.
Daily 5:30-11:00
Victrola
206-325-6520
Nice cafe with an art-deco decor. Has a tendency
to get crowded. Free wifi on
weekdays with no access on the weekends. Get off the computer and talk
to another human.
Daily 5:30-11
Espresso
Vivace Roasteria
901 East Denny Way
206-860-5869
Fancy and delicious cafe right next to
one of the best parks in
Daily 6:30-11
Elysian
Brewery
206-860-1920
Oh god, awesome beers and pita and hummus. Good
for birthday or goodbye parties.
Mon-Fri 11:30-2:00, Sat-Sun Noon-2
Kitchen Closes at 11 Daily
Record
Stores
Jive
Time
jivetimerecords.com
206-329-5168
When Capitol Hill hipsters sell records they're
sick of, the often sell them here. As a result, this is a good place to
find records that are no longer hip.
Mon-Sat Noon-8, Sun Noon-6
Sonic
Boom
206-568-2666
Locally-owned record store with multiple
locations in
Mon–Sat 10–10, Sun 10–7
Everyday
Music
112 Broadway E.
206-568-3321
Record store with huge used selection.
Daily 9-Midnight
Wall Of Sound
206-441-9880
Small record store that specializes in
the more avant garde and
experimental side of music.
Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 12-5
Thrift
& Clothing
Lifelong
Aids
lifelongaidsalliance.org/about/thriftstore.html
1017
206-957-1655
Non-profit thrift store - possibly the
best in town.
Mon-Sat 10:30-6, Sun 12-5:00
Back Stage Thrift
1512
11th Ave
206-322-3030
Non-profit thrift store with a lot of insanely
cheap CDs, with plenty of hidden gems to be found.
Cadence Clothing
cadenceclothing.net
Unique hand-designed clothing
with a fixed-gear bicycle fetish. They host bicycle events regularly, including the Fast Fridays
(fixed-gear competitions on the first Friday of every month).
Atlas
Clothing
206-329-4460
1515 Broadway
Expensive but nice clothing, promotes local designers,
frequently has interesting fashion shows with bands in the back warehouse room.
R.E.Load Bags
206-329-2546
They make sturdy bike bags and accessories!!!
Should they break, they'll fix 'em up, too! Custom bike bags. You can now put your cat’s mug on a bag!
Mon-Fri 11-6, Sat by appointment
Sweat Shop
thesweatshopseattle.com
206-324-3662
Local handmade clothing and fashion.
Tues-Sun Noon-7
Public
Spaces
seattlelgbt.org
1115 East Pike Street, 206-323-LGBT
A meeting place and resource center for the GLBTQ
community.
Monday-Saturday, 10am - 9pm
Sunday, 11am - 8pm
Large and beautiful park on the top of
Capitol Hill. Infamous as the nighttime anonymous sex hang out
of
between 11th
Ave,
Nice park near the heart
of capitol hill. Newly updated with a fancy play field,
playground, and Teletubby Hill.
15th and
Small park with sweeping
views of
This is a big park that has a switch-back road
passing through it. Best bike route between Capital Hill and U District. Lack
of lighting makes for precarious night riding. Beware of cliffs. There’s lots of cool trails going through this park, and is
a nice place for botany-interested people to look for cool native plants.
Capitol
Hill Branch Library
(206) 784-4715
It's a library… read great books.
Mon-Tues 1-8, Wed-Thurs 10-8, Fri-Sat 10-6, Sun
12-5
206-622-9250
Surprisingly diverse art collection
considering the museum’s small size. Often hosts art from punk
kids! FREE admission!
Tues–Sat 10-5, Sun Noon-5, Thurs 10-8
Central
District
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Central
Cinema
206-686-6624
One screen movie theater
featuring all those films you dreamed of seeing on the big screen. Theater has
table and sofa seating with a full menu. They also serve beer and wine. No one
under 21 allowed after 10pm.
Closed Mon-Tues
Venues
Gallery
1412
Collectively run art and performance space.
Typically hosts events of the abstract/experimental side of musical arts.
