Lunchbox Laboratory, Ballard, Seattle (23) by pouryourheartintoit more ›

• Vintage Seattle continued their fabulous series on the building of The Space Needle. Ever since VS started posting this series, we've been looking at the Needle with new eyes and appreciation.
• Mark our words, Cooper the Cat is about to be Seattle's next big star, but you can already track this local feline celebrity on Flickr and various local blogs.
• Thieves really are getting ballsier by the day, it seems. West Seattle Blog reports a classic Airstream Trailer was stolen off its double-locked parking pad this weekend on the west side.

Wednesdays are $4.99 burger days at the Deluxe Bar & Grill on Broadway, down by the Harvard Exit. You have to purchase a beverage (not necessarily beer), but then you can choose from the Tillamook cheeseburger, bacon cheeseburger, gardenburger, bacon-onion-avocado burger, mushroom-and-swiss burger, BBQ burger, bleu cheese burger, and chicken burger. more ›

Yes, what you see before you is in fact a cheeseburger. And yes, underneath that curtain of fried cheddar is a full 1/3 lb. of juicy meat. On a trip to San Francisco last weekend, Seattlest made a jaunt up to Napa solely to wrap our hands around one of these babies. Sure, we stopped in Sonoma for some wine too, but this burger was the road trip's raison d'etre. more ›