That’s Columbia City in Your New York Times!

In time for Thanks­giv­ing, The New York Times boils Seat­tle down and serves us up in their lat­est travel piece, 36 Hours in Seat­tle. This is one to clip for your out-of-town guests. The itinerary’s solid, check it out. It begins at the water­front on day one, explores all parts core-ward on day two, and para­chutes into Colum­bia City on day three. Now can I really blame them if they want to save the best for last?

Big love for Colum­bia City Bak­ery, Bike­Works, Colum­bia City Gallery, and Karla Esquivel’s own “crowded closet” at Andaluz!

From 36 Hours in Seat­tle:

Sun­day 9 a.m. 10) DISCOVER COLUMBIA

Condo devel­op­ers have carved many of Seattle’s quirky neigh­bor­hoods into bland real estate list­ings. But Colum­bia City still feels like a micro­cosm of the city itself, a gumbo of art gal­leries, bike shops, yoga stu­dios and butch­ers where it’s eas­ier to find home­made tamales or good pulled pork sand­wich than a mac­chi­ato. Start your tour of the south side neigh­bor­hood with a cof­fee and bostok ($3) — Eastern Euro­pean toast with orange and almond cream at — at Colum­bia City Bak­ery (4865 Rainier Avenue South, 206 – 723-6023) to fuel your foot-powered tour.

Seri­ous velophiles will enjoy sort­ing through the bins of bike parts at Bike Works (3709 South Fer­di­nand Street, 206 – 725-9408; www.bikeworks.org) while their less gear-inclined coun­ter­parts head to the Colum­bia City Gallery (4864 Rainier Avenue South, 206 – 760-9843; www.columbiacitygallery.com), a mixed-media coop­er­a­tive that offers works from local artists like the glass­maker Mark Dit­zler. For local goods, head to Andaluz (4908 Rainier Ave South, 206 – 760-1900; www.andaluzseattle.com), which feels like a crowded closet stuffed with eccen­tric bric-a-brac like cash­mere wrist warm­ers ($28) and bike chain bracelets ($10). You might find a vin­tage Space Nee­dle post­card. Heh, he said “velophile.” Wait. Did The Times really just for­get the “City” in Colum­bia City? Any­way, thanks to Karla at Andaluz for the tip!

(Photo by puja, avail­able under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Cre­ative Com­mons license)

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