Misc.
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Bikery
Sunday
thebikery.org
Is your bike squeaking when you pedal? Are
your gears not shifting? Or do you just want to know more about your
bicycle? Then come to the Bikery's Sunday workshop and get help from
experienced mechanics and dedicated Bikery volunteers.
About The Bikery:
Currently, we're working on a few things: finding
a space & opening up shop, Sunday's free bike maintenance workshops,
fundraising, outreach & flyering, and much more. We can always use help, so
please get in contact: info@thebikery.org or drop by our weekly workshop.
Sun 2-5
20/20
Cycle
“I am a metal farmer harvesting bikes from the
bushes and back lots of
You don’t need to buy a slave labor bike shipped
3,000 miles from
You don’t need to melt these bikes down to recycle
the metal- they already work- they just need a few things.
The bikes are already here. I’ll fix one up for
you.
-Alex Kostelnik”
Wed-Sat 10-7, Sun 11-6
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Grocery
Outlet
groceryoutlets.com
Grocery liquidator; basically they buy stuff other
stores need to get rid of and sell it really cheap. You can often find really
good deals on organic and vegan food and bath products, and they always have
staples like beans and pasta. New stuff comes in all the time. This place is more
reliable and slightly cleaner than a dumpster, much cheaper than normal stores.
Daily 8-9
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Record
Stores
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
Beacon
Hill/Columbia City
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
Misc.
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Bike Works Community Bike Shop
bikeworks.org
3709 S.
Ferdinand
206-725-9408
Non-profit
bike shop offering maintenance classes and awesome programs for youth, including
their “earn a bike” program where kids learn to fix bikes and trade time
working on bikes for one of their own.
One of the best selections of used road bikes, and sometimes you can
find great deals.
Tues-Fri
11-7:00, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Record
Stores
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
It’s
kind of sad when a park boasts a native plant garden as a feature. But that is
the world in which we live.
kubota.org
A
Japanese garden that’s beautiful, free, and huge. It’s 20-acres, has streams,
views, and incorporates Japanese gardening techniques with local flora. Shazam!
International
District
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
Misc.
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Van's
Produce
Located in a warehouse, the doors are opened and
produce is rolled up. It's a cool urban set up. The prices are cheap and the
selection includes a lot of things you won’t find in most grocery stores.
Daily 9-7
Hau Hau's Market
Middle of 12th between Jackson and King
This super market has a bunch of its selection
outside but once you venture in you find a whole world of amazing products. The
lay out has something of a retro quality to it, making it a cool spot to check
out.
Daily 9 – 8:30
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
524 6th Ave S
You
have been doing yourself an incredible disservice, nay an injustice if you have not experienced eating hand-shaved noodles. Unlike
their lame machine processed counterparts-- hand-shaved noodles are cut from a
block of dough as they are cooked and are denser, chewier, and much more
flavorful than their homely and homogenous pasta siblings.
206-322-3700
Get your $1.25 sandwiches here. If you want
it vegan, ask for "no mayo."
Ambrosia
206-623- 9028
If you like bubble tea or just cool drinks, this
place is great. Everything is cheap and tastes great, and it's a nice place to
relax for a bit.
Mon-Thurs 11–8, Fri–Sat 11–10, Sun 11-8
Vegetarian
Bistro
206-624-8899
Renowned for its Dim Sum, this place is a
fulfilling stop for hungry vegetarians. Get the deep fried enoki mushrooms.
Mon–Thurs 11–9:30, Fri–Sat 11–11, Sun 11–9:30
Moonlight
Cafe
206-322-3378
A
Vietnamese restaurant with a deliciously split personality, Moonlight Cafe
offers a full traditional (ie: meaty) menu in
addition to a full vegetarian menu, cooked in separate kitchens! The faux-meat
offerings at Moonlight are a cut above the bland soy-chicken pieces of their
contemporaries and their menu is incredibly extensive. You could eat a
different entree every day and not be finished for almost a year. Some dishes
are far better than the others but one can't be disappointed with their epic
appetizer tray which could be a meal for 2-3 in and of itself.
