R.I.P. Cranium's (Note the Apostrophe-S)

No, not the game company. (We'd love to know how many hours Cranium's lawyers spent agonizing over Cranium's Collectibles, though. And whether or not Cranium will be buying craniums.com.)

Cranium's has been shuttered for months, but Ericka at Outer Limits reports that the coffee/collectibles/record shop, a popular outpost of funky in nothern Seattle up at 123rd and Lake City Way will not be reopening.

We never actually went to Cranium's. When we lived in Wallingford we'd drive by every six months or so and think, hey, that looks like an interesting place. But we don't drink coffee, so never had a strong motive to stop. Once we moved to northwest Wedgwood and would actually drive along Lake City for reasons other than parties in the suburbs, brown paper was up in the windows and the shop wasn't available for visiting.

We were always curious, though -- it was closed for a long time, yet never disappeared. Back in July, Outer Limits reported that Cranium's was going to reopen, once the messy divorce spurring its closure was settled.

Now, though, it looks like Bill Pierre, king of Lake City Way, will be reoccupying that corner of his kingdom, giving us one more boring business to ignore as we visit the scattered archipelago of interesting destinations in northern Seattle.