Seattle staple will keep its doors open, overturning eviction notice
Apr 29, 2025, 2:00 PM | Updated: 2:25 pm
Virginia Inn (Photo Courtesy of KIRO 7)
(Photo Courtesy of KIRO 7)
The Historic Virginia Inn is no longer shutting down.
The well-known Pike Place Market restaurant and bar was set to close permanently on Sunday due to a disagreement over its lease with the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA).
Now—the restaurant can open its doors again. On Monday, the restaurant made a Facebook post announcing that the PDA had changed its decision.
“This morning we received a last-minute reprieve of the eviction notice from the PDA, with plans to find a path forward for the Virginia Inn,” the restaurant wrote in the post, “Thank you all for your overwhelming support, we couldn’t have done it without you. We will resume business as usual.”
Known to regulars as The V.I., the inn has been a key piece of the city’s culture, surviving prohibition and the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 1980s, the Virginia Inn helped shape Seattle’s art bar scene and gained notable fame for its appearance in the 1992 grunge film Singles.
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At this time, there is no information as to why the PDA chose to grant a reprieve.
