Food & Drink
U Village’s 57th Annual Sidewalk Sale
By Seattle Mag June 3, 2014
!–paging_filter–pEarly June is always the time for the kickoff of summer sidewalk sales, starting with hugely popular one at a href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”U Village/a. 2014 is the plein air mall’s 57th annual sale (!) and the list of participating stores, as well as the slew of new parking spaces, makes it hard to resist for the casual and serious shopper alike./p
pThe sale runs from Thursday, June 5 through Saturday, June 8 during mall hours and includes up to 50 percent off at shops like Madewell (40 percent off their sale section), Fireworks (their biggest sale of the year), Mrs. Cooks, Anthropologie, Aritzia, Crate Barrel, Eileen Fisher, HM, Hanna Andersson, Free People, The Land of Nod, Lucky and Lucy. All your favorites, basically. Shop well, shop smart and be prepared for the crowds./p
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