Eat Local Month Restaurant Week

Aslan Brewery Co. | 1330 N Forest St., Bellingham

Aslan Brewing Company was founded in the basement of a Bellingham home in 2012, making us five years old this month! The doors to our brewpub opened in May of 2014, and since then, we have made the local community the center of our attention. We are a Certified B Corp, which means our entire business operates off of triple bottom line principles: People, Planet, then Profit.

We believe local food is better food, and that’s why we love it. We have found that the products we are able to source locally are fresher, bolder, and more unique than those sourced from outside the area. Plus, we know our dollar is going directly to help other businesses flourish in our community. Whenever local is available, we take it.

Boundary Bay Brewery | 1107 Railroad Ave., Bellingham

Boundary Bay Brewery has been a part of the community for 22 years (September 1995)! We are locally owned and run – providing jobs to over 100 people in our community. From supporting local non-profits to using locally sourced ingredients, sustainability is a pillar of Boundary Bay.

Supporting local food is all about fostering a healthy economy and community, which in turn creates sustainable relationships from producer to consumer. We love local food because we get to share our locally crafted meals made with ingredients from our own community! Our Beer Garden is certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. We’re committed to move Toward Zero Waste within our brewery and pledged to consistently purchase from local producers to help support Washington agriculture. We even mark all the items on our menu that include local ingredients so our customers can make informed decisions with their forks and dollars! We’ve undertaken wastewater and energy audits, our spent grains feed the cattle at a local farm that supplies our ground beef, and the oil from our fryer is converted to biodiesel by a local company.

Brandywine Kitchen | 1317 Commercial St, Bellingham

At Brandywine Kitchen everything is made from scratch with an emphasis on seasonal local produce and all natural meats. We are a quick and affordable counter service restaurant in a relaxed space that offers many gluten free options and dinner salads featuring 100% organic greens.  Our house made baguettes and hand cut fries are prepared daily.

We’ve been a part of this community for nearly 12 years. The first three (2006-2008) we were known as Brandywine Garden, specifically growing heirloom tomatoes and selling them weekly at the Bellingham Farmers Market and restaurants around town (such as Nimbus). The second three year period we spent growing produce and focusing on creating Brandywine Kitchen. We catered, attended events, and crafted and refined our business in preparation for a brick and mortar restaurant. Brandywine Kitchen’s grand opening was in 2011, and we’ve loved being downtown each year since!

Getting our start in farming, we love local food! In fact, our motto ‘from seed to plate’ encompasses both our history as food producers and our belief that supporting local food systems through our restaurant purchases improves the community and leads to a superior product.

Ciao Thyme | 207 Unity St., Bellingham

Ciao Thyme has been providing delicious food in Whatcom County since 2001. We have built longstanding relationships with farmers, food artisans, and local vendors in our community—making our seasonal menus a show of the local bounty. We love living in a diverse food community—with offerings from land and sea—it makes Bellingham an exciting place to cook!

Chuckanut Brewery | 601 W Holly St., Bellingham

Owners Mari and Will started one of the first craft breweries in the Northwest “Thomas Kemper Brewery” back in 1984 in Seattle. After leaving, they journeyed all around the world learning this craft and finally returned to their home in Bellingham, WA to start Chuckanut Brewery. And so the story of Chuckanut begins in 2008! Chef Jeremy Weizenbaum and Sous Chef Jeff Potter round out our management team in the Kitchen. It’s their delicious creations we enjoy every day in our warm and cozy Kitchen and that give us sustenance to continue making great Biers!

Our menu includes monthly and weekly fresh specials that take advantage of the best in local and seasonal products. We source our menu from as many local and regional food growers and producers as possible to bring you, our guests, the best in home cookin’!!

Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen is passionate about being a sustainable member of our community and taking care of our environment. We have gone Towards Zero Waste, recycle our spent grains with a local farmer, and with our computerized brewery system, conserve electricity, water, and people power! Chuckanut supports over 100 non profits in our region and continues to be a responsible neighbor to our environment and community. Supporting Chuckanut Brewery is supporting our sustainable culture and excitement about serving the best Beer & Food we can make. We hope you join us for Eat Local Month!

