It is a curated, up to date listing of Seattle’s most notable and everlasting restaurant and bar closures. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line.
February 28
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT — The primary location of the Burgermaster chain, situated subsequent to College Village, will shut on the finish of February because the lot is being redeveloped and can quickly be dwelling to a brand new condo constructing. Although the Burgermaster chain remains to be going robust and has a number of different places, this marks a serious change within the neighborhood, because the restaurant has been there since 1952.
February 22
MADRONA — Cookies With Tiffany, a preferred cookie bakery, is ditching its storefront and “adopting a mobile-first technique,” based on a press launch. This implies extra pop-ups and an “enhanced on-line retailer” that may ship cookies nationwide. The final day of the brick-and-mortar in Madrona will likely be February 22.
February 16
WEST SEATTLE — The Spot, a restaurant, all-day hangout, and music venue simply off the West Seattle Bridge, will shut on Sunday, February 16, reviews Vanishing Seattle. It opened in 2020 and survived each the pandemic lockdown period and the lengthy bridge closure, however is now shutting down as a result of the owner has declined to resume its lease.
FREMONT — Two years after ceasing manufacturing at its Fremont manufacturing facility and flagship retailer, Theo Chocolate is closing the shop completely, together with its Bellevue Sq. retailer. Although Theo Chocolate will proceed to be broadly stocked in shops and on-line, it is going to now not have a customer-facing presence in Seattle.
February 10
FISHERMAN’S TERMINAL — The Highliner, a bar inside Fisherman’s terminal, has closed completely after 37 years, based on an Eater Seattle tipster, who added, “Very unhappy for the Magnolia/Interbay neighborhood.” Since 2011, the bar has been owned by the house owners of the terminal’s Wild Salmon Seafood Market, who upgraded the meals menu. A motive for the closure was not given on social media, although Eater Seattle has reached out for remark and can replace if we hear again.
January
FREMONT — Seattle now not has a ski-themed bar, with Woodsky’s closing after 14 years, reviews MyBallard. The house owners stated on Instagram that the closure was as a consequence of “unlucky circumstances” however didn’t elaborate. (Eater Seattle reached out for remark and can replace this publish if we hear again.) At the least snow sport fans have the Alpine Diner in White Heart.
BALLARD — In accordance with MyBallard, the Market Road location of Pie Bar has closed after 10 years, with an indication on the door blaming the closure on “town of Seattle’s mismanaged avenue venture.” It is a reference to the Route 40 venture, which has been doing development work close to the Pie Bar for a while. The Phinney Ridge location of Pie Bar stays open.
