WEST SEATTLE BIZNOTES: Good Society anniversary; Paper Boat move update; Caregiver Resource Fair at Village Green

Three biznotes so far today:

GOOD SOCIETY TURNS FIVE: Nick at Good Society in The Admiral District sent word they’re getting ready to celebrate:

It’s been five years since we first opened our doors and shared our beer with you! The world looked a lot different on February 14th, 2020. But with your help, we persevered and made it this far. In those five years we have shared hundreds of thousands of beers, wine, cider, non-alcoholic beverages, pretzels, and pizzas together.

We’ve brewed thousands of barrels of beer across over 250 batches and over 130 recipes. We’ve won 22 medals for our beers including gold medals at the most prestigious and competitive competitions in the world – and we won Small Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival. With your help, we’ve given back over $44,000 to our community and we survived a global pandemic.

This weekend we will drop GS5, our fifth anniversary beer. This year took the opportunity to work with a bunch of advanced hop products from Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops. We also added Nectaron and Azacca to the mix for an insanely aromatic and juicy IPA.

But there’s more! We will also have casks of our oatmeal stout infused with chocolate and coconut on the bar at each location beginning Friday until they are gone. We will also have cakes at both locations from our friends Lovely & Dapper including one made with our stout. Saturday in West Seattle we will be doing our Smash After the Mash smash burger pop up from 4-7 PM. Saturday in Queen Anne we will have Anniversary Trivia at 3 PM. And on Sunday in West Seattle, the Westies Run Club will be running at 11:30 AM and Anniversary Trivia at 3 PM.

If you haven’t been to Good Society yet, they’re at California/Lander.

PAPER BOAT BOOKSELLERS MOVE UPDATE: Readers have asked how Paper Boat Booksellers‘ move to The Junction is going, since they’ve been closed now for almost three weeks. Co-proprietor Desirae tells WSB that it’s indeed taking longer than they had plane and hoped: “Our shelving was delayed by 2 weeks due to the weather out East putting our contractor behind but he’s almost finished up. We are hoping to open the week of the 17th if all goes well.”

VILLAGE GREEN TO HOST CAREGIVER RESOURCE FAIR: The full title of this just-announced event is actually “Overwhelmed Caregiver Resource Fair.” At Village Green-West Seattle (2615 SW Barton; WSB sponsor) 11 am-2 pm next Tuesday (February 18), they’ll have specialists in home-care services, financial planning, real estate, decluttering/downsizing, senior living, and more for you to talk with. Just drop in.

Jake February 11, 2025 (1:43 pm)

Good Society is one of the best brewers not only in Seattle, but in the entire Puget Sound region. They consistently are rated the best on many top beer rating sites and apps. They are such a treat to have in both West Seattle and Queen Anne. I truly wish they were open a little later since I work late.

West Seattle Lite February 11, 2025 (7:55 pm)

I agree! West Seattle is fortunate to have such a great brewery. And not only is the beer delicious, but the beer’s names are unique. I do wish that they’d consider not allowing children after a certain time in the evening however; maybe after 8 or 9 pm, as it can seem like a daycare at times.
- Melba Tost February 11, 2025 (8:50 pm)
  
  Oh man I can’t agree more. Great beer, but we don’t visit as often as we’d like because the families with kids are out of control in there.
- Jesse February 12, 2025 (1:49 pm)
  
  💯 agree that “adult hours” would see me going more often. So awkward to go there weekends when it resembles a Chuck E Cheez.
- Admiral Redbeard February 12, 2025 (2:44 pm)
  
  They really do need to fix the Chuck E Cheez / daycare vibe. I loved their beer and pizza, but I’m just not going back there with the small children literally running around. I really want to like Good Society!
- West Seattle mom February 13, 2025 (2:07 pm)
  
  Agree that later hours being no kids would be totally fine but just wanted to add in case anyone there is reading these comments: we really appreciate having this be an option as a friendly place to come with our kids. Just because you have kids and want to leave the house doesn’t mean you should have to go to Chuck E. Cheese. Kids are part of our society and well-behaved ones should be able to spend time with the public like planes, restaurants, breweries (where I often see complaints about them existing). When we want a kid-free vibe we’ll go to a bar. Of course it’s on parents to supervise them and make sure they’re not disturbing others. We love to meet up with friends at Good Society and our kids color and play with toys together, so just sharing that we do appreciate that!
  - Lizza February 14, 2025 (4:54 pm)
    
    If it were the norm for parents to maintain well-behaved children while drinking, you wouldn’t hear so many complaints regarding breweries.
Beer fan February 12, 2025 (8:19 am)

I honestly love that this spot exists and frequent it many times in the summer because the outside seating is great for biking to or walking the dog there. Would probably frequent it more throughout the year if dogs were permitted inside. I understand they prepare food there which makes that challenging, but I sure wish there was a brewery on the Ave that we could walk the dog to. Beer Junction allowing dogs was a game changer!

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