Cosmos Bistro | 151 N State St., Bellingham

Cosmos has been open for 2 1/2 years and I (Owner and Head Chef Cinnamon Berg) love being part of this awesome food-loving community. I have been obsessed with food since I found out about Easy Bake Ovens. Touching, growing, cutting, cooking, smelling, listening to and understanding food, whether I succeed or fail, is something I was born needing to do. I now feel privileged to share what I have learned with my daughters, kids, and adults I have taught in cooking classes, and my kick-butt Cosmos staff who are always taking it to the next level with their own ideas and tastes. We believe food is ever-changing, dictated by the seasons and mother natures whims, and that food is life-affirming and real. Food is life.

We buy the bulk of what we need from Springtime Farm. Whatever they have I will use! My staff never knows what we are going to get. I want them to have fun with trying new things and stretching themselves as cooks. Nick and Sarah from Springtime were the first farmers I met after opening the restaurant. I met them through another great business owner, Natalie from Pozie by Natalie! They are really salt of the earth, give you the shirt off their backs passionate about what they do, people. To get the full list of farms we source from, open the toggle!

Diamond Jims | 2400 Meridian St., Bellingham

Diamond Jim has been making the big 10″ pancakes since April Fool’s Day of 1998. Before the move to the Fountain District, he chose to quit working for the man (CORPORATION) and hasn’t looked back since, enjoying building a breakfast and lunch business that serves his community and supports other local businesses!

Drizzle Lynden | 420 Front St., Lynden

Drizzle has been around for 5 years, with our most recent location opening in Downtown Lynden in December 2015. We pride ourselves on our customer service, offering the freshest olive oil & vinegar we can source from around the globe. We also take that pride in our kitchen, working closely with farmers in our back yard to offer you the best dining experience possible at Drizzle located in the Mercantile Building in downtown Lynden.

As a chef local food isn’t just about the food; there is so much more going on behind the scenes that never gets portrayed. Being able to offer produce that was grown less than 10 minutes away is not only an amazing feeling, but it also allows us to educate our guests about different farmers and the product they offer. We have so much local goodness in our backyard that we take it for granted. For example, Jared and Ana from Slanted Sun Farms are so charismatic and full of energy. We would bounce ideas of each other and I am so happy to see their Fresh Sheet each week because they really push the bar to offer unique products! Last year they even grew peanuts – who knew!

EAT | 1200 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

EAT is a French American farm to table restaurant that opened last year. Our Chefs source their food from local farms because they don’t know any other way! Our seasonal menus represent the very best every season has to offer in the Pacific Northwest with a French accent, local crafted beer, old and new world wine list (with an emphasis on Washington wines), handcrafted cocktails, and live music.

Exemplifying the restaurant’s farm-to-table philosophy, we continue to evolve its natural back to roots cuisine concept of regionally-inspired dishes that are healthy, creative, and favorable, utilizing Washington State’s unique and bountiful Coast and “territory”.

Goat Mountain Pizza | 211 W Holly St., Bellingham

Owners Charlie and Chas met while living in Belgium’s capital and became close friends, eventually dreaming up a restaurant that would offer hometown fare for other expats. Our new restaurant space, which we opened this year after being in a smaller spot for many years, has been that dream come true. We make Roman style pizza which pairs fantastically with our local brews on tap, organic local salads, or one of our famous chocolate chip cookies.

And, we love local so much we have an in-house aquaponics garden! We also source regularly from local farmers including Da’Vine Aquaponics, Rabbit Fields, Cedarville and more. We’re also working on sourcing all pork from Jack Mountain Meats. We hope to see you in for our Eat Local Month Special!

Good-To-Go Meat Pies | 305 Grover St., Lynden

Good To Go Meat Pies was started over five years ago in Everson, WA featuring handmade classic Cornish Pasties. We love local because it just makes sense! Buying food that is being grown for us within a mile or two ends up supporting our local farmers and our community. To name a few of our favorite farmers…Dusty with Broadleaf Farms, Todd and Michele with Meadow Fed Farms, Skuter and Amy with Terra Verde Farms, Doreen and Pete of Hopewell Farm, and the Appel Family for their wonderful cheese! Our pastry just wouldn’t be the same without using Kevin’s flour from Fairhaven Organic Flour Mill. Supporting local – one pasty at a time!

Hundred North | 100 N Commercial St., Bellingham

Hundred North has been open for just over a year. We want the community to know that we source every ingredient with care – 100% organic produce from mostly small local farms, wild sustainable fish caught by our friend Jeremy Brown, and responsibly raised meat from the PNW. We’re also trying to make sure people know that while the food is elegant, we appreciate a casual atmosphere and don’t see ourselves as a fancy restaurant or a special occasion only kind of place – our prices are pretty darn close to many other restaurants downtown.

