The staff were very friendly. I thought I had purchased tickets on the app, but they weren't coming…read moreup when they needed to scan them. A manager came over to help and confirmed that my ticket purchase didn't go through, but she never made me feel dumb about it. She just said, "We can get those tickets purchased here," and she rang me up at the concession stand. The lobby, women's bathrooms, and theater were all pretty clean. And there was a large selection of popcorn buckets (merch) for multiple movies (Moana, Minions & Monsters, Supergirl, and one of two others I can't recall). Really, the only thing that was less than desirable was the popcorn; I think they scraped the bottom of the machine for me, because we got a large popcorn but most of the bucket had tiny pieces. Overall, I love this theater, especially the recliner seats.

I had a medical emergency as I was waiting for my food before the show. I let someone know I would…read moreno longer be needing the food, stepped outside, and called 911. After I got off the phone, a manager and a staff member came up asking if I needed anything. They then proceeded to give me a full refund of the ticket, including my food, even though I'd already gotten my candy and opened it. And they let me keep the open bag of candy. I've always had a good experience at this movie theater and I'd expect them to give me a refund if I'd asked for one, but it felt special to have them proactively go out of their way to make sure I'd be alright and to provide that refund without me asking.

I think I will bump up The Grand Cinema to five stars for the simple fact as I have realized that…read morethey carry some programming content in the way of film selections that not even some of the Seattle art house theaters get. For example we watched a movie called Dead Lover quite recently and apparently a few people came from Seattle to see it as it was not playing at any of the movie theaters up there. They also had a movie called Frybread Face and Me which was a great Native American film and one I immensely enjoyed. Afterwards they had snacks and tea in the lounge which consisted of frybread. It was quite good! These event and film combinations are a lot of fun here and the more I come to The Grand the more my favorability grows with it. Definitely keep a close eye on the film schedule because some films are only screened one night and that's it.

This is a retro theater that reminds me of the Admiral theater in West Seattle back in the 60's…read more The seating is comfortable and the staff was very friendly, and informative. I even gave them some ADA feedback for those with disabilities and they agreed. I was so impressed with theie response, I offered to help fix the issue. I'm definitely going back to enjoy more movies.

My family and I have been waiting for Pica to open and go there for over 15 years. We travel farter…read morebecause they are locally owned The main reason is that they are THE BEST TASTING STRAWBERIES THAT WE HAVE HAD NEVER TOO RIPE BUT ALWAYS JUST RIPE. We buy them for ourselves and our neighbors. Lot of of pies and of berries and whipped cream or ice cream or cookies. The best.

We came to Picha Farms for U-pick strawberries with a couple of friends. The actual picking…read moreexperience was okay. The field was small and the strawberries were on the smaller side, but that was expected and similar to other farms we've visited before. The reason I'm writing this review is because of an uncomfortable checkout experience. While we were waiting in line to weigh our strawberries, we noticed the staff member at the scale zeroing out the container for the customers ahead of us so they wouldn't be charged for the basket/box itself. She even explained it out loud, which we thought was considerate. However, when it was our turn, she did not zero out the scale. We didn't say anything at the time and assumed maybe it was an honest mistake. What felt disheartening was that immediately after we paid and stepped aside, she zeroed out the scale again for the customer right behind us. My friends, who are of Hispanic ancestry, felt very uncomfortable and singled out by the interaction. I don't want to accuse anyone of racism or say this was intentional, because I don't know that. But I do think it's worth sharing because these kinds of small differences in treatment can really affect how people feel in a space. Our overall experience was okay, but that checkout interaction left a bad impression.

We visited Duris Strawberry Farm on the first day of strawberry picking (Jun 13, 2026) and it was a…read morecomplete madhouse. This was about 30 minutes after opening and the small parking lot was completely full. Cars were parked haphazardly all along the street, making it difficult for two way traffic (we had to drive on the grass). Luckily as soon as we pulled into the parking lot a car reversed out. Score! Picking is hectic but organized. They give boxes out at the main stall and have a flag system to mark how far down the row has been picked. The problem is that most people didn't actually use the flags. On the other hand, it's not like the rows were picked very well in the first place. We started at a random one in the middle and there were still plenty of huge and juicy ripe strawberries even on the first couple of plants. We ended up filling our entire box, weighing in at 8.25 pounds by around half way down the row. At $4.75 that was almost $40 in strawberries! The employees said that they would rotate to a second field of strawberries later in the day for more fresh picking. The strawberry variety of the day was Puget Crimson. Since this was the first day, the cream of the crop were still available, meaning huge, juicy, flavorful, ripe strawberries all over. Puget Crimson typically seen at farm stands and markets are medium and small size; these were massive, with the larger ones averaging over 35 grams a piece. Nicely sweet too - I measured a mash of five strawberries at 10.9 brix and a second at 12.1 brix! This particular variety has a decent amount of acidity, but are all full flavored, unlike the first pick of Sweet Sunrise I had a couple of weeks ago, which were huge but somewhat watery. They are deep red/crimson in color, especially for the extremely ripe ones, and mostly conical, although we found a small number of mutants, one looking like 4 or 5 strawberries fused together! Check out is easy. Pro-Tip: there are two checkout lines, one on each side of the stall. The line furthest away from the pathway to the strawberry fields seems to always be shorter. In my case, only 3 groups in line instead of 20+ groups. Warning: these strawberries are planted on top of very sandy dirt, which sticks to the strawberries. Even after soaked and scrubbing, dirt still sticks onto the skin! I will definitely be revisiting Duris Strawberry Farm next year for their first day of strawberry picking!

We stopped and bought some strawberries today and they were spectacular. We received the tip to…read morevisit Duris today from our waitress Lisa at Mama Stortini's during lunch. She said they have great produce so we stopped there on the way home along River road and I'm so glad we did. They had big juicy sweet strawberries picked today just like she said. It was a great tip so I'm paying it forward for anyone who is looking for strawberries. It's best to call them before you go since when they run out, they close and we barely made in time after a late lunch. They only had a few half flats of strawberries bu the time we got there. GPS got us there the back way but once we found it, I have to say it's very easy to find.