You'd think there'd be nothing particularly controversial about a barbecue at the Market, but things got all confrontational for a while there. Tom Douglas, who owns Etta's Seafood and the new Seatown Snack Bar across the street, had in mind a $15 salmon bake at Victor Steinbrueck park, proceeds to go toward park security and the Pike Place Senior Center. Not so fast, said a quick-to-coalesce coalition of homeless advocates, who feared they'd be pushed out of the park if they couldn't pay for their dinners; they proposed a free wiener roast at the same time. No dice, said the Parks Department, Douglas got his permit first. The spat was defused this week when Douglas's ceo Pam Hinckley agreed to share the permit; hot dogs at one end of the park, salmon at the other.
This only-in-Seattle opera starts at 5 PM, Saturday, August 28th at Victor Steinbrueck Park, Western Ave. at Virginia.
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