We love local food because we live in one of the most amazing places in the world for ingredients! Between the bay, the foraged options, and the abundance of local farms, dairies, and so much more, you really can’t beat it. We love supporting other local businesses that care as much about our local options and ingredients as we do.

Keenan’s at the Pier | 804 10th St, Bellingham

Casual yet elegant, Keenan’s at the Pier features fresh local Northwest cuisine and a full bar. Our Executive Chef and his culinary staff are passionate about highlighting the beauty and style of the Pacific Northwest. Head out for Eat Local Month to enjoy our local specials and panoramic views of Bellingham Bay and the islands!

Lovitt | 1114 Harris Ave., Bellingham

We have lived in Bellingham for one year, and our restaurant has been open for six months. We moved to Bellingham to open this restaurant and raise our family–the schools, activities, scenery, people, the variety of local food were all reasons we moved here. We are so happy to a part of this community that values good food!

We have been proponents of local food for the 15 years we have run Lovitt (previously located on the East side of the state). While the politics of local food fits right into our frame of thinking, I believe it is the taste that makes us so dedicated to local food. We are foodies, and local fresh food always has the best flavor. We tell our customers that when you start with the best ingredients, you don’t have to be a genius to make them taste good.

Northwater | 4260 Mitchell Way, Bellingham

We have had the pleasure of serving Bellingham & Whatcom County since March 28th, 2017. We strive to support local business as much as possible. We set our standards high for service, dining, and cocktails and we live by the motto eat, drink, and experience!

We love local food for many reasons. Supporting the local community is first on our list. The products they provide are the freshest, which leads to the best flavors. The least amount of travel it takes for the food to get to your plate the better!

We also have an in-house Going Green Initiative to reduce our overall impact on the environment. This includes, but isn’t limited to:  food waste buckets that go back to local pork & chicken vendors as well as switching to providing straws by request only.

Old Town Cafe | 316 W Holly St., Bellingham

The Old Town Cafe is a special place for many people, both customers and workers. The people who work here are a team. Many perform all the jobs from dishwasher and cook, to waitperson and manager! We use as many natural, local, and organic products as possible and practical. Most items on our menu are made in our kitchen and all of our pastries are made here, many with whole wheat flour and unrefined sweeteners.

Pizza’zza | 2418 Alabama St. & 1501 12th St., Bellingham

We’ve owned Pizza’zza since 2006 and since day one our mission has been to sustainably nourish our community by providing delicious, locally sourced food in a fun and innovative environment. It’s important to us to build connections with our customers, our staff, our local growers and producers, and our community as a whole. We love sourcing local so much so that 85% of our ingredients come from local food producers. All of our pizza cheese comes from Ferndale Farmstead – that’s 30,000 pounds of cheese a year! Most of their flour is from Fairhaven Flour Mill, and all meat comes from local producers, like Osprey Hill Farm, with all animals having been raised on pasture. Our purchases amount to over $250,000 a year in sales for our local farming community! We truly believe in supporting the community we are a part of.

We hope you come in to enjoy some good pizza (and more!) made with some seriously delicious ingredients.

Pepper Sisters | 1055 N State St., Bellingham

Pepper Sisters has been serving freshly-made southwest (New Mexican) cuisine to the Bellingham community since 1988 (30 years next year!) Everything we serve is made from scratch and cooked with love, and we are fortunate to have many loyal customers who keep coming back for more. We appreciate our community and hope to keep it cooking for 30 more years!

We feel lucky to live in an area rife with local food producers–folks we support because they are part of the community–just like we are, and it feels right to support each other for mutual success. And–local food just tastes better!  We can be more confident in the quality when we know where it came from.

Pure Bliss Desserts | 1424 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

Pure Bliss has been around for almost 10 years! Our storefront, located proudly on Cornwall Avenue, will be celebrating its 7th anniversary in late October. We absolutely LOVE being a part of our downtown core and believe we live in the very best community possible. We love how our community’s investment in small businesses shines through their willingness to share fun experiences with their family, friends, and acquaintances.

We think local food (and beverages) is (are) the BEST!!! It not only tastes better; it feels so good to connect with the growers and learn their story. Growing, harvesting, and processing food isn’t easy, and having the chance to connect with local farmers brings the community closer together and reinforces the reasons why we support one another–and work so hard!