Seattle Culture
MOD Pizza To Be Acquired By Elite Restaurant Group
The sale may have staved off a potential bankruptcy filing
MOD Super Fast Pizza LLC has agreed to be acquired by Elite Restaurant Group. Terms were not disclosed. Bellevue-based MOD was founded in 2008 and until recently had been on a growth tear. It now operates more than 500 locations across the United States and Canada, but had reportedly closed more than two dozen this…
Editor’s Note: Green Serenity
It’s been 10 years since Washington residents could legally buy marijuana
I was intrigued when an email blaring the provocative subject line “Weed Man Targets Seattle for Franchise Expansion” popped into my inbox. Imagine my disappointment when the pitch was for a lawn-care company, not a pot shop. I’m sure that’s not the reaction the PR team was anticipating…
Washington’s Wave Wanderlust
Just in time for summer: State ranks No. 1 for beaches.
Washington is the best state to go to the beach in America. Vacation rental platform Lake.com found that Washington boasts the most beaches of any state, 1,550, and has 1,053.63 miles of beach. That includes “urban beaches” such as Burien’s Seahurst Park, Alki, and Golden Gardens, and Discovery Park. A few of our favorite beaches…
Picture Perfect, Inside and Out
The Friedman home serves as a rotating art gallery
“Canoe Trails Residence” is a home art gallery designed with velvet gloves and without velvet ropes. For decades, Ken and Jane Friedman have been serious curators and creators of art. Jane formerly co-owned Friedman Oens Gallery on Bainbridge Island, acquiring notable pieces from around the Northwest and world. Their collection includes…
Publisher’s Note: From Stigma to Science
Seattle is emerging as a leader in using psychedelics for mental health
Right or wrong, psychedelics have long been relegated to the fringes of society, dismissed as dangerous substances with no legitimate medical value. Having grown up during the late ‘60s and ‘70s, my word associations for “magic mushrooms” were always with “Woodstock hippies” or worse, “Charles Manson.” But recent research taking place in our region has begun to challenge this perception…
Catie Griggs Resigns From Mariners
Chairman John Stanton will temporarily assume her role
Catie Griggs has resigned as president of business operations for the Seattle Mariners. In a statement, Griggs says she resigned to “prioritize her family” and relocate back to the East Coast to be closer to both her husband, Justin, and her aging parents. Prior to joining the Mariners in 2021, Griggs served as chief business…
Top Docs: 2024
Seattle magazine's 24th annual list of the best doctors in the Puget Sound region
Finding a doctor can be overwhelming. Referrals from friends and family are helpful, of course, but, in partnership with Castle Connolly, we want to make the process easier. For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors. None paid to be included and all were nominated by their…
The First Sculptor of Seattle
James Wehn's work can still be seen all over the city
My first encounter with the work of James Wehn occurred in the 1980s during a family trip to the Seattle Center. At some point that day we found ourselves walking around in the nearby Belltown neighborhood when someone in the group pointed to a statue of Chief Seattle. The 400-pound bronze statue sits at Tilikum…
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