 In 1987, with both stores ready to go out of business simultaneously, Vaughan approached both owners and offered to consolidate the two stores into one.Vaughan opened Easy Street Records in the business district of West Seattle (known as "The Junction") in 1988 and the following year moved the store to its current location on the primary corner of the Junction in the historic Hamm Building.In 1999, he leased the space next door (previously "Joe's Grill"), installed a new kitchen and bar, and by 2001 had opened a full-service cafe.