206-623-4198
420
Despite a small menu with only a couple veggie options-- Szechuan Noodle Bowl
should not be overlooked. Fresh handmade noodles and dumplings are made onsite
and for many years I have been more than happy to order the same two veggie
dishes (Cold Sesame Noodles w/ Vegetables and Veggie Dumplings in Spicy Sauce)
over and over again. Super cheap (a bowl of 10 dumplings is $5) and made with
l-u-v, love-- people who think Chinese food is "Sweet N' Sour _____"
should open their palates and hearts to the wonders of the Szechuan Noodle
Bowl's homemade goodness.
Tues-Sun 11:30-9
Panama Hotel Tea & Coffee
panamahotel.net
206-223-9242
Once
home to immigrants and sojourners working
Big John's PFI (Pacific Food
Importers)
bigjohnspfi.com
206-682-2022
Ever needed 10 pounds of bulgar
or Israeli cous cous? How
about 12 quarts of pitted kalamata olives in brine or
a wheel of brie bigger than your chest? PFI is a place where you can get such
things in appropriately affordable bulk prices. Spices, baking goods, and
imported items of
Record
Stores
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
Danny Woo
Built by volunteers in 1975, the
corner of
Most of the time
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
Fire
Breathing Kangaroo (FBK)
Rad venue that throws some of the best grindcore/crust/metal shows in the city.
Every Wednesday during the summer the folks in the house do Planecrash
Theatre where they play a movie in their back yard and have other cheap stuff
ready to go. FBK also has a sick bike shop in their back yard so look out for
flying bike parts!
Misc
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Smarty
Pants
smartypantsseattle.com
Bicycler hang out.
All sandwiches can be made with field roast. Saturday and sunday brunches.
Mon-Fri 11-2:00, Saturday: 10 -2, Sun 10-3pm,
Kitchen open until midnight Mon-Sat
Bicycle
Shops
David Wilson Industries
(206)762-3569
www.davidwilsonindustries.com
Custom
steel bicycle frames--TIG welded, lugged, or fillet brazed. Also:
cargo
bikes, trailers, racks, and steel frame repair and modification.
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Jules
Mae's Saloon
5919 Airport way S.
Opened in late 1800's serving mostly
Stellar
Pizza
One of my personal favorite pizza places in the
city. Relaxing environment and good music to boot.
Mon-Fri 11-Midnight, Sat 3-Midnight, Sun 3-11
Record
Stores
Awesome variety, if you need a soundtrack for a
bad ass then this would be the place to go.
Mon-Sat 11:30-8, Sun 11:30-5
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
marginalwayskatepark.org
This is a DIY built skatepark – community funded, built,
and maintained. It was created partially as a response to the demolition of two
of the major
Located on a vacant lot 6400 block
between
A weird/ kind of trippy park with giant
statues of Cowboy hats and boots.
Located at the north end of Boeing Field
with a spectacular view of Mt Rainier and Boeing Field.
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Admiral Theatre
A fun,
old theatre you can go to see modern movies. If you're really feeling excitable,
you can go there to experience Rocky Horror. You can schedule private events, or
just go with a lot of people and have a ton of fun.
Venues
Misc.
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Bikes and Brew
206-938-6713
You'd
think with the name, it's pretty self explanatory but you get offered much more
than bikes and brew. Stationed right next to Easy Street records, you can not
only buy yourself coffee, (bubble) tea, and smoothies, but you can sit down and
get hands on bicycle tune up service. Hit a bump, got a flat? How convenient!
Go chill yourself out with some tea and precious new tubes.
