LGBTQ-Owned Archives

8 Pride Month Gifts From LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

It’s Pride Month, and that means everyone is creating Pride merchandise and Pride Month Gifts. To encourage you to be intentional about spending your money at LGBTQ-owned businesses, we're excited to highlight 8 Pride Month gifts you can purchase from LGBTQ-owned businesses in Seattle. P.S....

Business Spotlight: HeartBeet Organic Superfoods Cafe

Meet Monica Colgan, the owner of HeartBeet Organic Superfoods Cafe in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Monica’s cafe, which specializes in raw, plant-based foods, moved to Queen Anne in 2018 after a decade in the Roosevelt neighborhood. Visit HeartBeet to snack on everything from...

Business Spotlight: Meals 4 Heels

Meet Nikeisah Newton, owner of Meals 4 Heels in Portland, Oregon. Meals 4 Heels proudly describes itself as Portland’s only meal delivery service catering to the sex worker community. Nikeisah Newton founded the business in 2019, at first functioning only as a mobile catering service delivering to sex workers. In 2020, when the pandemic...

Business Spotlight: AmyWorks

Meet Amy Ecklund, the owner of AmyWorks in Seattle’s Industrial District. For over 30 years expert remodeler Amy has been remodeling and repairing Seattleites’ homes. She started her business because she knew people in her community needed her services and the jobs she could offer and is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and...

Business Spotlight: Cone & Steiner

Meet Dani Cone, the owner of Cone & Steiner in Seattle, Washington. At Cone & Steiner Dani puts a modern twist on her great-grandfather's general store from 1915. Her neighborhood stores in Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square are one-stop shops for local and specialty goods. Get to know more about Dani and Cone & Steiner in this week’s...

Business Spotlight: Two Doors Down

Meet Rebecca Denk & Erin Nestor, owners of Two Doors Down Beer and Burgers in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, WA. Erin and Rebecca’s burger joint, Two Doors Down, is in fact two-doors-down from their bar, The Bottleneck Lounge. Get to know more about Erin and Two Doors Down in this week’s business spotlight Q&A! What’s...