Everson eatery picks spot to expand in downtown Bellingham, hopes to open this spring
Here’s a roundup of retail activity around Whatcom County:
▪ Good To Go Meat Pies is coming to Bellingham, but in a different space. Owner Holly Bevan-Bumford announced in a news release that they will be opening 1306 Commercial St., near the Quinn & Foster clothing store.
Bevan-Bumford said in an email she hopes to be open later this spring, offering local farm-to-table ingredients for its Cornish pasty. Soups, salads and sweets are also on the menu. Once open downtown, the hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, closed Monday.
Good To Go Meat Pies was originally slated to go into the Granary Building, but Bevan-Bumford opted for the downtown location because she wanted to get established in Bellingham sooner than the Granary could offer. She remains interested in eventually having a waterfront/market space.
Along with the original Everson space that was established in 2012, Good To Go Meat Pies is also regularly at the Bellingham and Everett farmers markets.
▪ Evolve Chocolate announced on Facebook that it is expanding, opening a second location in the Hotel Leo building in downtown Bellingham. The company also has a cafe in the Village Books building in Fairhaven.
▪ Declaring Monday, March 2, National Egg McMuffin Day, McDonald’s is giving away Egg McMuffins from 6 a.m. from to 10:30 a.m. at participating restaurants. Customers just need to download McDonald’s mobile App to get a free Egg McMuffin. There are seven McDonald’s restaurants in Whatcom County.
▪ Forte Chocolates recently closed its shop at Bellis Fair. The shop, which opened near the JC Penney wing in 2017, is locally owned and maintains a store and production kitchen in Mount Vernon.
This story was originally published February 29, 2020 at 5:00 AM.