Record
Stores
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
In a
place where Beaches don't really exist,
Differing
from
Ferry to Vashon
To
Vashon (Fauntleroy Terminal):4829 SW Barton
Back to
Vashon
is a good Island to go to if you're really too lazy to drive up to the
University
District
The
AVE
Although not technically an avenue. This is by far the
greatest place in the universe ever. This is a wonderful neighborhood to give
change to a G. G. Allen fan, get drunk with a college kid, or poke fun at a
sandwich delivery boy. Once a dude tried to illicitly sell me Motorhead here, and if you don’t get how awesome that is,
maybe you’re a more "
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Scarecrow
scarecrow.com
206-524-8554
Scarecrow video is a local independent video store
with a truly exhaustive collection of movies. The staff are
also friendly and informative. Want to watch a movie about teens surviving in
the woods? find one here, in fact you’ll find many
here. One will probably be an ultra-rare, out-of-print, imported,
directors-cut. You might have to leave a deposit for that one, but its a small price to pay for a special film that the rest of
the world forgot.
Sun-Thurs
11-11, Fri-Sat 11-12
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
Camp
Nowhere
myspace.com/campnowhere
Hosts shows, workshops. No
drinking. No fighting. No dogs.
Misc.
uhcca.org
A big building that houses non-profits
like PSCS and Seattle Youth Garden Works. They host the
UD Farmer's Market. They have basketball hoops and one of their rooms is
haunted. The Get Up Kids played here once.
Goods
& Services
Found
It
206-517-5047
Vintage junk shop with goods ranging from loose
scrabble tiles to old photographs to knick knacks and dresses. Helpful staff
will point you in the right direction if they don’t stock what you are looking
for.
Trading
Musician
tradingmusician.com
206-522-6707
Used musician's equipment.
Stuff is priced somewhat randomly, so you can find good deals occasionally.
Daily 11-7, Closed Wednesdays
Folk
Store
206-524-1110
The owner came into Sidecar once and told me that
she ran a folk instrument store. Folk is half of folk-punk, so if you're
any kind of punk you should go check it out. Electricity is for posers.
Arts
& Crafts
Weaving
Works
weavingworks.com
206-524-1221
Hella yarrrrrrrrn! Knitting group on Thursday
evenings. Fiber classes with varying prices.
Mon-Fri 10-6, Thurs 10-8, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-3
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
The
Bike Shack
901 NE 55th St
The Bike Shack is a bicycle collective that provides the knowledge and tools to
help people fix their own bikes, for free, or for donation for parts. All
people welcome.
Thurs-Fri 4-7, Sat 1-6, Sun 1-6
Recycled
cycles
recycledcycles.com
206-547-4491
This store is full of new and used bikes and parts
as well
As equipment, clothing, and accessories. Helpful staff. They also have a messenger/U-student discount
and free coffee.
R
& E Cycles
rodcycle.com
206-527-4822
Locally owned small overpriced bike shop
with good U District location and café.
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Bulldog
News
bulldognews.com
206-632-6397
Best selections of magazines in the city, for both
punks and intellectuals. Café features fair trade organic teas and coffees. No
extra charge for soymilk. Tips go to charity not employees. Commitment to
public spaces, feel free to hang out and read sans purchases.
Mon-Fri 6:30-9, Sat-Sun 8-9
The
Dreaming Comics
206-525-9394
This place is rad because not only can you find a
wide selection of both mainstream and underground comics, but when you are done
browsing you can just sit there and listen to people play D&D for hours.
Seriously. Go
on Tuesdays.
Magus
Books
abebooks.com/home/MAGUSBOOKSSEATTLE/
206-633-1800
This book store is full of really tall shelves
stuffed full of cool looking old books. And it's in a big old ivy covered brick
building. Nothing could be dreamier. Except maybe finding a
70's Era Jacques Cousteau book about sharks. Oh wait, I did find that
there.
Daily 10-10
Twice
Sold Tales
206-545-4226
This place has a good selection of used books, as
well as a good
Selection of store-cats. The
cats are why you have to check your bag at the counter,
they don't want you stealing cats. One time my friend
Adam that worked there said this guy came in and asked "why does that sign
say you can't bring dogs in?" and Adam said "oh, well we have cats in
the store." And the dude was like "what?!?!? What if a blind person
had to bring in a seeing eye dog?!?. And Adam
was like "who the fuck are you? This is a book store, we sell BOOKS here.”
