What Is Lake City's Biggest Selling Feature?

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Lake City should have thought about that before they demolished the most interesting part of their commercial strip and built a mountain of crap there instead. The most interesting thing in Lake City now? Panda Express. Or the check-cashing place. Or the 90-year-old patrons of Claire's.

Remember how that block was before the other side burned down? Those two buildings are the worst in Seattle. And you wonder why your neighborhood sucks donkey balls. YOU DELIBERATELY KILLED IT.

I miss Cranium's. I notice the space is still empty, all these years later. Smooth move, raising the guy's rent like that.

Fnarf on March 29, 2013 at 3:43 PM

The least-popular Dick's location, maybe?

The CHZA on March 29, 2013 at 3:48 PM

If not car dealerships, then used car dealerships.

sperifera on March 29, 2013 at 3:53 PM

There is also a 24-hour emergency animal hospital in Lake City, which is the only reason I've been there.

care bear on March 29, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Crack Whore on Rollerblades. Every summer.

julie russell on March 29, 2013 at 3:58 PM

Cranium's is now Verizon. I looked at the space when I wanted to expand my business to Doggie Daycare w/ indoor/outdoor play zones

julie russell on March 29, 2013 at 4:01 PM

They should just own up to reality. Then they could market themselves as: "Lake City - The Gateway to Lake Forest Park."

COMTE on March 29, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Even I can't think of anything positive to say about Lake City.

So @4 ftw.

Will in Seattle on March 29, 2013 at 4:11 PM

Lake City - The Other Aurora.

rejemy on March 29, 2013 at 4:18 PM

GIANT POTATO-ROCK ART!

Dr_Awesome on March 29, 2013 at 4:20 PM

@1 Elliot Bay Brewing has a nice location there. Also, Beer Authority is pretty good. But those are no reason for me to want to move there or anything.

pragmatic on March 29, 2013 at 4:34 PM

"Lake City - Technically Part of Seattle"

raku on March 29, 2013 at 4:47 PM

@9 FTW.

MLM on March 29, 2013 at 4:51 PM

At Least It's Not Kent.

ryanmm on March 29, 2013 at 5:04 PM

Toyoda's is the best thing in Lake City, but please don't go there.
El Norte is fun, too.
The Mini Dealership has to be somewhere - I'm glad it's Lake City, not Redmond.
And I always find decent vinyl at that Value Village, so don't go in there either.

Max Solomon on March 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM

Lake City: Seattle's Nosebleed Section.

pragmatic on March 29, 2013 at 5:25 PM

Lake City should be known as "Stoned Way", based on the overwhelming number of Marijuana dispensaries. Really. There's one on every block. It's a veritable reefer madhouse, a pot bazaar. Greenworks is my favorite. Delta 9 is good, too.
It is also, judging from the amount of tweakers wandering aimlessly after dark, an excellant place to score meth.

Pol Pot on March 29, 2013 at 5:42 PM

I live there and it's alright, I guess. It's not, like, fun or interesting, but it's not the armpit everyone makes it out to be either.

tabletop_joe on March 29, 2013 at 6:34 PM

Lake City has a pretty cool block that has a bong shop, a gun store and stripper coffee.

Cascadian Bacon on March 29, 2013 at 6:35 PM

I miss the Jolly Roger restaurant. Was near 90th & lake city way. they had great blueberry pancakes!

pat L on March 29, 2013 at 6:38 PM

I think the Bill Pierre family wants to sell off the properties.

Funny thing, I met old man Bill Pierre in a SE Alaska town where he liked to summer. He liked to hang out at the pervy bar. Everyone there was old, leftover from the crazy hay-day of the town.

internet_jen on March 29, 2013 at 6:40 PM

Not a local and not going to googlemap it, but is there a lake?

gttrgst on March 29, 2013 at 7:24 PM

Lake City: You Can Almost Afford It!

TVDinner on March 29, 2013 at 7:27 PM

@22, not really.

bozbozeman on March 29, 2013 at 7:27 PM

"On a bus line."

Superjivus on March 29, 2013 at 7:59 PM

#9 is still the best.

LMcGuff on March 29, 2013 at 8:06 PM

Wasn't there a popular adult bookstore there at one time where DL guys could go for blow jobs?

DickDave on March 29, 2013 at 8:09 PM

@17 - it also hosts the HempFest storefront HempFest Central

NaFun on March 29, 2013 at 8:44 PM

@22, yes, there's a lake, but it's not nearby.

Fnarf on March 29, 2013 at 9:16 PM

The Third Place Books on Lake City Way. Which is technically Bothell. Otherwise: "Lake City, it ain't no White Center".

WFM on March 29, 2013 at 9:53 PM

I like living in Lake City and I don't care that it isn't a destination. Living in the center I can walk to Dick's or Heaven Sent chicken, can walk to groceries. Express bus downtown is faster than anywhere else I have lived in the north end. Easy freeway access means driving is quick for club nights, but I'm far enough away the party doesn't come back with me.

There is a good library and city service building. Branches of all the banks and CU. That building that burned that y'all are bitching about? Bottom floor has a great Thai restaurant, Cantonese/Virtnamese bakery, head shop and eye doc. That's all useful and diverse. Bite it if you don't like it.

And I pay about 60% of what my friends do in rent. This place is highly livable, convenient, diverse, as urban as anywhere else, and cheap. So SUCK it with the hate.

SchmuckyTheCat on March 29, 2013 at 10:21 PM

@30 lake city wishes it were as kitsch as White Center.
I take that back, it is kitsch if you want to get drugs or strippers.

Janell8me on March 29, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Well, Lake City has Hollywood Adult Video, and the Value Village. There used to be a great neighborhood movie theatre, but it's all about Jesus now. There was a truly hideous Victorian themed restaurant, but that is blessedly gone.

White Center has more porn stores, but they're not as depraved as Lake City's. It definitely has less thrift - although the White Center Thrift Scene used to be magnificent, back in the day.

La, the memories.....

Catalina Vel-DuRay on March 29, 2013 at 11:17 PM

Thanks @24 and 29. No city, no lake. In homage to KS's "Land Of Ahs" can the slogan be "Lake City, Oh For Two"?

gttrgst on March 30, 2013 at 6:52 AM

Heh. My mother (bless her heart) and her old-lady-breakfast-club had brekky at that hideous victorian restaurant once a month (or maybe once a week).

Dr_Awesome on March 30, 2013 at 7:53 AM

Lake City? Car lots and a couple of strip clubs.

Frank Blethen's vodka distiller on March 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM

Lake City - "Where legends go to die"

rezbilly on March 30, 2013 at 12:38 PM

Since the demise of Connie's Rimrock Steakhouse, the only thing worth a shit in Lake City is Tubs Sandwiches.

CPN on March 30, 2013 at 3:01 PM

Lake City: There's some stuff here.

very bad homo on March 30, 2013 at 3:28 PM

Lake Shitty has no redeeming features.

on March 31, 2013 at 10:59 PM

Lake City: The Back Door Pub is not a gay bar.

dwightmoodyforgetsthings on April 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM

I like The Breakfast Club and some of the antique stores. Bean City is a great little coffee shop. I don't mind that it feels less Seattlish in many ways. It's one of what? Two and a half real blue collar neighborhoods, three if you're generous?

gi on April 1, 2013 at 2:34 PM

We've got an excellent german bakery, great local beers, sushi, ezell's chicken, BBQ, El Norte, other gems that make it worth while, and a community that actually wants to build it into something great. Most of Seattle can't see past the car dealerships and the low income housing they've out-sourced to us. What a shame for them.

darylW on April 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM

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