5 new restaurants opened in June: Whatcom’s newest cocktail lounge, pizza joint and more
Five new restaurants opened in June, bringing a new cocktail lounge, coffee shop, pizza joint, Chicago hot dog spot and Asian cuisine in Whatcom County.
Here they are:
Local roasters open new coffee shop
Hammerhead Coffee Roasters opened its first brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Bellingham on Saturday, June 10. The shop serves its freshly roasted coffee, specialty drinks, biscuits, breakfast sandwiches and cookies.
Hammerhead Coffee Roasters is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and is at 405 E Holly St.
New pizza shop moves from Canada
Natalino’s Pizza, a pizza restaurant based in British Columbia opened a second location in the Bellis Fair mall food court on Friday, June 16. The Roman-style pizza is made by Natanael Gamarrota, or Natalino, who is a “contemporary master pizza chef” from Rome.
The restaurant serves a variety of pizzas, calzones, focaccia bread, salads, panna cotta, and a dessert pizza topped with Nutella.
Natalino’s Pizza is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Bellis Fair Mall is at 1 Bellis Fair Parkway in Bellingham.
New cocktail lounge opens
The Foxhole opened on Friday, June 16, in Bellingham, a 21 and older coffee and cocktail lounge promising “low light, lite bites and a transcendental space for all to come frolic in the nite” with absinthe, coffee, poutine and dessert, according to an Instagram post.
The Foxhole is open from 3-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 3-10 p.m. Thursday, 3-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and is at 215 W Holly St. Suite 101 in Bellingham.
Chicago-style hot dog restaurant opens
Chicago Joe’s, a new restaurant serving authentic Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, opened in Lynden on June 16. The new restaurant also serves burgers, waffle fries and hot dogs and is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
The new restaurant is at 8082 Guide Meridian, Suite 103.
New Asian cuisine restaurant opens
Red Ginger Asian Cuisine opened on June 19, bringing traditional Asian cuisine to Bellingham. The family owned restaurant serves dishes such as wonton noodle soup, orange chicken, chili- garlic green beans, honey walnut shrimp, lo mein and Mongolian beef.
Red Ginger Asian Cuisine is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and is closed on Sunday and is at 1208 E Maple St. in Bellingham, where New Peking restaurant was previously located.