Sun-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-10
Zanadu comics
206-632-0989
This place has a sick selection of comics. From
Taiyo Matsumoto to Nate Powell, you'll find what you need. Unless what you need
is Cats, in which case you should walk across the street to Twice Sold Tales.
Grocery
R
& M Indian Spices and Groceries
206-526-1793
“R & M” is an Indian grocery store in the U-District. They have three
different names on the building: “R & M Stores International”, “R & M
East-West Grocery”, and “R M Indian-Pak Spices Grocery”. It is affectionately
known as “the Indo-Pak”.
It is probably the best such place you’ll find without heading out to the
suburbs. They have many tasty items: lots of boil-in-a-bag dinners, various masalas, all different flavors of Priya
pickle, “lintels”, Parle-G, kheer mixes, etc. You
will find the cheapest spices here. There are some fresh items: jalebi and gulab jamun mostly, but on the weekends they have veg samosas. I believe they also
sell goat meat by the pound.
TOP THREE THINGS ABOUT THE INDO-PAK:
1. "Pure veg" samosas
on the week-ends (2/$1.69)
2. Ten lb. bags of rice that say "Pakistani Rice,
Produce of Pakistan" but have a giant map of
3. Thousands of Hindi videos-- rental fee, $1/week (and they'll play them on
the T.V. in there to see if they have subtitles first)
Daily
11-7
Rising
Sun
206-524-9741
Down to earth, family owned produce. Cheap, but not trashy and open all year round.
Sidecar
for Pigs Peace
206-729-0835
100% vegan grocery store and boutique! Shop for goods ranging from sweatshop free shoes to marshmallows to
frozen faux meats. Volunteer run non-profit.
All proceeds are donated to Pigs Peace Sanctuary.
Tues-Sun 10-8
Hardware
Hardwick's
206-632-1203
You can find anything here. Need a box of drywall
screws? Need a Swedish made battle/carving axe? Need a new cauldron? Hardwick's
has it all, plus so much more. This is a store that would have been in the
movie "The Sandlot" had those kids needed to visit a hardware store
for any reason. Come here and explore. Be awed. It's incredible. The craziest, most complex, old timey-est
hardware store in existence.
True
Value Hardware
206-523-5353
I love the smell of hardware store in the morning.
Smells like...
Victory...
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Café
Allegro
206-633-3030
This pair of cafes (one is by Magus Books on 42nd
and the ave. The other is a restaurant by the
Collegian) are some of the oldest cafes in the city. They have great
atmosphere, good prices, some vegan stuff, and really nice folk. This is
one of those places that hosts mediocre open-mics, if you’re aching to play music to college kids.
Thanh Vi
206-633-7867
A good place to get cheap vegan tofu
sandwiches in the UD. I've been told that the cream
sauce they use is "potato-based."
Flowers
206-633-1903
This restaraunt/bar has
a vegan Mediterranean buffet. Weekdays 12-4pm.
(Their menu the rest of the time has nothing vegan). The happy hour can
be a little much, but the folks are sweet. Great people
watching spot.
Daily 11-2pm
Veggie
Veggie
veggie-veggie.com
Moderately priced vegetarian thai cuisine. Order dinner online.
206-547-3900
Parnassus
Cafe In
Located in the basement of the
There aren't many reasons to go on the UW campus
(hunting frat boys is one) but this cafe is an awesome place- and it's
independent of the UW housing and food services. Located in the basement
of the art building,
Regular Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:15-4, Fri 8:15-2
Summer Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:15-2, Fri closed
Pies
and Pints
piesandpints.com
206-524-7082
Slightly upscale bar/restaraunt
that has good french fries
and beers. They sell a few different kinds of vegan and non-vegan dinner
pies. Sun-Wed 4-Midnight, Thurs-Fri 4–2, Sat Noon–2, Happy Hour Happy Hours: Mon-
Fri 4–6 Every Day 10–Closing
Wayward
Café
myspace.com/waywardcafe
Wayward Cafe is
Tues-Sun 9am-6pm
Araya's
206-524-4332
Araya's serves vegan Thai food in a relaxed
setting. The all you can eat buffet, offered during the work week, is
especially popular. The NW has a strange concept called buffet-to-go. For the
price of a normal buffet you get a take out box and a soup container to fill up
(to the brim). Do it and be filled.
