Bellevue Beat
Sushi Maru Grand Opening in Downtown Bellevue
How many conveyor belt sushi restaurants does Downtown Bellevue need?
With the opening of Sushi Maru this week, the answer is apparently FOUR. Sushi Maru joins Marineopolis Sushiland, Blue C Sushi, and SushiYama- which weirdly is right across the street from Sushi Maru (and next door to Safeway).
May the best kaiten sushi win!
Where Can You Go at 10pm in Downtown Bellevue On a Weekday? Here’s One Place
There are several occasions, in Downtown Bellevue, where it’d be nice to go out later than 9:30pm on the weekdays, other than to a bar or restaurant. The options in Downtown Bellevue are scarce; I found one and wanted to make sure that all are familiar with it!
The Starbucks, at 626 106th Ave NE, next [...]
Office Space Vacancies Increase in Downtown Bellevue & Seattle
A story today, in the Seattle Times, reported on vacancies affecting the downtown Seattle and Bellevue office markets. Downtown Seattle has had an 8.3% increase in vacancies, from the same time last year, changing from 12.6% to 14.7% according to a Cushman & Wakefield report.
Downtown Bellevue, while not as dramatic in its vacancies, increased slightly, [...]
‘Finally Friday’ Full of Music, Dancing, Art!
See the video compilation from ‘Finally Friday’ hosted by the Bellevue Arts Museum and sponsored by the Downtown Bellevue Network!
2 Avalon Meydenbauer Retail Tenants Close
Both Giraffe HTJ and Zounds Hearing are now vacant spaces at the Avalon Meydenbauer retail complex. With just over a year in business for Zounds, and even less for Giraffe, they have both closed their doors.
From the beginning it was clear that Giraffe HTJ, with its obnoxious distracting strobe light flashing, was not going to be in business [...]
Saturdays Are Ladies Night at Blue C Sushi: 50% Off Drinks
Saturday nights at Blue C Sushi, from 7pm to close, are now 50% off drinks for the ladies in the upstairs lounge.
Also, the Blue C Sushi and Boom Noodle lounge, as we reported in May, held a contest to name their upstairs lounge. People submitted what they thought were the best names for the unique space. Yesterday [...]
Bellevue Hyatt Expansion Making Progress
If you’ve been to Bellevue Place in the last couple of weeks, you’ve seen the progress that the construction has made with the expansion of the Hyatt Hotel. Wintergarden (the lobby area in the Hyatt), which previously had a towering wall limiting the size of its lobby, has now taken the wall down to allow the public a [...]
Relax & Win a Gene Juarez Signature Massage
Take some time out this Summer to RELAX. We’ve teamed up with Gene Juarez to give away a free Gene Juarez Signature Massage to our readers! It’s simple to enter for a chance to win:
Email info@downtownbellevue.com
Include your full name
Tell us how you relax in Downtown Bellevue
On Tuesday, July 7th, a winner at random [...]
4th of July Celebration in Bellevue Downtown Park
The Bellevue Downtown Park will play host to the 2009 Symetra Bellevue Family 4thon Saturday, July 4th. In the event’s 18th year, put on by the Bellevue Downtown Association, it is anticipating 60,000 visitors for the music, entertainment, and fireworks display. This year will also feature a C-17 flyover during the day.
The event will begin [...]
KeyBank District Headquarters to Stay in Downtown Bellevue
KeyBank will maintain their district headquarters that is in Downtown Bellevue at Key Center, on the corner of 108th Ave. NE and Bellevue Way, according to an article on Friday by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
After searching for alternative space, KeyBank’s Rick Wirthlin said, “The landlord made it very attractive for us to stay where we [...]
