Restaurant Specials 2010
Click on a participating restaurants' name below for details on their Eat Local Special, or click May, June, July, August, September, or October for listings by month.
Chuckanut Brewery, Lettered Streets Coffee House, North Fork Brewery, Avenue Bread, Pizzazza, Mallard Ice Cream, Flats Wine and Tapas Bar, Swan Cafe. Colophon Cafe, Old World Deli, Pastazza, Old Town Cafe, Nimbus, Boundary Bay Brewery, Honey Moon, La Fiamma, The Table, Prospect Street Cafe, The Fountain
MAY
May 27 - Chuckanut Brewery
Eat Local Every Week Kickoff
601 W Holly St, Bellingham - 360.75BEERS - chuckanutbreweryandkitchen.com
Join us for an 'Eat and Greet' Happy Hour to kickoff the Weekly Local Restaurant Specials! Chuckanut's Chef Rob Morrell will feature local a scrumptious Locavore menu featuring Samish Bay Cheeses with Old World Deli charcuterie, Barlean's seafood, Growing Washington veggies, and housemade Mallard ice cream sandwiches. Local musician Kristi Nelson will grace the Brewery with her folky acoustic melodies starting at 8pm. With locally brewed beer, local farmers and local food, it's sure to be a festive and flavorful event!
JUNE
June 3 - Lettered Streets Coffee House
1001 Dupont St, Bellingham - 360.933.4689 - letteredstreetscoffee.com
Drink Local Special: Choko-latte!
Chokola is a spiced chocolate tea from Flying Bird Botanicals with cacao nibs, chicory root, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, anise seed and vanilla bean. Mix that yumminess with a shot of Orca Bay Coffee Co. espresso, vanilla and half and half steamed to a velvety perfection and you’ve got a Choko-latte! The Mayan word "Chokola" means to "drink chocolate together," so bring a friend to sip with!
June 10 - North Fork Brewery and Beer Shrine
6186 Mt Baker Hwy, Deming - 360.599.2337 - northforkbrewery.com
Eat Local Special:
Pizza and salad specials including local ingredients from Moondance Farm, Holistic Homestead, Vis Seafood and Brookfield Farms, not to mention delicious locally brewed beers on tap!
June 17 - Avenue Bread
1313 Railroad Ave, 1135 11th St and 2301 James St, Bellingham
360.715.3354 - avenuebread.com
Eat Local Special:
All locations - Hempler's ham sandwich with Tillamook cheddar cheese, Happy Valley sprouts, Garden Fresh tomatoes and red onions on Avenue's Multigrain bread, made from Fairhaven Flour and Shepherd's Grain. Avenue will also feature espresso drink specials with their usual Batdorf & Bronson Coffee, roasted in Olympia.
James St. location - Local breakfast with a diced Hempler's ham and egg scramble made with fresh dill from Herb Company and served with Garden Fresh potato hashbrowns and Avenue toast, made from Fairhaven Flour and Shepherd's Grain.
June 24 - Pizzazza
1501 12th St, Inside Yorky's Market, Fairhaven
360.756.9322 - pizzazza.com
Eat Local Special:
Pizzazza will reveal a surprise special featuring super fresh all-local ingredients sourced from Farmers Market farms. Some of the local ingredients Pizzazza already uses include Fresh Breeze organic dairy, Misty Meadows eggs, Skagit River Ranch meats, Hempler's meats, Moka Joe coffee, Mt. Baker red wine (in sauce) and Twin Sisters mushrooms.
JULY
July 1 - Mallard Ice Cream
1323 Railroad Ave, Bellingham - 360.734.3884 - mallardicecream.com
10:30am-11:30pm
Eat Local Special:
If you want local fruit, Mallard Ice Cream is the place to go. Mallard buys over 5,000 lbs. of organic fruit every year for its tasty ice cream. The delicious local special this week will feature strawberries from Frog Song Farm in Mt. Vernon and mint from The Growing Garden, right here in Bellingham. Yum!
July 8 - Flats Wine & Tapas Bar
1307 11th St, Bellingham - 360.738.6001 - flatstapas.com
11:30am-9:00pm
Eat Local Special:
A delightful array of Tapas -
*Taylor Shellfish Farm mussels & clams with Joe's Garden herbs.
*Twin Sisters mushroom tapenade on Quel Fromage manchego
*Quel Fromage chevre & fig tapenade served on Avenue Bread
*Joe's Garden arugula salad
*Samson Estates blackberry & raspberry dessert wine
*Local dessert: Cloud Mountain Farm cherry coulee with red currents, gooseberries and a lemon thyme sorbet.
July 15 - Community Food Co-op Delis
1220 N Forest St and 315 Westerly Rd, Bellingham - 360.734.8158 - communityfood.coop/deli
Eat Local Special:
Swimming Tofu Rama! Locally made tofu in a Thai peanut sauce with fresh local spinach over a bed of rice. The deli will also feature an all-local salad in the deli case with fresh greens and veggies from around Whatcom County.