Mon-Thurs 11:30-9PM, Fri-Sat 11:30-9:30, Sun 5- 9
Café
Racer
206-523-5282
5828
Serving food and coffee, Cafe Racer is a favorite
of bikers and punks in the area.
Mon 7–6, Tues–Fri 7–11, Sat 9-8, Sun 9-3
Café Wannabee
206-523-6294
A bright, interesting, crafty cafe with a super
sweet staff and a three-legged dog named
206- 522- 6966
Mon–Fri 8- 8, Sat 9-4, Sun 10-4
Flying
Apron
Corner of 50th and
206-526-2903
Vegan baked goods with wheat free and gluten free
options. Be sure to tip well.
206-632-3037
This food will make your eyes well up with
happiness. Vegan Jamaican sandwiches that will leave a greasebomb in your tummy. In a
good way.
Mon-Sat 11-9
My
Sweet Lord
425-558-4251
Hare Krishna restaurant that serves vegetarian
food on a pay what you can scale.
Tues-Sat 7:30–11, Sunday 1:30–4:30
Pizza
Pi
Vegan pizza and calzones made by tweens. Locally owned and operated vegan pizza.
Tues-Sun 5-10pm
Sureshot
Coffee house that has occasional shows.
Employees are cool, has nice location, good atmosphere, but the coffee is
pretty bad and the owners are republican. Free WiFi, though, so that’s cool.
Record Stores
Thrift
& Clothing
The
Last White Elephant
902-A
A pretty good thrift store. Cheap dishes and books. All proceeds go to Northwest Animal
Right Network! This is a good place to volunteer.
Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun Noon-6
Public
Spaces
Huge beautiful park on
Wall
of Death
Located down by the water, where the Burke-Gilman
trail goes under the
Burke
Gilman Trail
The Burke-Gilman is a popular bike path that goes
from Ballard to Bothell, a 20-mile route, and passes near a number of cool
parks, like Gasworks, Saint Edwards, and Sand Point. Also has a bounty of
blackberries every year.
Wallingford/Fremont/North
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
206-364-8815
414
House
This
Misc.
Goods
& Services
fremontmarket.com
If
you are riding or walking through
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Wright
Brothers Cycle Works
wrightbrotherscycleworks.com
(206)633-5132
This place is a bicycle geek’s dream shop. $30 lifetime fee to use their workshop.
Tue-Thurs 10:30-7, Fri 10:30-5
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Horizon
Books
206-523-4217
6512
This little store overflows with tons of books at
cheap prices, and there are even a couple of cute dogs hanging
around.
Mon-Thurs 10-5:30, Sat 10 – 10, Sun 10–earlier
than 5:30
Open
Books
206-633–0811
2414 N 45th
Open Books is one of only two all poetry book
stores in
Tues–Thurs 12-6, Fri– Sat 12–7, First Sunday of
the month 12–4
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Gorditos
gorditosmexicanfood.com
213
North 85th
206-706-9352
Have you ever wanted to eat a tofu burrito twice
the size of your fucking head? Now your dream can come true.
Paseo
(206) 545-7440
Paseos offers three incredible vegan
& vegetarian options, including an amazing tofu sandwich 1-5 star, the Tofu
con Gusto dinner that includes a delicious salad, rice & beans & corn
(an excellent value), and their famed rice & beans that I eat in obscene
quantities.
istanbulcafeseattle.com
206-675-1998
Pretty much the only place in town to get
authentic Turkish Food. These people are ridiculously
nice.
Mon-Fri 11-9, Sat 10-9
Grateful
Bread Baking Company
206-525–3166
It's kind of a ways up into Wedgewood,
but this place has awesome breads and sandwiches, and offers coffee and
Mighty-O's vegan donuts. The coffee is organic. There is a trans-fat free menu.
