Seattle Shadows Co-op
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The Seattle Shadows Co-op is a cooperation of businesses running out of the Hotdogfingers Memorial Climate Pledge Garage and Parking Facility. Businesses are owned and operated by members of the Seattle Garages shadows. The Co-op was founded in Season 9 by Terrell Bradley, and has been running since.
Current Businesses
The Hot Sauce Bar and Grill
Founding
After Bradley was sent to the Garages shadows for Chorby Short, Bradley found once lauded member, Mike Townsend, baking and haunting the Garages dugouts listlessly. Bradley approached Townsend and proposed a deal. Townsend would bake sourdough buns, Terrell would cook the meats, and the two would run a restaurant at the Big Garage called Dad's Grill. When asked why he would want to do such a thing, Bradley pointed to the seats and said, "We've got kids to feed!" Townsend agreed, and the Seattle Shadows Co-op was born.
New Menu and Rename
During Season 9, Bradley used his newfound spare time gained by not playing Blaseball to try out new recipes and experiment with the menu. During this time, he discovered a love for spicy foods, particularly hot sauces. He began to learn to make his own hot sauce, with help from Paula Turnip and the wide variety of hot peppers growing in the greenhouse, and decided to incorporate his new sauces into the menu. He brought the new menu to then-captain Theodore Duende, who was quoted as saying "Holy s---, this is the f---ing bomb, oh my god, I could eat this all day. Seriously, this really has me fired up!"
Having gotten the unofficial Duende seal of approval, Bradley brought Ortiz Morse on as bartender and, at the end of season 9, officially renamed Dad's Grill to The Hot Sauce Bar & Grill. It's grown to become one of the most popular restaurants in the area. Despite the name change, most locals still refer to it as Dad's Grill.
The Hot Sauce Bar & Grill boasts a particular food challenge: eat an extra large spicy chicken sandwich slathered in Bradley's spiciest hot sauce, with a side of jalapeño poppers and a cup of chili in under thirty minutes, and not only is your meal free, your picture is taken and framed on a wall labeled Dad's Wall of Flame. So far, only six have managed to win the challenge: Theodore Duende, Aldon Cashmoney, Beans McBlase, Conner Haley, Charlatan Seabright, and Greer Gwiffin's youngest child. Malik Destiny and Betsy Trombone have both attempted the challenge numerous times to no success.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw is a divination shop run by shadow's member Mcdowell Karim. Karim set up shop shortly after the founding of the Co-Op, having had run their business out of Etsy before. In addition to giving readings, either through tarot, palm, or tea, Karim sells a variety of crystals, incense, and trinkets. They are perhaps best known for their sigil charms, which claim to bring good luck to the teams who wear them.
