March 30, 2011

By Katie Melton Usually when urban dwellers pick up a prescription, it’s a quick, impersonal stop at a grocery store or an even more impersonal mail-only service. But at Maple Leaf Pharmacy, they’ll know you by name. The pharmacy originated in 1988 in the old Northgate Hospital building (north parking lot of the mall). It

March 29, 2011

What a difference a winter makes. Last summer, we posted the above photo of the pedestrian staircase where 20th Avenue Northeast ends at Northeast 98th Street. Reader Seth Myers sent us the following photos of what the staircase heading down to Thornton Creek now looks like: And no, we’re not talking about the lack of greenery, but rather the

March 29, 2011

When LC’s Kitchen opens for lunch at 11:30 this morning, just five days will remain before the doors are locked for good. The popular neighborhood restaurant, which just celebrated its seventh anniversary on March 4, will close at the end of the night this coming Saturday, April 2. It wasn’t planned this way. “I’m in

March 29, 2011

When LC’s Kitchen opens for lunch at 11:30 this morning, just five days will remain before the doors are locked for good. The popular neighborhood restaurant, which just celebrated its seventh anniversary on March 4, will close at the end of the night this coming Saturday, April 2. It wasn’t planned this way. “I’m in

March 28, 2011

Update: Friday, April 1. Lumpia World cancelled for today. What are you in the mood for this week for lunch? The options abound if you make your way to the Thornton Place area, where street food trucks will be parked at 9706 Fourth Ave. The soup is on Tuesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,