It sounds like Ballard's beloved Madame K's—the pizzeria in a former brothel—will only be open for another month or so, to be replaced by another, as-yet-unnamed restaurant. This Saturday is Madame K's 10-year anniversary.

Madame K (a.k.a. Kirsten Burt, the proprietress) opened another pizzeria/honky-tonk out in Carnation called Lazy K's nine months ago.

Photo by Laser Butter from The Stranger's flickr pool.