Bellingham-based brewery recognized by The New York Times as a top regional restaurant
Aslan Brewing Company, a Bellingham-born brewery and restaurant, has been mentioned by The New York Times in an article naming the 25 best restaurants in Seattle.
The New York Times article named Local Tide as one of the best restaurants in Seattle, the neighboring restaurant to Aslan’s Seattle brewery that has teamed up with Aslan to serve its full menu at the brewery.
“The folks at the fryers here really know how to make hot-oil magic, whether it’s for a battered Dover sole fillet, Saltine-crusted local oysters or the delightful take on shrimp toast. The non-fried lineup is equally well done. The crab roll, made with hand-cracked Dungeness and served on a griddled split-top roll, is buttery, sweet and just the right amount of creamy,” Brian Gallagher, an editor on The New York Times food desk wrote in the article.
“The team at Aslan feels really excited for our neighbors at Local Tide and the recognition they’ve been receiving. The owner of Local Tide and one of our owners at Aslan grew up together, so it’s been a special experience watching their businesses flourish right next door to each other,” Aslan’s operations manager, Layne Carter wrote in an email to The Bellingham Herald.
Aslan Brewing Company first opened in 2014 after the owners, Jack Lamb, Boe Trosset and Frank Trosset, spent years planning and daydreaming of opening a brew pub.
In 2018, Aslan’s second location, the Depot, opened only a block away from its original downtown Bellingham location.
Then in 2019, Aslan opened its third location in Seattle, expanding its business south.
In 2022, the three owners made Layne Carter the new operations manager of the brewing company to run the day-to-day operations, according to an email from Aslan’s marketing director, Georgi Shillington.
The brewery makes a variety of lagers and ales, and serves cider, hard kombucha, wines and house made sparkling hop water.
The three locations serve a variety of food, featuring dishes such as slow roasted pork belly, makhani curry rice bowls, burgers, poutine and seafood. The Local Tide menu at the Seattle location includes fried oysters, salmon teriyaki rice bowls, fish and chips, burgers and salt and pepper fries.
“Whether you came to visit our Fremont taproom for a beer and get a hankering for a crab roll, or you’re visiting Local Tide for dinner and want to join us for a beer on the Aslan side, the combination of Local Tide’s incredible food and our organic beer just hits different. I’d be lying if I didn’t say eating Local Tide’s salmon belly dip wasn’t a priority of mine when I visit our Seattle taproom for work,” Carter wrote.
“Fans of Local Tide and Aslan can definitely expect further partnership in the future, whether that be pairing dinners, specialty beers used in their recipes, the possibilities are endless in the world shared between seafood and organic beer,” Carter wrote.
Aslan Seattle is open from noon to “late” Tuesday through Saturday at 401 N 36th St. Aslan’s original brewpub is open from noon to 11 p.m. daily at 1330 N Forest St. in Bellingham. The Aslan Depot is open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 1322 N. State St. in Bellingham.
This story was originally published October 14, 2023 at 5:00 AM.
