Whatcom Roundup: New cafe opens; restaurant moving into Walmart; local events
Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest retail, business and restaurant activity in and around Whatcom County:
New restaurant opening in Walmart
Just Poke, a poke bowl restaurant with locations across Washington, has filed a building permit with the city of Bellingham for a new location at 4420 Meridian St., inside Walmart’s superstore. The permit was filed Oct. 16 and had not been approved as of Oct. 18.
New cafe opens in downtown Bellingham
Sweet Bay Cafe, the sister restaurant to the newly opened Red Star Taco restaurant opened its doors on Monday, Oct. 21.
Sweet Bay Cafe will have a full-service coffee counter and serve breakfast, brunch and lunch options such as biscuits and gravy, French toast, a “monty cristo,” eggs Benedict, fried chicken sandwiches, smash burgers, smoothies, mac and cheese and even alcoholic breakfast drinks.
The coffee counter will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, and the full restaurant will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily at the same location as Red Star Taco Bar at 1327 N State St. in Bellingham.
Halloween brewery parties, haunted houses and more
Many local businesses throughout Whatcom County will be handing out candy or hosting special spooky parties for Halloween this month. Check out our guide to local trick-or-treating, haunted houses, brewery parties and more.
Bellingham events, trivia nights and live music
Bellingham is full of local events, markets, festivals and other events during the month of October. Here’s your guide to this month’s events, trivia, live music and more. For an extensive list of local events, visit our new Events page at www.bellinghamherald.com/events/#.