Mon– Fri 7– 7, Sat 7:30-6, Sun 8-6
Juice
Goddess
1903 N 45th
206–632-1828
Lives up to its name by having an amazing organic
juice selection (as well as excellent coffee), but the chef is amazing and you
can get about anything made vegan/vegetarian. Try the beet juice.
Mon-Wed 8-6, Thurs-Sat 8-5, Sun 9-5
Mighty-O
Donuts
206-547-0335
Mighty-O Donuts is a locally owned and operated
and makes organic, vegan donuts from scratch, as well as serving espresso and
coffee.
Mon-Tues 6-Noon, Wed-Fri 6-5, Sat-Sun 7-5
206–547–3203
4405
This bakery sits in the heart of
Mon 8–3, Tues–Sat 8-7, Sun 8-5
Record
Stores
Sonic
Boom, Vinyl Store!
Enter in rear for Sonic Boom's Vinyl Store - has
lots of good used vinyl at a good price.
Mon-Sat Noon–7, Sun Noon–6
Thrift
& Clothing
Public
Spaces
Under
highway 99 is a large troll sculpture holding a real VW Bug. It’s one of those
“must see” things in
Just off the Burke Gilman Trail,
Greenlake
This small lake is surrounded by a 3-mile paved
path, perpetually occupied by strollers and people on rollerblades. This is a
great place to hang out on a nice day and people-watch.
The park here has sports fields, a bmx course, and a shit-ton of
feral rabbits. Some primitivist friends of mine
caught and killed a rabbit, only to discover that they orphaned a baby bunny,
which they adopted. Oh, primitivists! The Woodland
Park Zoo is a big attraction for family with whiney children, who like to
scream at nerve-shot lions and giraffes. Still, their reptile house is fun, as
are their penguins, that is, if you aren’t overcome by guilt and sadness while
ogling captive wild animals.
Ballard
Entertainment,
Arts, & Events
Art
Spaces
Theaters
Venues
Mr. Spots's Chai House
206–297-2424
Easy place to book shows if you have no other
contacts.
Mon–Wed 8–10, Thurs–Sat 8-1, Sun 8–10
Misc.
Archie
McPhee
mcphee.com/store
Has a super awesome
assortment of toys and gadgets, and also a photobooth!
Goods
& Services
Arts
& Crafts
Bars
Bicycle
Shops
Books,
Newsstands, & Comics
Grocery
Hardware
Health
& Safety
Restaurants
& Cafes
Record
Stores
Bop
Street Records
206-297-2232
Bop Street is the vinyl store, with a massive
collection spanning lots of genres and decades of artists.
Mon-Thurs Noon-7, Fri-Sat Noon-Midnight
Thrift
& Clothing
Twenty/Twenty
206-706-0969
Not to be confused with 20/20 Cycle in the CD.
This is a really cool custom boutique that sometimes hosts lo-fi indie shows and art shows. Has
lots of silkscreened goodies, and has a rad owner.
Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 11-5
Public
Spaces
Ballard
Locks (Hiram M. Chittenden Locks)
Located out in Ballard where the ship canals meet
the
Ballard bowl
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/BallardCommonsPark.htm
4 am to
11:30pm
A small bowl done by Grindline. All concrete with pool coping.
Friendly locals, and has a nice park next door with a cupcake shop as a
neighbor. Dumpster some bread and skate all day!
Discovery park
The western-most part of
Enter at western-most point on
A huge sprawling waterfront park where
you’ll find a lot of jocks playing volleyball, hippies smoking weed around
bonfires, and an assortment of families. Has
some pretty incredible views, and occasional visits by a train.
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volunteermatch.org
volunteersolutions.org
Books To
Prisoners
bookstoprisoners.net
A
Food Not Bombs
scn.org/foodnotbombs
DIY homeless feeding program, all vegetarian. They need volunteers, bulk foods
(grains, beans, spices, coffee), cooking equipment, and vehicles and drivers
for transport.
