Results tagged “dennys”

Lowell's APP program might be splitting up along North/South lines. Sable Verity dives into the controversy surrounding KUOW's coverage of one APP student's description of how she was treated in the program. Over at HugeAssCity, it's mourning time once again for the loss of the Ballard Dennys, now that the monstrous development plans for that space have been revealed. Lake City Live did a bad news (frowny face) round-up, and CHS has an interesting piece on what the light rail ride from Capitol Hill to the airport will really look like (eleven stops...!). Reverb has an update on Renton's Jimi Hendrix Foundation involving a comic book character named Captain Strata. Hmm.

Summer's music festivals are essentially over, but that hasn't stopped the cruel marketing geniuses at Taco Bell (the ones who banished the adorable "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" chihuahua) from trying to sell more Mexiwraps and cinnamon twists. Taco Bell has just launched its own cheesy promotion, Feed The Beast. No, sorry, that's a typo. Should be Feed The Beat. That's better. "Winning" bands get $500 in late-night meal vouchers, what the TB folks call the FourthMeal. The whole thing smells like a stale ripoff of Denny's All-Nighter, which at least coughed up some sponsorship bucks for Sasquatch this year. Arf! Back in the box, Gidget.

It was just two months ago that the city's Landmarks Preservation Board made a controversial ruling that declared the old Denny's in Ballard a local historic landmark. For those two months, the old building has sat empty behind chain link fences, gaining layers of graffiti and gathering dust. Just this Sunday, Seattlest was driving past the abandoned building when our good friend and passenger asked, "So what are they going to do with that old Denny's anyways?" We just shrugged and shook our heads.

"The Board's decision ... was sentimental and capricious, but not legal," says one of the two filings that make up the suit. "The Board's action was improper and illegal."

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