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Must List: Bellevue’s Taste of Main, Artisan Beer & More
What to do this weekend
Must Taste
Chow Down Along Old Bellevue’s Main Street
Saturday (8/16, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) — Secure a $40 tasting passport and sample cuisine from some of Old Bellevue’s beloved restaurants, including Monsoon East, Cantinetta and the newest hot spot, 99 Park.
Must Exhibit
Become an Instant Art Curator at Frye Museum via Social Media
(Through 8/22, times vary) — From now through August 22, log into Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Tumblr, view 232 works of art in the Frye Museum’s collection, then “like” your favorite. Paintings with the most likes will be hung in the museum’s #SocialMedium exhibit, where voters’ names will be displayed as “citizen curators.”
Must Shop
A Rag & Bone Pop-Up, New Private Label Collection at Nordstrom
(Dates and times vary) — A pop-up shop of epic proportions hit downtown Nordstrom and Bellevue Square last Friday and runs until Saturday, September 7. This and other splurge-worthy events are happening at our favorite local department store.
Must Drink
Seattle Artisan Beer Tasting
Saturday (8/16, times vary) — Get ready for this beer-filled event, featuring a collection of two dozen artisan beers, including brews from Elysian and Schooner Exact, available for sampling in two sessions at the Pike Brewing Beer Garden rooftop.
Must Listen
Jam During Summer at SAM
Thursday (8/14, 6 to 9 p.m.) — Bring a blanket (or arrive early to snag one of the provided bean bags) and settle in for a free evening concert on the Olympic Sculpture Park lawn, complete with food trucks and beer and wine for sale. On tap this week is groovy local jazz band Industrial Revelation.
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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…