For Han Kim and Jade Ok, opening Hanok restaurant in Madison Park is a dream 15 years in the making.
The Korean and Asian-fusion spot is now open.

Sixteen months after taking over the business, Michael McGloin is closing St. Clouds restaurant in Madrona at the end of the month.
“I’ve known that we were going to have issues. I thought I was going to make it through the end of the year,” McGloin said, “but I think it was something that was, the pressures were just too much.”

The new executive director for Spectrum Dance Theater in Leschi, Tera Beach’s introduction to the organization solidified her desire to lead it.

“It happened a lot quicker than I thought it was going to happen,” she said.

The Office of Economic Development is making $1.4 million in business district improvement funds available through its annual Only in Seattle initiative. Neighborhood organizations, businesses and property owners are encouraged to work on a common vision for a business district, and any can apply for project funding by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29.

The Independent Pizzeria owner Tom Siegel describes his upcoming Dacha Diner as an unpretentious place to come for Eastern European comfort food. The difference in the two restaurants will be night and day, says business partner Joe Heffernan.

The seventh annual Leschi ArtWalk runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
People can visit with various artists, jewelry makers, leather crafters and more at booths in front of businesses on Lakeside Avenue.

Tom Nissley is hopeful he can open Madison Books in Madison Park by November, filling a void felt in the neighborhood for more than a decade.
“We just get that there’s this hunger for having this store right in the middle of everything,” said Nissley, who has owned Phinney Books in Phinney Ridge since 2014.

Madison Park has a way of backfilling its losses. A Thai restaurant is going away, and another will take its place. Long after losing its bookstore, a new one will soon open on East Madison Street.