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Help Displaced Houston Animals By Drinking Rad Cocktails in Ballard

No Bones Beach Club is kicking a portion of its sales to a Texas animal rescue.

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The flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey is “unprecedented” and its impact is “beyond anything experienced,” according to the National Weather Service. The brutal storm has caused billions of dollars in damages to the city and its residents already. Among the affected are the many pets and other animals of the region who have been evacuated, rescued or separated from their owners amid the disaster.

Though the situation is grim, shelters and other organizations around the country are pitching in. The New York Times reports that a full plane of displaced animals will arrive here in Seattle on Wednesday. Elsewhere in Seattle, vegan tiki bar No Bones Beach Club will donate 10 percent of its sales on Wednesday to the Austin Pets Alive! organization. (No Bones’ newer Portland location has made the same pledge, too.) The Texas nonprofit dedicating to saving animals in shelters from euthanasia is working to relocate and rehouse animals affected by the flooding. Austin Pets Alive! reports it has already taken in hundreds of animals and needs all the help they can get caring for them.

It’s a cause close to the Ballard bar’s heart (note the happy pup in its logo), which has raised money for a multitude of local animal rescues through its “We Give Wednesdays” series. The animal love extends to No Bones’ vegan menu, where the wildly creative cooks load jackfruit flauta nachos with cashew cream and smoked poblano queso.

Pair ‘em with a classic tiki concoction or two (it is for charity, after all) like a mai tai or this excellent piña colada. Rarely has philanthropy tasted so good.

 

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

At Cut Club, the longtime Seattle restaurateur is going old-school, with steaks made for sharing, no service charges, and a happy hour where $12 still buys dinner. 

Cut Club, the new steakhouse inside downtown’s Hotel Max, feels like a restaurant from the not-too-distant past. The menu leans comfortable rather than ambitious or world-spanning. It serves a typical lineup of steak cuts, some traditional sides like oysters, prawn cocktail, and wedge salad, and some cocktails that are between $15 and $20. There’s a…

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Alissa Leinonen’s new venture brings her seasonal, Northwest approach to weddings, milestone celebrations, and elevated events.

After 30 years, Alissa Leinonen—founder of renowned catering and box-lunch company, Gourmondo—has launched a new venture. Called Olivina, the new luxury catering and events company focuses on highly personalized, elevated experiences ranging from weddings or other milestone celebrations to corporate gatherings. What started with $4,000 from a refinanced car (and a tiny café in Pike…

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

Autumn is back. Celebrate with fresh-hop beer, apple harvests, returning salmon, cranberries, and more. 

Explore 7 fun Washington fall festivals worth the drive, from Leavenworth's Autumn Leaf Festival and Issaquah Salmon Days to CrabFest and Fresh Hop Ale.

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.

Hope you’re hungry for a history lesson. Oliver’s, the cocktail lounge inside downtown’s Mayflower Park Hotel, was a Bartell Drugs store during Prohibition before becoming the city’s first hotel bar in the late 1940s—the Carousel Room, named for the carousel horses hung from the ceiling. When Washington repealed the rule forbidding the service of hard…