Please remember though, the new location has plenty of seating. Not having a car, and living in the Morgan Junction, I’d have an easy enough, and relatively quick bus ride up there and back, but would have to rely on the planets being aligned correctly, or just pure luck, that by the time I waited in a possibly long line to order, wait more time for the order to come up, that I wouldn’t have a huge wait for the bus coming back, and that my meal wouldn’t be cold by the time I got back home. And remember the term SoRo – South of Roxbury – if it catches on, he’s the one who made it up!īy the time I could get my takeout home it would have long since turned cold…Īlex, that is actually what has kept me from ever visiting Zippy’s at their current location. But overall, he says, “We are stoked!” They’re looking forward to being part of White Center’s ongoing renaissance. The White Center site is truly turnkey, Cook says – some floor work and “kitchen tweaks” are needed, plus permits.

They’re hoping to open in late April or early May, with minimal downtime for a moveout from Highland Park before their lease expires on April 19th. That means they might eventually expand their menu – breakfast is a possibility. It’s a lot bigger than the current location – 1,600 square feet, with room for up to 60 people to sit down. The new location – with previous names including the Cookbook Café – is now inked for a three-year lease with two options for five-year extensions, he says. Staying in this area was important, since of their 11 employees, all but two live in West Seattle or White Center.

As for other possibilities around West Seattle and White Center, it would have cost too much for the “buildout” at other locations they explored. 9614 14th Avenue SW (map), right behind the Roxbury Bartell Drugs, about a block and a half north of Big Al Brewing.īlaine Cook from Zippy’s explains that among other things, staying at the current location would have meant triple the current rent. Earlier this week, Zippy’s Giant Burgers said it would likely have news of a new location by the end of the week, since the foreclosure mess at its original Highland Park location didn’t seem likely to result in a continued lease, or purchase, of the building – and tonight, West Seattle Blog/White Center Now contributor Deanie Schwarz has just confirmed with Zippy’s ownership that the new location is final: A long-empty restaurant spot on the northern edge of White Center.

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