This week… 

Costco is making a big change in its food court… Coca-Cola, anyone?

Microsoft is reportedly in talks to become the American operator of TikTok - paging Clippy

And one of Seattle’s most beloved third places might be staying open after all. A group is currently in talks to take over operations of the Century Ballroom on Capitol Hill.

We’ll dig into all of it with Ticket Editor Chase Burns and Factal Editor Joe Veyera.

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