July 22 - Colophon Café
1208 11th St, Bellingham - 360.647.0092 - colophoncafe.com
9:00am-10:00pm
Eat Local Special:
Summer's Bounty Pasta Salad:
Bellingham Pasta Company’s hand-cut lemon pepper pasta with Vis Seafoods locally smoked wild salmon and farm-fresh vegetables from Moondance Farms and Rabbit Fields Farm with a side of Avenue Bread foccacia.
Tantalizing Triple Berry Chocolate Mousse:
Fresh, Whatcom Country raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries from Barbie’s Berries layered with a decadent chocolate mousse crafted from Breckenridge Farm ingredients. Topped with a tasty dollop of whipped cream!
July 29 - Old World Deli
1228 N State St, Bellingham - 360.738.2090 - oldworlddeli1.com
8:00am-6:00pm
Eat Local Special:
Batali Salami (from Salumi's in Seattle) sub on a Breadfarm Italian Roll with local arugula, Joe's Garden Beet Salad and Joe's Garden Heirloom Tomato Salad.
AUGUST
August 5 - Pastázza
Barkley Village 2945 Newmarket Pl, Ste 101, Bellingham - 360.714.1168 - pastazza.com
11:00am-9:00pm
- Persian Lamb Kabobs: fresh, local veggies and mixed baby greens stuffed in a pita pocket, served with a skewer of savory lamb and a side of tzatziki.
- Pizza special: Italian sausage, roasted potatoes, caramelized Walla Walla sweets, and Gouda cheese on a thin layer of fresh pesto.
Dinner
- Hand-made Ravioli: roasted beets, shallots, arugula, and Silver Springs goat cheese in a beet wrap.
- Fresh Catch of the Day: served with patty pan puree, sautéed French fillet beans, and tomatilla sauce.
August 12 - Old Town Café
316 W Holly St, Bellingham - 360.671.4431 - theoldtowncafe.com
7:00am-3:00pm
Eat Local Special:
A delightful Lone Boot Buffalo Ranch bison burger served on a Ralf’s Bakery bun.
Local soup & salad:
A roasted beet salad and potato corn soup including fresh and local veggies from Alm Hill Gardens, Broadleaf Farms, Rabbit Fields, Cedarville Farm, Holistic Homestead and Everson Station.
August 19 - The Temple Bar
306 W Champion St, Bellingham - 360.676.8660 - templebarbellingham.com
4:00pm-12:00am
Eat Local Special: A scrumptious assortment of locally grown and produced foods:
*Chicken Rillettes (a chunky pate with shallots & fresh herbs) w/ dijon & cornichons
*Local greens salad with radish
*Ratatouille (tomato, eggplant, zucchini & sweet pepper casserole) served with Breadfarm olive baguette
*Cheese Course
*Mallard Sorbet
Sources: Osprey Hills Farm, Moondance Farm, Cloud Mountain Farms, Breadfarm, Mallard
August 26 - Mount Bakery
308C W Champion St, Bellingham - 360.715.2195 - mountbakery.com
8:00am-3:30pm
Eat Local Special: A scrumptious crepe filled with Osprey Hill Farm chicken, Gothberg Farm goat cheese, Misty Meadows eggs, Moondance Farm sunflower sprouts, basil and heirloom tomatoes.
SEPTEMBER
September 2 - Nimbus
119 N Commercial St, 14th Floor, Bellingham - 360.676.1307 - nimbusrestaurant.com
Special available from 5-10pm
Eat Local Special:
Cloud Mountain Heirloom Melon Salad
Feta cheese, arugula, preserved lemon vinaigrette, shiso
Heritage Lane Farm Pork Loin
Skagit gold potato puree, roasted peppers, corn-fennel pesto
Peach crisp with homemade vanilla bean ice cream
September 9 - Boundary Bay Brewery
1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham - 360.647.5593 - bbaybrewery.com
September 16 - Honey Moon
1053 N State St, In the Alley, Bellingham - 360.734.0728 - honeymoonmead.net
5pm-11pm
Eat Local Special:
Summer Garden Soup: Heirloom tomatoes with hazelnut mint pesto and fresh cheese
Dessert: Drunken berry shortcake with honey cream
With ingredients sourced from Joe's Garden, Breadfarm, Twin Brooks Creamery, Samish Bay Cheese, Golden Glen Creamery, Rabbit Field Farms, Holistic Homestead, Holmquist Hazelnuts, Broadview Farms and Breckenridge Farms.
September 23 - La Fiamma
200 E Chestnut St, Bellingham - 360.647.0060 - lafiamma.com
September 30 - The Table by Bellingham Pasta Co.
100 N Commercial St, Bellingham - 360.441.7855 - bellinghampasta.com
OCTOBER
October 7 - Prospect Street Cafe
114 Prospect St, Bellingham - 360.714.8262 - prospectstreetcafe.com
October 14 - The Fountain Coffee and Wine Bistro
1910 Broadway, Bellingham - 360.778.3671 - thefountainbistro.com
