Bite of Seattle shooting puts local food vendors in rough spot

For many vendors at Bite of Seattle, the mass shooting Sunday dealt both an emotional and financial blow. Two vendors who operate local small restaurants faced different traumatic moments during the incident: one was near the shooting, while the other protected his pregnant wife as shots echoed through the festival. Then came the return to Seattle Center the following day. Vendors were told by organizers through text at 2 a.m. that they could pick up their pots and pans at noon. They returned to the area littered with napkins and cups from the stampede of festivalgoers who had fled the scene after the shooting that left three dead.

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