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Bite of Seattle food festival kicks off this weekend at Seattle Center
SEATTLE – One of Seattle’s biggest annual food festivals kicks off this weekend, featuring live music, fun activities, and over 250 food and retail vendors.
The Bite of Seattle, also known as “The Bite,” is a free, three-day event at the Seattle Center where anyone can come and indulge in a variety of local eats and drinks.
And what’s better than enjoying good food and refreshments than seeing a live music performance at the same time? More than 65 artists are set to perform across three different stages set up around the venue.
Delicious bites and beverages aren’t the only things you can shop around for though, as there’ll also be plenty of retail booths to browse, offering a wide range of products available for purchase throughout the Seattle Center campus.
The food vendor lineup is too long to list here, but expect to find a diverse selection of all different kinds of grub, from fried food, to sweet meats, to sugary snacks and drinks.
The large array of vendors shouldn’t be too overwhelming, as over 450,000 people are expected at the event this year. Tourists and locals alike can’t help but check out the best of Seattle’s culinary creations!
The Bite of Seattle originally started in 1982, and this year marks the 42nd annual festival, with the exception of a few pandemic-era cancelations.
Alan Silverman, owner of Seattle-area restaurant Barnaby’s, teamed up with other local restaurant owners that were struggling with the impact of a Reagan-era recession. Upon approval from then mayor Charles Royer, the first event was held at Green Lake Park, and after seeing 75,000 visitors, The Bite has become a northwest summer tradition ever since.
If you would like to attend, it runs July 19-21, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. You can find more details and view a map of the event on the Bite of Seattle website.
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With the tax deadline just past, you might have old paper documents you’re ready to shred and recycle. Just announced – a chance to do that for free this Wednesday (April 22), 1-4 pm!
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Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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