Thursday meal - (206) 633-9600 or email
seattle-fnb@riseup.net
Saturday Free Market - fnb@scn.org or call
(206)524-8979
An
anarchist book store located downtown. They occasionally need volunteers to
help with inventory and to help with cashier work. 206-622-0195
Sidecar For Pigs Peace - sidecarforpigspeace.com.
Sidecar
is an all-vegan grocery store, and all proceeds go to Pig’s Peace, a farm
sanctuary. They need help with incoming items, and volunteer cashiers.
peggy@sidecarforpigspeace.com for more info.
Last White Elephant
Beneficiary thrift store for animal rights. They need people to volunteer at
least two hours each week and take on projects like organizing books, records,
house wares, etc. Stop by or call the store to sign up for shifts and projects.
902-A
Lifelong Aids
A nonprofit that supports the needs of people living with HIV and
AIDS. They
have a lot of volunteer opportunities.
(206)
957-1776 or volunteers@llaa.org
The Bikery
Currently,
we're working on a few things: finding a space & opening up shop,
Sunday's
free bike maintenance workshops, fundraising, outreach & fliering,
and
much more. We can always use help, so please get in contact:
info@thebikery. org or drop by our weekly workshop:
Sundays 2-5pm @
Community Center (Cherry &23rd).
The Bike Shack
A DIY bicycle workshop running out of the back of the Wayward Café. They need talented mechanics
that are good with teaching.
The Vera Project
A
volunteer run music and art nonprofit. Most positions are to volunteer at
Vera’s shows. Check their website for the next volunteer orientation.
volunteer@theveraproject.org
An
alternative junior and high school that provides education based on the desires
of the students. For info about volunteering, visit http://www.pscs.org/give/volunteering.htm
Planned Parenthood
A
reproductive health clinic centered around a
pro-choice philosophy.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-volunteer for more
info.
The Old Firehouse
theoldfirehouse.org
A
city-run arts and music oriented teen center in
myspace.com/groundzeromusic
An arts
and music oriented teen center in
ktub.org
An arts and music oriented teen center in
A collective whose intention is to promote the DIY ethos through
projects like this one, as well as put on benefit events, publishes a
newsletter, and runs a community website. Meetings happen every Sunday – go to
seattlediy.org
PAWS – Progressive Animal Welfare
Society
An incredible animal advocacy group that operates no-kill shelters
and does community outreach, and has plenty of volunteer needs at various level
of intensity.
http://www.paws.org/help/vol/
Humane Society
http://www.seattlehumane.org/volunteer.shtml
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
A volunteer-based homeless young adult shelter (18-25). Rootsinfo.org
Children’s Hospital
A hospital for children.
http://waystohelp.seattlechildrens.org/volunteer/
Food Banks
http://www.udistrictfoodbank.org/volunteer.php
http://www.westseattlefoodbank.org/getinvolved.asp
United Indians Of
All Tribes
http://www.unitedindians.com/volunteer.html
Senior Services
A nonprofit that cares for and provides services to older people.
http://www.seniorservices.org/volunteer/volunteer.htm
Home Alive
Anti-violence organization that offers low-cost self-defense classes. Volunteer opportunities at
selfdef@homealive.org
Richard Hugo House and ZAPP
http://www.hugohouse.org/involved/
The Hugo House is a literary arts center that has various volunteer
opportunities. The Zine Archiving and Publishing Project needs plenty of
volunteers for help with incoming zines, organizing the place, and keeping it
open. zines@hugohouse.org
Solid Ground
A
community support organization for low income people. They have a number of
great projects.
volunteers@fremontpublic.org
List
of Non-profits:
Books To Prisoners
The Bikery
Home Alive
Sidecar For Pigs Peace
Last
White Elephant
Vera Project
911 Media Arts
Youth In Focus
Art Works
Solid Ground
Country Doctor Community Health Clinic
Northwest
Film Forum
List
of Collectives:
Food Not Bombs
Wayward Cafe
Books To Prisoners
The Bike Shack
The Bikery