Cedars of Lebannon in Seattle’s U District Might Be Getting Changed With a McDonald’s

McDonald’s is poised to maneuver into the College District — and never all of its would-be neighbors are completely happy.

Final month the Every day Journal of Commerce seen that the quick meals leviathan had purchased the area on College that was residence to the shuttered bar Flowers, and that the plans “may even displace Cedars of Lebanon, on the constructing’s north aspect.” That displacement of Cedars, a longstanding spot for gyros and falafel, got here as an obvious shock to proprietor John Khalil, who just lately instructed the College of Washington’s Every day, “I used to be shocked and really a lot unhappy about how they will do one thing like that behind my again… the owner wasn’t answering the telephone, wasn’t telling me something.”

{That a} almost 50-year-old impartial enterprise would get replaced by one of many world’s main firms isn’t sitting nicely with some Seattleites. The Ave has all the time been a bastion of grungy weirdness; McDonald’s, in contrast, “mainly doesn’t actually serve meals,” in line with the Stranger’s Charles Mudede. The neighborhood group U District Advocates is opposing the McDonald’s, and there’s a Change.org petition began by the operations supervisor of the close by Bulldog Information that argues there’s a historical past of firms shopping for storefronts on the Ave solely to battle. “These firms push out native small companies, signal a protracted contract then pull out, leaving the storefront vacant for years. Your favourite gap within the wall is likely to be subsequent,” the petition warns.

It’s unclear when Cedars can be compelled to shut underneath this plan.

On to extra information of the week:

Mighty-O promoting poop doughnuts

Mighty-O

April Fools, a vacation for liars, is coming, and if you’d like a straightforward, readymade prank Mighty-O has you lined. The native vegan doughnut chain is promoting “poop” doughnuts that appear like… poop. In keeping with a Mighty-O spokesperson, “pre-orders open on March 18 for decide up on March 31 and April 1. Restricted provide shall be offered in retailer on these two days so make sure you plan your pranks and place your poop pre-orders now!”

Downtown is shedding the Cheesecake Manufacturing facility

In one other blow to the US’ struggling manufacturing trade, the Cheesecake Manufacturing facility on Pike Avenue is closing after Sunday, Might 4, studies the Puget Sound Enterprise Journal. “The corporate… is aiding its Seattle staff with transfers to different places. It has different eating places in Tacoma, Bellevue, Tukwila and Lynnwood,” in line with the Journal. The downtown location, although, is the one many Seattleites have been most conversant in; it has been open for 23 years. No particular cause for the closure was given.

Panda Fest is coming to Seattle

Panda Fest is a pan-Asian meals competition that began in New York Metropolis in 2015 and has since unfold all through the U.S. The primary Seattle Panda Fest is going on at Seattle Middle’s Fisher Pavilion from June 6 to eight — 70 meals distributors, 15 merchandise distributors, performances, and, after all, a large inflatable panda. Children underneath 6 are free, and should you purchase tickets earlier than Sunday, March 23 they’re $11. (After that costs rise to $15.) To get tickets, and for more information, go right here.