Eat Local First Restaurants
14 fabulous featured restaurants offer locally-sourced menu items for one designated week throughout September Eat Local Month, & take the Eat Local First pledge to shift even more of their food budgets to include local foods.
You’ll fall in love with their seasonal and localicious offerings! Mmm. . .
SEPTEMBER 4-10
North Fork Brewery & Beer Shrine
6186 Mt Baker Hwy, Deming - 360.559.2337 - northforkbrewery.com
North Fork Brewery and Beer Shine in Deming is a shining partner in September Eat Local Month and is offering 3 featured local menu items the week leading up to AND including the Whatcom Farm Tour:
• Salad Special: Moondance Farms Greens with Alm Gardens Blueberries, dressed with a Washington Organic nectarine-honey from Brookfield Farms
• Pizza Margherita: Cedarville Farms tomatoes and Moondance Farms basil
• Peanut Butter Pie: From Wake and Bakery in Glacier
And of course, a full menu of North Fork Brewery British-style ales and hand-brewed root beer... with a distribution system of 40 feet, as local as it gets!
Pizza'zza
1501 12th St, Inside Yorky's Market, Fairhaven - 360.756.9322 - pizzazza.com
Pizza’zza in Fairhaven is always taking it to the next level. This year, owner Will Annett realized he couldn’t get an organic burger in town, so he’s decided to expand from their always super-local delicious pizza and now is the only restaurant in town where you can get an Organic and Grass-fed burger.
• Pizza’zza eat local special is Organic, Grass-fed burgers from Skagit River Ranch on Breadfarm multigrain buns cooked in a Woodstone oven with Organic tomatoes and lettuce from Terra Verde Farm in Everson.
Buy 1 get 1 half off when you mention Sustainable Connections or Eat Local First!
Avenue Bread (all locations)
1313 Railroad Ave, 1135 11th St and 2301 James St, Bellingham - 360.715.3354 - avenuebread.com
Avenue Bread is a proud partner in celebrating September Eat Local Month at all of their locations!
*Not your typical Ham Sandwich... Avenue presents the B'Hamster: Skagit Garden Fresh Tomatoes and Onions, Hempler's Ham, Tillamook Cheddar Cheese, Happy Valley Sprouts, with mayonnaise and mustard, all presented on Avenue Bread's very own all-local Honey Whole Wheat Bread, using grains from Fairhaven Flour Mill and Bee's Choice Honey from Ferndale.
How much local is on your plate? $7.99 with mini cookie and pickle. Yum!
SEPTEMBER 11-17
The Table by Bellingham Pasta Company
100 N Commercial St, Bellingham - 360.594.6000 - bellinghampasta.com
*All local borscht: A traditional Russian soup with beets, cabbage, onions and topped with Creme Fraiche
*Cascadia Mushroom Tarte: served with Alm Hill Gardens salad greens and Honeyed Dijon Vinaigrette.
*Barlean's Wild Sockeye Salmon: with Cloud Mountain Tomatoes and Growing Gardens Fennel Over Bellinham Pasta Company Fettucine.
*Del Fox's Skagit Pork Chop: stuffed with Growing Washington Red Mustard Greens, Del Fox Bacon, and Wild Chantrelle Mushrooms Foraged by Jed Witham. Served with Cloud Mountain Aronia Berries, and House Made Parisienne Gnocchi.
*Peaches En Regalia: with Peaches from Washington Farmed and Foraged, and Berries from Growing Washington.
Old World Deli
1228 N State St, Bellingham - 360.738.2090 - oldworlddeli1.com
*Joe's Garden Summer Tomato Caprese Salad: with Fresh Mozzarella, Joe's Basil and Verde Specialty Foods Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*Joe's Garden Beet Salad
*Local BLT: with Bavarian Meats Bacon, Joe's Garden Tomatoes & Ice Berg Lettuce w/House Lemon Aioli
*Salumi Grilled Panini: w/Batali Anise Pepperoni, Wake Robin Farms Arugula & Mt. Townsend Tomme
SEPTEMBER 18-24
Brandywine Kitchen
1317 Commercial St, Bellingham - 360.734.1071 - brandywinekitchen.com
In addition to regular local menu items, they will be serving up bison and jalapeño gouda enchiladas at dinner all week. Local providers for this dish include Twisted S Ranch, Hempler's, Terra Verde, Rabbit Field, Cloud Mountain, and Appel Farms. "We ♥ local farmers!"
Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen
601 W Holly St, Bellingham - 360.75BEERS - chuckanutbreweryandkitchen.com
Featured Locavore Tasty Items:
*CB’s WA (Kingston, WA) Roasted Peanuts in the Shell 12oz bag
*KO Korral Farmer Al’s Organic Pickled Egg: Pickled in Chuckanut’s Kitchen
*German Potato Cabbage Soup: in honor of Oktoberfest with Terra
Verde Farm onions, cabbage, fingerling potatoes with WA chicken stock
and Hempler's bacon
*Chuckanut Shellfish Bowl (available after
5pm): Barleans’ Clams simmered in Chuckanut Kolsch, dill, lemons, &
capers, with Avenue Bread toast points
*Oktoberfest Inspired
Locals Only Pizza: Chuckanut dough, Terra Verde caramelized onions,
fennel, shallot vinaigrette, Hemplers Sausage, roasted garlic, &
mozzarella
*Full Circle Pork Chop: KO Korral roasted pork chop
(from pigs raised on our spent grains from brewing) and veggies from
Terra Verde farms
*Burger Special: Housemade all
natural WA beef patty baked to a juicy medium well in our Wood Stone
Oven served w/lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard, choice of cheese
(swiss/cheddar/pepperjack) and choice of greens/chips/yam tots or yam fries
*Bryant’s Apple Strudel: Made with NW fruit, spices, served w/Cascade vanilla ice cream
The Temple Bar
306 W Champion St, Bellingham - 360.676.8660 - templebarbellingham.com
*Terra Verde Farm Rainbow Swiss Chard Gratin: with Hi-Q eggs and Pleasant Valley Smoked Gouda
*Sunseed Farm Morrocan Marinated Tomatoes with Chickpeas
*Terra Verde grilled zucchini, Peppers, and onions, Italian Salsa Verde on pollenta cakes
*Vegetable Pate: featuring Terra Verde's seasonal harvest
Pure Bliss Desserts
1424 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham - 360.739.1612 - pureblissdesserts.com
*Wild Blackberry Tart: Flaky Tart Shell, filled with Vanilla Bean Custard and topped with peak-seasoned, sweet blackberries (Fairhaven Organic Flour Mill, Hi-Q enterprises, Edaleen Dairy)
*Espresso Mousse with Hazelnut Praline: Smooth and Creamy Espresso Mousse topped with crunchy bits of house-made Hazelnut Praline (Holmquist Hazelnuts, Moka Joe Coffee, Edaleen Dairy)
SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1
1910 Broadway, Bellingham - 360.778.3671 - thefountainbistro.com
LUNCH
Smoked Ham, Caramelized Apple & Arugula Sandwich: House smoked, Heritage Lane Farms ham, local caramelized Gravenstein apple, shaved red onion, Growing Garden Arugula served on BreadFarm focaccia with stoneground honey mustard and fresh made potato chips
Indian Rice Bowl: Spring Frog Farm rainbow carrots, broccoli simmered in a Growing Garden tomato and coconut broth served over ginger jasmine rice garnished with basil from Growing Garden
ENTREE
Surf n’ Scratch: Mushroom stuffed free range chicken breast, local blackberry reduction, sweet Dungeness crab cake, ginger aioli, roasted Spring Frog Farm potatoes with Growing Garden herbs
Spicy Ginger Shrimp with Lavender: Shrimp marinated in ginger, Spring Frog Farm chilies served over jasmine rice with torpedo red onions, Red Barn lavender, Growing Garden arugula in a white wine broth with Growing Garden herbs
DESSERT
Decadent Chocolate Mousse with Almond Toffee: Rich, bittersweet chocolate blended with Edaleen Diary cream, local eggs, touch of Meyer’s Rum garnished with almond toffee and Edaleen Diary whipped cream
Old Town Café
316 W Holly St, Bellingham - 360.671.4431 - theoldtowncafe.com
Old Town Café makes their local featured items based on daily
inspiration. In this week’s featured items, “everything but the olive
oil and salt” is from our region, says owner Diane. So this week catch
the daily Eat Local First menu items like soup, salad, sandwiches,
cheeses and sausage from Skagit and Whatcom Counties!
Prospect Street Café
114 Prospect St, Bellingham - 360.714.8262 - prospectstreetcafe.com
Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro
1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham - 360.647.5593 - bbaybrewery.com
*Chefs, restaurants, caterers, cafes and food entrepreneurs play a big role in our food system when they have direct relationships with farmers and fishers - they help make our food economy stronger.*
