Green Lake has a new cafe style walk up window. It’s called The Snack Shack and it is part of Shelter Lounge Green Lake. The window opened this week at the southern side of the Shelter Lounge (near the Starbucks). Their Facebook post announced the opening August 10th: “We are really proud to introduce Snack […]

Weeks before Eight Row opened its doors I passed the restaurant and saw the culinary team huddled around a table training the staff about each of the dishes they were bringing out of the kitchen. The crew looked more like a bunch of friends than a labor force. You could tell they liked what they […]

Some restaurant openings and, sadly, a closure to share with you. First for the sad news. After 10 years in business Turnpike Pizza, (6900 East Green Lake Way) has closed. It served its last pizza on August 31. No word on future tenants. Around that same time two new restaurants opened in Green Lake. Eight […]

Ever notice that Green Lake’s restaurant news comes in waves? Well here’s the latest, and much of the news is concentrated to one block: Green Lake is getting a hot pot restaurant. Da Long Yi Hot Pot is going into the former Ming China Bistro location, across the street from the Green Lake Village complex. […]

Nutty Squirrel Gelato recently invited us to preview their new menu. You may know Nutty Squirrel for their expansive gelato menu. But starting today that menu includes a full line of traditional European bakery items. This expansion makes Nutty Squirrel Gelato the closest European pasticceria (the Italian version of a French patisserie) to Green Lake. In […]

Thanks to a reader tip, we just learned that the Subway restaurant on 6850 E Green Lake Way N has closed. A real estate listing dated January 2018 showed that the business was for sale for $80,000. According to that same listing, the business opened in 1994. The store had been under new ownership according […]