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This is AWESOME! Tina always did a great job and I bought a lot of stuff there over the years. Please support this store…

The pianos are back on the streets of Everett, Washington as Street Tunes, the annual interactive musical art project returns for its annual summer appearance. This is “Play Me a Tune in the Rolling Hills” by Krista Jefferson and is at the Everett Public Library Evergreen Branch, 9512 Evergreen Way in south Everett until August 19th. For more details and a list of locations visit our website. https://seenineverett.com/street-tunes-pianos-back-on-the-streets-of-everett-washington/

Know a kid who wants to sell their stuff at The Everett Farmers Market?

Calling all young entrepreneurs! Join us for The Kids Corner Market at the Everett Farmers Market on Sunday, August 23. Youth ages 8–17 are invited to become market vendors for the day and showcase their handmade creations, artwork, crafts, homegrown produce, and other kid-made products.
✨ Registration is $5 ✨ Limited to 10 youth vendors ✨ Registration deadline: July 30, or sooner if all spaces are filled. 👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/gyUiK9NZugZuN6g17

FYI

Update: The roadway is now open.

At approximately 1:15pm today, Everett Police and Everett Fire responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian near Evergreen Way and Holly Dr.

The pedestrian, a male in his 70s, was transported to the hospital for his injuries.

Two lanes of northbound Evergreen Way are closed while the Everett Police Traffic Safety Unit responds to investigate.

Please avoid the area and expect delays.

Great shots from Sylvia Blaauw Photography

21 runs!

The Frogs take the three-game series in Spokane!

From 41st and Hoyt to a Northwest Empire! Congrats Shawn and team!

Shawn O’Donnell’s Irish Pub Plans Seventh Location at Former Hilltop Restaurant Near Bellingham

The former Hilltop Restaurant property along Guide Meridian Road is expected to become the seventh location of Shawn O’Donnell’s American Grill and Irish Pub, bringing an established family-owned restaurant group with huge success in Skagit County to Whatcom County for the first time.

Shawn O’Donnell contacted Bellingham Metro News after seeing an earlier report about the sale-pending sign at the longtime restaurant property, located at 5645 Guide Meridian Road in the Laurel area north of Bellingham.

O’Donnell said his family’s restaurant group has the property under contract and expects the sale could close within the next 60 days. The transaction has not yet been completed, but the group is already preparing for the possibility of reopening the property as a restaurant.

“We are so looking forward to getting the restaurant back open,” O’Donnell said.

Shawn O'Donnell's currently operates six restaurants, including five in Washington and one in Butte, Montana. The business began in Everett in 1990 and has grown into a family-owned group of American grills and Irish pubs.

The planned Hilltop location would become the company’s seventh restaurant and its first in Whatcom County.

O’Donnell said the rural Guide Meridian setting appears well suited for the company’s model. He pointed to the group’s Mount Vernon restaurant called 'Shawn O'Donnell's at the Farmhouse', located inside a former Farmhouse Restaurant property, as an example of a similar location that has worked well.

The company purchased the Mount Vernon property in 2022. O’Donnell described that restaurant as a strong success and said rural locations appear to be a good fit for the business.

Current Shawn O’Donnell’s menus feature a mix of Irish dishes and American pub food, including corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie, Guinness beef stew, chicken pot pie, bangers and mash, fish and chips, burgers, sandwiches and Irish-inspired appetizers.

Other offerings listed on the company’s current menu include whiskey macaroni and cheese, Irish meatloaf, fisherman’s pie, Reuben sandwiches, boxty cakes, Irish poutine and house-made soda bread. Lunch specials are offered at existing restaurants, although no menu, pricing or daily schedule has been announced for the proposed Guide Meridian location.

The restaurants also serve Irish beer and whiskey, along with locally sourced food and dishes prepared in-house. Some existing locations host traditional Irish music during the week, but entertainment schedules differ by restaurant and no live-music plans have been confirmed for the Hilltop property.

The Hilltop Restaurant was a familiar place for generations of drivers traveling along Guide Meridian near Smith and Axton roads. News that an established restaurant group has the property under contract provides the first confirmed indication of what could replace the former business.

An opening date has not been announced. Details involving renovations, hiring and the final menu are expected to become clearer after the property sale closes.

Bellingham Metro News was first to break this story. Article by Fernando Gonzalez, BMN.

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