More Dick’s Drive-In progress: window glass and bathrooms!

As the sun sets, roof is up on Dick’s Drive-In

Edmonds Dick’s Drive-In will be hiring soon, and may open before end of 2011

Dick’s Drive-In will soon be interviewing candidates for the new Edmonds location, which may be open on Highway 99 near 220th Street Southwest before end of the year. Dick’s Vice President Jim Spady said the plan is to interview applicants in September and begin hiring in October. New employees will gain experience working at other [...]

Welcome to our newest sponsor, Evviva Woodfired Pizza

My Edmonds News is pleased to welcome Evviva Woodfired Pizza, serving organic woodfired pizza, salads, draft beer, wine and gelato at 178 Sunset Ave. S, next to the Edmonds Ferry Terminal. The grand opening is today, July 1! Come enjoy a freshly baked pie from the wood-fired brick oven and take advantage of a special [...]

Grads so sad, too bad: No Dick’s yet in Edmonds

Dick’s Drive-In for the past two weeks has been offering a free Dick’s Deluxe to all graduates who show up in cap and gown. Three enthusiastic graduates — Chelsea Jaeger (UW), Megan Cipolla (Mountlake Terrace High School) and Allison Brewer (UW) — did a “burger run” and visited all the Dick’s locations for free cheeseburgers [...]

Edmonds Dick’s Drive-In construction, week 5

From The Seattle Times: Edmonds’ own Olives has closed and that’s the pits

From our online news partner The Seattle Times and food writer Nancy Leson comes word that Il Buffone, the replacement for Olives Cafe & Wine Bar, has closed. Leson wrote: “Young locked the doors for good Saturday night after service, leaving a cryptic (if literary) goodbye on the company website. This week, the neighbors were [...]

Making progress on Edmonds Dick’s Drive-In, week two

It’s a Deluxe kind of day in Edmonds with Dick’s groundbreaking

The sun — and the dignitaries — came out on Thursday to welcome first sign of a Dick’s Drive-In in Edmonds: the official groundbreaking in the northeast corner of the TOP Food & Drug parking lot. Mayor Mike Cooper not only grabbed a shovel and turned some dirt for the event, he used the occasion [...]

Dick’s reveals Facebook winners who will help break ground in Edmonds

The winners of the Dick’s Drive-In Facebook contest to see who will participate in Thursday’s Edmonds groundbreaking are in and — appropriately — at least three of them have Edmonds ties. Dick’s asked their 154,000 Facebook fans to explain why they should join Dick’s Drive-Ins co-founder and namesake Dick Spady during the groundbreaking ceremony for [...]

Live Greek music at Kebella’s Pizza and Pasta Friday night

The former Romio’s restaurant on Edmonds Way, which changed its name to Kebella’s Pizza and Pasta May1, will feature live Greek music this Friday, May 6, from 7-10:30 p.m. All are invited to stop by and enjoy the free music, said Peter Stratiev of Kebella’s, a My Edmonds News sponsor.

Mark your calendar for Date Night Edmonds Thursday

Enjoy an evening with that special someone this Thursday, as Glazed & Amazed continues its tradition of hosting Date Night Edmonds on the first Thursday of each month. Come in any time between 4 and 7 p.m. (the studio closes at 8!) and enjoy spending time with your date doing a fun activity in the studio. [...]

Welcome to new advertiser Romio’s Pizza — becoming Kebella’s May 1

My Edmonds News extends a warm welcome to our newest advertiser: Romio’s Pizza on Edmonds Way — which on May 1 will be changing its name to Kebella’s Pizza and Pasta. Owner Peter Stratiev, who has been in the restaurant business for 20 years, has been offering delicious pizza and pasta dishes at the Westgate [...]

My Edmonds Food: Epulo has new menu; Winemakers Dinner March 30

My Edmonds News is proud to introduce this new column aimed at profiling area restaurants and covering other local food news. By Lara Alexander Epulo has a new menu out and if you haven’t been there for dinner in a while, they welcome you to come see what is new. They have brought back the [...]

My Edmonds Food: local restaurants offering St. Patrick’s Day fare

My Edmonds News introduces a new column, My Edmonds Food, by local food writer Lara Alexander. By Lara Alexander Of all the traditional foods of holiday meals, St. Patrick’s Day has one of the best selections: slow-cooked, well-spiced, corned beef and meaty mile-high Reuben sandwiches. A few Edmonds restaurants have special menus available to celebrate [...]

