All Entries in the "Opinion" Category
2013 Downtown Bellevue Store Wish List
With major development starting up again in Downtown Bellevue we thought it would be a good time to put together a new wish list of stores that would be a good fit for the city. Furniture stores Restoration Hardware West Elm (Once rumored to be going into Lincoln Square) Fashion H&M Zara American Apparel Uniqlo [...]
Downtown Bellevue Needs Shuffleboard
Downtown Bellevue’s nightlife scene has grown up over the last several years adding a “Vegas style” nightclub, luxury bowling alley, and more. One thing that is still lacking in Downtown Bellevue is a venue with good ol’ shuffleboard table. Shuffleboard is a bar game where players push metal-and-plastic pucks down a long and smooth wooden [...]
Lincoln Square Expansion: Updated Renderings & Hotel Tenant Speculation
With the recent news that Kemper Development Co. has applied for a building permit, many question remain about the project. Questions around how the structures will look are answered by the images below. These are the renderings for the proposed towers that have been submitted to the City of Bellevue. The hotel and residential tower [...]
Bring H&M to Bellevue
The second largest fashion retailer in the world does not have a location in Bellevue. H&M is known for its highly economical fashion clothing styles, for both men and women. Currently in the Seattle area H&M has a number of retail locations: downtown Seattle, University Village, & Southcenter Mall. Bellevue is known within the Pacific [...]
The Perfect Summer Day in Downtown Bellevue
The weather has been perfectly summer in Downtown Bellevue the last couple of weeks. I thought I would suggest a Downtown Bellevue ideal summer day, getting outside as much as possible. The ideal summer day starts with outdoor dining at Gilbert’s Main Street Bagel Deli for breakfast. I suggest ordering the LHL (Lox, Havarti, Lemon [...]
Yogurtland: Just what Downtown Bellevue Has Been Craving
Have you been to Yougurtland in Downtown Bellevue since it opened in late January? If so you’ll notice how hard it is to find a parking spot in their shared lot (which I’m sure the other merchants can’t be happy about). On several occasions, at all hours of the day and night, their parking lot [...]
Top 10 Stores Missed at Bellevue Square
I came across a post online that listed somebody’s wish list of the stores they wish were still around at Bellevue Square. This prompted me to create my own. In no particular order here is my list of the 10 stores that I wish would come back at Bellevue Square: 1. New Jake O’Shaughnessey’s – [...]
John Howie Steak Offers Limited Time ‘The Barrel Aged Bravern Manhattan’
If you receive The Shops at The Bravern marketing emails, you recently got an email promoting the John Howie Steak ‘The Barrel Aged Bravern Manhattan.’ The handcrafted cocktail is made up of a unique blend of whiskey, Cynar artichoke liqueur, dry vermouth, peach bitters, and Luxardo maraschino liqueur and is aged in an oak barrel [...]
4 Reasons That Amazon Retail Should Come to Downtown Bellevue
Unless you were ignoring the news media on Monday, you should know that Amazon is planning to test retail stores in the Seattle area. What better place than Downtown Bellevue to put their 1st test store. Here are the reasons that we think Amazon should choose Downtown Bellevue: Familiarity – The 1st Amazon Fresh location [...]
The Better Bacon Battle: LOT No. 3 vs. John Howie Steak
It’s a rumble in the bacon jungle, and Bellevue has to decide – who has the best unique bacon dish? The two places with the most noteworthy and talked-about bacon offerings in downtown Bellevue are LOT No. 3 and John Howie Steak. Where some places may top their food with the crispy slices of porcine [...]
