Found out last night (after riding the bus down to Alki specifically to go to Spud) that Spud is closed for renovations and remodeling until mid-November. According to their Facebook page they are shooting for re-opening on November 13th, and closed on October 16th. If there was anything about it here on WSB I missed it, so here’s another notice about it.
Sunfish is still open, however (except for Mondays and Tuesdays) and takes credit and debit cards now- the last time I ate there years ago they were cash only. Good food at Sunfish as well with tasty scallops and fish, although the fries weren’t quite as good as at Spud.