Perrinville’s Corner Coffee Bar to host wine tasting Friday

The Corner Coffee Bar & Cafe in Perrinville  is hosting a Wines of the World Wine Tasting this Friday, March 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person for five pours, and the following appetizers will also be available for purchase: Hot spinach artichoke krab dip served with seasoned flatbread, roasted red pepper hummus served [...]

Edmonds’ Olives Café & Wine Bar closing Feb. 26; will reopen as Il Buffone

Michael Young, owner of Olives Café & Wine Bar, has announced that he is closing the restaurant Feb. 26 and will reopen it March 3 as Il Buffone, a restaurant featuring wood-fired pizza and hand-cut pasta. “When we opened as a restaurant six years ago, we were focused on being a great neighborhood restaurant providing [...]

Five Bistro in Edmonds offers some flavor excitement

From our online news partner, The Seattle Times When Five Bistro opened a year ago this month, it looked like an also-ran in the Edmonds bistro derby. Its strip-mall locale on the outskirts of downtown seemed a disadvantage. From the highway, it’s easily overlooked: the big red Romio’s Pizza planted next door eclipses Five’s low-slung, [...]

What’s open and closed in Edmonds on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Shopping -The Edmonds liquor store is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day; Top Foods on 220th Street Southwest closes at 10 p.m. Christmas Eve and is closed Christmas Day; the Safeway Store on Highway 99 closes at 7 p.m. Christmas Eve and is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m Christmas Day.; Petosa’s [...]

Here’s another thing to do in Edmonds: barbecue!

For those of you who love barbecue, Edmonds now has a place for that — Rob’s Smoke Pit BBQ located underneath Hamburger Harry’s. You can learn more about this downtown Edmonds business courtesy of Wayne Purser, an Edmonds Realtor who has created 365 Things to Do In Edmonds. Rob’s Smoke Pit BBQ caters all event [...]

Thanksgiving Day in Edmonds: What’s open and closed

Shopping -The Edmonds liquor store closed; Top Foods on 220th Street Southwest open 24 hours; the Safeway Store on Highway 99 open 6 a.m.-10 p.m.; Petosa’s Family Grocer at 550 5th Ave. S. , open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Westgate QFC open until 6 p.m. PCC Natural Markets will be closed. -No home mail delivery, and [...]

Welcome to new Edmonds restaurant, The Winged Pig!

The Winged Pig is now open in Old Milltown, at 203 Fifth Avenue South between Dayton and Maple. Billed as “a neighboring watering hole,” it is open Monday through Saturday from 4-10 p.m. The restaurant promises on its website that “a menu of comestables and libations” will be posted soon.  The restaurant is the second [...]

Vote for Edmonds’ own Here and There Grill in Food Network contest

Congratulations to Edmonds resident Julie Malcolm, owner of the Here and There Grill, on her nomination for the Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. You can vote for Here and There Grill here. The winner gets $10,000 and an opportunity to appear on the next season of the Great Food Truck Race. My Edmonds News [...]

Arnies in Edmonds joins fight against breast cancer with Saturday fundraiser

This Saturday, July 17, Arnies Restaurant in Edmonds is participating in Passport to the Cure to raise funds and awareness for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure race against breast cancer. Guests will have the opportunity to donate their Passport or Prime Dining Card savings to the Rack Warriors and the Susan G. [...]

Places to watch the World Cup USA vs. Ghana game in Edmonds

We’ve heard of a few places in Edmonds where you can gather Saturday morning with like-minded soccer fans to watch the FIFA World Cup USA vs. Ghana game. If you know of more, please comment below! – A Very Taki Tiki Bar and Grill, 581 Main St. Open at 11 a.m. – Pagliacci Pizza, 10200 [...]

The Dining Dog’s TV debut airs several times this month

The Fine Living Network is airing its “X-treme Eating” show featuring The Dining Dog in Firdale Village several times in this month. Here’s the schedule: 8 p.m. May 16, midnight May 17, 6 p.m. May 20, 10 p.m. May 21, 7 p.m. May 28 and 11 p.m. May 29. The Edmonds restaurant and bakery for [...]

It’s show time at The Dining Dog, as the Fine Living Network comes to Edmonds

Sixteen-year-old Tiffany is dressed for a night on the town, wearing her finest red velvet dress, a satin bow atop her head. She is one of nearly 20 dogs gathered with their owners at The Dining Dog in Edmonds’ Firdale Village Friday night as a camera crew from cable television’s Fine Living Network sets up [...]