FOLLOWUP: Ex-Pegasus Pizza space up for lease

Four months after Pegasus Pizza was evicted from 2768 Alki Avenue SW, the space is being offered for lease. We’ve been keeping an eye out for this ever since the eviction and closure, and noticed tonight that the sign had gone up since our last pass through the area a few days earlier. At year’s end, we noted that a court filing indicated the eviction ruling would be appealed. but in March, the appeals court closed the case, saying followup documents due in January had never been filed. The space is listed for lease by Alki Property Management, the building owners who have their offices next to the ex-pizzeria.

Brooke April 13, 2023 (10:56 pm)

Unfortunate ending for a restaurant with so many fond memories for many of us. From family dinners, to sport’s team parties, to lunch dates, I hope another good restaurant can use the space.

Lisab April 14, 2023 (9:47 am)

Maybe one not ethically challenged.

Cid April 14, 2023 (8:16 am)

My two favorite WS pizza places closed with in a week of each other. Pegasus and Spiro’s. Still bummed out about it.

Bodegaboi April 14, 2023 (9:13 am)

Alki is in desperate need of some sort of bodega/small mart. Hoping this turns into something similar to wildwood market.

Kathryn April 14, 2023 (9:42 am)

I absolutely agree! Families who don’t want to have the sit down restaurant experience while visiting the beach will benefit from being able to use a little store. Low-income families who use EBT, even the residents on Alki who don’t want to drive/bus up the hill to Safeway/Met Market will benefit from a walkable distance mini mart. It’s a wonder both little marts that used to be down there didn’t last. I remember the one from the 90s where Cactus is now. Such a convenience!
- WSB April 14, 2023 (9:52 am)
  
  It’s been less than six years since Alki Urban Market closed (where Locust is now).
  https://westseattleblog.com/2017/09/biznotes-supreme-starbucks-alki-urban-market/
  
  The Cactus space was a larger market when we first arrived 30-plus years ago. And at the time there was also a small standalone market on Beach Drive where Cormorant Cove Park is now (we rented across the street for our first two years), eventually closed and demolished. – TR
  - Dan Keller April 14, 2023 (11:50 am)
    
    Cactus used to be a Johnny’s IGA. They had stores in Des Moines and Covington.
- Kelly April 14, 2023 (11:55 am)
  
  So not correct ma’am. Maybe for you and yours.. but not everybody. Some of us enjoy and love sit down dinners on the beach, watching the sunset, having done great food and drinks with the ones we love, cherish and like to spend that time with.
  - Kathryn April 14, 2023 (3:57 pm)
    
    What a weird argument. “So not correct ma’am. Maybe for you and yours…” So I’m not correct because I have an opinion for families who don’t want or can’t afford a restaurant experience and the residents of Alki needing a quick grab and go mart when there are none in that general area? They serve pizza at Christos down the way. There’s burgers, coffee, two Mexican joints, two fish and chips joints, but that’s not sufficient enough for you so it’s incorrect to express desire for a mini mart?
- hj April 14, 2023 (7:08 pm)
  
  Families who don’t want to have the sit down restaurant experience while visiting the beach will benefit from being able to use a little store.
  
  Single people could take advantage of it as well.
  - Kathryn April 15, 2023 (6:51 am)
    
    *sigh* yes single people as well. If you’re pitching an idea of a mini mart, which demographic would you think has the biggest selling point? A single person who is likely to spend less than $100 or a family who will likely spend more than $100?
jsteez April 14, 2023 (12:30 pm)

I go on and on about this to anyone that will listen. My boyfriend’s response is now: “so when are you opening up your alki bodega” 😂😂😂 we desperately need something like wildwood.
CarDriver April 14, 2023 (2:02 pm)

Bodegaboi. 63rd and Alki used to be an IGA market (good sized) then was remodeled to another market with big roll up door on Alki Ave where racks of fruits and vegies would be displayed. Was a small market on 4000 block of Beach Drive and a mini mart on the water side about a block north. Because of their size couldn’t compete price wise so unless there was an emergency need everyone just drove up the hill to shop. No markets on Alki isn’t a matter of nobody wanting one it’s the reality of nobody actually willing to support one with their money.
- hj April 14, 2023 (8:21 pm)
  
  I remember the last minimarket on 63rd and Alki. Even though i’m deeply familiar with the economics of operating a small grocery store, having grown up in a family that did so, their prices were completely unjustifiable. There are thriving bodegas in other Seattle neighborhoods that are also within driving distance of larger stores, yet they manage to strike the balance. That one did not.
Wes C. Addle April 15, 2023 (8:25 am)

Yes! The biggest annoyance living on Alki was lack of a market. I’d have to bike all the way to the Harbor 7-11 which is a very low quality 7-11 IMO. If anyone is looking for aTom’s special, Luciano’s made their own. It’s pretty decent, but not as good as the OG Pegasus version.

937 April 14, 2023 (9:45 am)

Maybe a pizza place will open up

Admiral April 14, 2023 (9:50 am)

Too bad it’s not April 1st with this post! I’m sure there could have been some very creative comments made.

B April 14, 2023 (10:07 am)

I really want to know why there can’t there be a weekly farmer’s market on Alki?? Like a real one with produce / groceries

Rick April 14, 2023 (10:08 am)

Another Starbucks! (Sarc)

Kathryn April 14, 2023 (11:59 am)

As someone who had been eating at Pegasus since the early 90s, I am sad it will no longer be there like Old Faithful. “Where should we eat on Alki? Pegasus! I could really go for a Tom’s Special right now…”But as a humanitarian who has a cousin who worked for Pegasus since the 90s and a friend who is engaged to be married in to the owner’s family, I am thrilled there will be a new business in that spot (even though the location of Pegasus has changed and even downsized) and hope the new business owners will value their employees more than the owners of Pegasus did.As a teen I unsuccessfully recruited my familial connection to the restaurant as a reference for a job there back in 2006 because it was known then how the owners treated their employees poorly. I can’t wait to see what goes in next!

Ex-Westwood Resident April 14, 2023 (2:36 pm)

“…even though the location of Pegasus has changed and even downsized…”

Where is it at now?
- Kathryn April 14, 2023 (3:50 pm)
  
  Pegasus used to be where Starbucks is now. Then it moved to its current spot and downsized shortly after. OR I could be remembering incorrectly and it downsized first then moved.
  - WSB April 14, 2023 (4:03 pm)
    
    Pegasus was where West Seattle Arcade is going in, formerly Top Pot and several other eateries. 2 years after Pegasus moved, the original building was demolished and the new one was built.
    https://westseattleblog.com/2010/08/happening-now-former-pegasus-pizza-demolition-on-alki/

David April 14, 2023 (1:55 pm)

I can’t speak personally to how Pegasus treated their employees (from anecdotes on here it doesn’t sound great, but that’s just one side of the story of course). Regardless of how good or bad they were as owner/managers…I wish they’d SELL the “business” They still own the brand “Pegausus” and the recipes and such. If they can’t or don’t want to re-open somewhere else it’s ODD they would just throw it all away, and not make money from selling the business. I never understood folks who spend years (decades) building a business with name recognition, and then just walk away. Someone else could take the business (and ideally run it better if that was one of the problems).

Kathryn April 14, 2023 (3:51 pm)

It’s easier to understand when you know that greed is the root of their problems. :(
- CarDriver April 14, 2023 (4:34 pm)
  
  Greed? Name the business or business owner that has no interest/intention/desire to make money.
  - Kathryn April 15, 2023 (6:47 am)
    
    A business owner who doesn’t want their hard earned business and food recipes to go to someone else if their intention is to open somewhere else?

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