The Wallingford Community Council will be holding its monthly meeting tonight, Wednesday Dec 4th, at 7 pm in Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N. I don’t know if it’s always so action-packed, but the docket for this one seems rich:

The Italian restaurant Perché No (1319 N 49th St) will end a twenty-two year run, thirteen of them in Wallingford / Green Lake, on December 18th. They recently posted the story to their Facebook page:

On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Lily and Chef David Kong will officially retire, closing their Italian restaurant Perché No (Why not?) after 27 years.

Perché No opened on October 30, 1992, in Uptown (lower Queen Anne) where they stayed for 14 years. Their customers ranged from opera, ballet, and symphony lovers along with Sonics fans and local neighbors. In 1998, they purchased a limo that …

Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you’re safe, warm, well-fed and spending time with friends or family.

FamilyWorks is running another Family Holiday Program this year, collecting gifts for families in need.

Kirby Lochner from FamilyWorks writes that they’re doing it a little bit differently this year. Instead of focusing on stuff, they’re asking people to donate experiences, which sounds just about right to me.

The program will run slightly different than last year, as we are no longer matching donors with participant wishlists. Instead, we heard from many of our participants that the holiday season is especially important to them …

Windows around Wallingford promise change.

The “What Will Replace Wallyburger” mystery has been solved:

Turnover will also be coming quickly to Damsel & Hopper’s old spot on Wallingford Ave, in the property owned by Julia’s:

The sign indicates that Juisala will be opening “Mid December”, and Internet sleuthing (OK, typing “juisala” into Google and reading the first page of results) indicates that they’ll be selling smoothies, salads and acai bowls. Their website is still under construction, but breaks bold new territory with a tongue twisting neologism:

We are an ORGANICTARIAN Food and Beverage Company that’s committed to Clean and Organic …

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Here’s the story in brief: Wallyhood has donated 100% of our profits to the Wallingford-based FamilyWorks Food Bank and Family Resource Center for years. At this year’s annual fundraising dinner, they had a little contest: each person donated $10 to participate, and chose heads or tails. They flipped a …

The deadline for moving residents out of the Northlake Tiny House Village (3814 Ave NE) has slid forward three weeks, from December 31st to December 9th. (For background on the closure, see Northlake Tiny House Village To Close.)

This past week, LIHI posted the following notice on the gates:

The Seattle Human Services Department has notified us that the Northlake Village contract will not be renewed for 2020. To allow time to transition this City of Seattle-owned property back to City Light by December 31, 2019, all the tiny houses and village grounds need to be vacated by December 9, …

Just shy of its sixth Birthday, The Octopus Bar (2109 N 45th St) will lock up for the last time at the little Jules Verne-themed building they carved out of the old Wallingford Pizza House building on 45th Street. Fortunately, while they’re losing their lease on the building, they’re planning to take their theme just down the block to the old Iron Bull building on the corner of 45th and Bagley.

This came as a surprise to me. Last I spoke with co-owner Liza Danger, the plan was to continue to operate The Octopus in its present location, and to …