Usman La’Aro specializes in both traditional and contemporary designs for women, men and plus-size figures. This chic boutique offering African textiles and tailoring has occupied the old Dragonfly Vintage Goods & Gift space for almost a year. But when I decide to take up ultimate Frisbee, join the circus or play an April Fool’s joke - or when someone tells me to “Go fly a kite!” - I know my first stop. I can’t say that I’ve ever actually purchased anything from Art Smart’s Dart Mart & Juggling Emporium, though I’ve done a lot of curious and amused browsing. → Art Smart’s Dart Mart & Juggling Emporium La Masa Empanada Bar elevates the traditional South American pastry with fillings like creamy sweet corn, potatoes and peanuts, mushrooms and truffle oil and even one inspired by the Cuban sandwich.Ī few paces north of La Masa, Balzac offers surprisingly filling small plates - “Garden” offerings (fried Brussels sprouts with bacon, cranberries and white cheddar, for instance), “Lands” (like duck cassoulet) and “Waters” (like stuffed PEI mussels) - and an extensive wine book. While this “hootch” (military-speak for a sleeping hut or shelter) is both “dry” (free of alcohol) and a safe, social gathering place for combat veterans to receive peer mentoring and employment and housing resources, Dryhootch Coffeehouse also welcomes the public to enjoy its coffee and, in the summer, art and music.Ĭalling itself an “Asian gastropub,” Easy Tyger fuses American and Asian flavors with steamed bao buns filled with fried chicken, miso ranch and lemongrass pickle, steamed mussels in a bacon-kimchi broth and turkey potstickers with curried root vegetable puree that are as tasty as they are beautiful. Experts with a pair of clippers, they take walk-ins and are also a hit with young children ready for their first cut.
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Specializing in men’s haircuts, the barbers at Classics Barbershop are known for their friendly service and artistic, precision fades and designs. There’s something for everyone: restaurants and bars, cafes and shops, a market and a bakery. With an eclectic array over 50 businesses packed right next to each other, it’s hard to choose only ten to feature. Brady Street saw a renaissance in the late 1980s and quickly became the colorful, pedestrian-friendly melting pot destination that it is now, while still retaining elements of its historical identities. During the first half of the 20th century, the Italian community set up shop, followed by the hippies, artists and antique dealers in the 1960s.
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In the 1860s, Polish, German and Irish immigrants settled in the area. As a former Seattleite, I’m reminded so much of my old stomping ground on Capitol Hill’s Broadway Street or Ballard’s Fremont district. Brady Street has oft been compared to a mini-version of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district or Chicago’s Lincoln Park.