Six Kirkland restaurants will join a record-setting number of restaurants this year for the third Seattle Restaurant Week on April 10-21 (excluding Friday and Saturday).
Kirkland Taco Time now features the new Coca-Cola Freestyle, a greener, high-tech soda fountain dispenser with micro-dosing technology of more than 100 drinks.
With a name like Chef King, ruling the kitchen is something that is expected to come naturally. And for new executive Chef King Heun Wai of the Casino Caribbean, that is exactly the case.
Neil Johnson has been named the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center.
As small business owners we are excited one minute then knocked down the next minute. It’s the nature of our business. We get a new big client. Yay, we are up. The new big client doesn’t pay us for three months. Boo, we are down. But then, they pay us right when the rent is due. Yay, we are up again.
Kirkland’s award-winning Rikki Rikki Restaurant will participate in Red White Unite, an organized fund raiser through Peace Winds America to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The event is taking place on April 6 at several area restaurants simultaneously, with all donating 10 percent of their sales to the organization.
Ana Acs, LMP, has been selected as the Therapist of the Quarter for the last quarter of 2010 by Massage Envy in Kirkland.
It’s official: The green-colored Waste Management trucks that collect recycling and waste across the Puget Sound region are now green certified.
Kevin G. Fortun, founder of Kirkland-based Stockpot Soups and Fortun Foods, is excited to announce that his line of products, Fortun’s Finishing Touch Sauces, are now available in H-E-B stores in Houston, Texas as well as online at AmazonFresh.com. Fortun’s Finishing Touch Sauces enable anyone to whip up gourmet meals in minutes.
Paul Valley, owner of Organized Spaces in Kirkland, has added two very talented and experienced interior designers to his sales staff as his business expands into all areas of the home and business that require designers with advanced experience and knowledge.
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA-01) will hold a small business workshop beginning at 1 p.m. Friday at the Kirkland branch of the King County Library, 308 Kirkland Ave. in Kirkland.
Revel Consulting (www.revelconsulting.com), a Kirkland-based business management consulting firm announced its sponsorship of Rad Racing Northwest (NW), a premier, junior cycling team. The team is now officially known as “Revel Consulting-Rad Racing NW.”
Chef de Cuisine R. Paul Hyman of bin on the lake and Executive Chef Darren McNally of The Woodmark Hotel will offer behind-the-scenes culinary tips and seasonal recipes for adults and children during its new seasonal cooking class series.
Many people who walk by the newest business in downtown Kirkland stop to look through the windows out of curiosity. Most find the shoes, an espresso bar and diabetes’ supplies – an interesting mix of products for Remedies Pharmacy.
For the third consecutive year, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center has been ranked among the nation’s top 5 percent of hospitals and named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence.
Ford of Kirkland and Hyundai of Kirkland presented Hopelink and the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club each with checks that totaled $15,000 on Jan. 28. The awards were for money raised as a result of winning a holiday sales challenge.
Affiliated Associations of America (AAOA), a national association headquartered in Kirkland, welcomes Robin Roberts as a benefits producer.
Kirkland-based CoroWare, Inc. announced a new feature upgrade for the CoroWare Explorer product line that will greatly improve the duration and flexibility of mobile robotics projects – especially for educators and researchers working on outdoor field projects.
During the past two weekends Totem Lake Malls’ lower parking lot has been unusually busy. Voices and shuffling feet have replaced a deafening silence in the mall’s main hallway.
Ken Grammer and Sig Rudowicz, who work in marketing during the week, have opened ShopSmart Bazaar in the space that still has the silhouette of the old Gottschalk’s sign above the main entrance.
“It has been very positive so far,” said Grammer. “Many of the other stores have told us they have had their best weekends since we opened.”
The “upscale flea market” is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays with more than 70 vendors selling everything from collectables and antiques, to jewelry, crafts, clothes and kitchen cabinets.
Arif Amaani always thought he’d be a professional soccer player.
Born in Bangladesh, he immigrated to the U.S. when he was 13. He attended the University of Washington and Seattle University, playing on their soccer teams. But things changed about a decade ago, when he was nudged toward a business opportunity at the Totem Lake Malls. The large open space there, a friend told him, would be a great place to show films.
