Whatcom Roundup: Brewery closes temporarily; tulip festival starts; new food truck opens

Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest retail, business and restaurant activity in and around Whatcom County:

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival starts early

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival showcases a bright variety of blooming tulips and daffodils each spring season.

The tulip festival farms opened this weekend, full of flower displays, food trucks, beer gardens, trolley rides and even nighttime light shows. Here is your guide to each farm, when they are open, and what they offer during the tulip festival.

Boundary Bay Brewery closed temporarily

Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro is going to be closed Monday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 2, for “team bonding,” according to the restaurant’s website.

The restaurant is regularly open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday at 1107 Railroad Ave. in Bellingham.

Nana J’s closes downtown restaurant to open food truck

Nana J’s, a “fast casual Indian inspired fusion” restaurant has closed its downtown restaurant due to lease issues but is now operating out of a food truck.

The food truck will be at Paws for a Beer at 501 Harris Ave. in Bellingham through May, before moving to The Portal Container Village. Nana J’s is open from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday, and from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Bellingham Easter events, egg hunts and brunches

Don’t have any plans today for Easter? We’ve put together a guide of Bellingham egg hunts, events and special restaurant meals for you to enjoy! Check it out and go find some eggs!

Alyse Smith

The Bellingham Herald

Alyse Smith is a reporter at The Bellingham Herald covering retail, restaurants, jobs and business. If you like stories like this, please consider supporting our work with a subscription to our newspaper.