But step inside Hoàng Lan or Cafe Hương Quê, and you'll be greeted by warm atmospheres and shiny faux-marble and granite tabletops. The west side of MLK that runs parallel to the light rail tracks is a nondescript block filled with businesses whose windows look a little dark and unwelcoming. These dishes-and many, many more-can be found just steps away from the Othello Station on Martin Luther King Jr. Residents of Capitol Hill may have easy access to innumerable bowls of phố and late-night tacos, but now, thanks to light rail, they can also slurp bowls of mì bò kho and bún bò hu, or plow through plates of cochinita pibil. And not just to Sea-Tac Airport, but to some of Seattle's most diverse-and delicious-neighborhoods in Rainier Valley. But since it began running in 2009, light rail always traveled south from downtown. ![]() When the light rail extension opens this weekend, much of the excitement will focus on how public transportation now whisks Seattleites north, quickly depositing them in the heart of bustling Capitol Hill or near the athletic and academic halls of the University of Washington.
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