Click on a participating restaurants' name for details on their Eat Local Special, or click July, August, September or October, for listings by month.

Book Fare Cafe, Mallard Ice Cream, Pastazza, Old World Deli, Temple Bar, Colophon Cafe, Bellingham Golf and Country Club, Old Town Cafe, Fiamma Burger, Nimbus, Panini Grill and Deli, Chuckanut Brewery, Prospect Street Cafe, Mount Bakery, Boundary Bay.

JULY

July 2nd - Mallard Ice Cream
1323 Railroad Ave, Bellingham | (360) 734-3884
Special Offer - Upgrade your cone to a (locally made) waffle cone and Mallard will donate the price difference to Food To Bank On. Mallard sources local ingredients year round, including over 5,000lbs of local, organic fruit annually.

Special: Strawberry ice cream and sorbet made with organic berries from Frog Song Farm and fresh strawberry sundae topping. Also, Fresh Mint ice cream with mint from the Growing Garden.

Why Buy Local? Generally, local food has more life in the food, and more life in the relationship with the growers. - Ben Scholtz, Owner

July 9th - Pastazza
2945 Newmarket St. (Barkley Village), Bellingham | (360) 714-1168 | pastazza.com

Special:

Lunch Menu: Calzone - meatballs, mushrooms, chives, kale & Pleasant Valley Gouda wrapped in a pizza pocket. Salad - Uprising Organics mixed greens with smoked wild salmon, braised fennel, summer squash and cherry tomatoes. Soup - Summer squash.

Dinner: Sweet peppers stuffed with Skagit River Ranch beef, potato, Pleasant Valley Gouda and roasted tomoato sauce. Salmon with brown sage butter, arugula, and Oregon blue cheese.

Why Buy Local? "Pastazza supports local agriculture because a strong local food system helps sustain quality of life issues, i.e., food safety through knowing the source of our food, environmental through less packaging and fewer miles traveled, better nutrition through fresher food, economic through keeping our food dollars in our community, the social benefit of havong personal contact with those who grow our food, and...because it tastes better!" - Lynn and Fred Berman, Owners

July 16th - Old World Deli
1140 N. State St., Bellingham | (360) 738-2090

Special: Salumi Sandwich featuring Batali's famous salumi, Joe's Garden Beet Salad, Galactic Organic Green Salad.

Old World Deli will also host a wine tasting with local food and Dan Radil on 7/15 from 6-8pm.

Why Buy Local? "Buying local tastes better and feels better!" - Anna Adams, Owner

July 23rd - The Temple Bar
306 W. Champion St., Bellingham | (360) 676-8660

Special:

Monday, June 20th - Temple Tasting Series with Dana Zemel. Feeling like you need to reconnect with the land you call home? Then this is the class for you. Join us in celebrating Eat Local Week with an all local wine and cheese tasting class. learn more about fine wines from Washington along with cheeses and accoutrements from just down the road!

Throughout the week the Temple Bar will feature cocktails mixed with spirits infused with locally grown produce.

Tequila infused with Holistic Homestead strawberries, Vodka infused with beets from Devine Gardens, Gin infused with sweet onions from Alm Hill, Bourbon infused with cherries from Cloud Mountain Farm.

Thursday, July 23rd, prixe fixe menu:

Local, organic field green salad from Devine Gardens or chilled english pea soup, fish baked in parchment from Vis Seafood, vegetables from the market gratin with Breckenridge gouda and Pleasant Valley hazlenuts, Cloud Mountain raspberry fool.

Why Buy Local? "Since our inception in 2002, the Temple Bar has been committed to using local products whenever possible. We believe it is an investment in the community and it's future." - Chelsea Farmer, Owner

July 30th - Colophon Café
1208 11th St., Fairhaven | (360) 647-0092 | colophoncafe.com

Special:

Entree (lunch and dinner): Roasted Summer Vegetable Lasagna;

Salad: "Bounty of Whatcom County" Salad, featuring local organic field
greens, wild-caught locally-smoked salmon, local hazelnuts and fresh local
strawberry vinaigrette;

Dessert: Farm-Style Fresh Fruit Crumble, fabulous flavor TBA.

We'll also turn the local spotlight on our Boundary Bay Beer selection, as
well as our "Lusciously Local" lattes and mochas, made with fresh milk from
Breckenridge Farms!   
 
Producers include: Moondance Farm, Bellingham Pasta Co., VIS Seafoods, Boundary Bay Brewery,and Breckenridge Farm.

Why buy local? "We at the Colophon Cafe are dedicated to business practices that promote both a healthy environment and a vibrant local economy.  Buying local food
not only supports vital farms and producers in our area while decreasing our
carbon footprint, but it is also an opportunity for us to provide excellent
customer service: when we buy local, we are bringing safe, fresh food of the
highest quality to the table, and ensuring the sustainability of our Whatcom
County foodshed for our customers, our families, and our community." - Leah Peterson, Director of Sustainable Programs, Colophon Cafe

AUGUST

August 6th - Bellingham Golf & Country Club
3729 Meridian St., Bellingham | (360) 733-3450 | bellinghamgcc.com

August 13th - Old Town Cafe
316 West Holly St., Bellingham  I (360) 671-4431  I

August 20th - Fiamma Burger
1309 Railroad Ave, Bellingham 

August 27th - Nimbus
119 N. Commercial, 14th Floor, Bellingham | (360) 676-1307 | nimbusrestaurant.com

SEPTEMBER

September 3rd - Panini Grill & Deli
1530 Cornwall Ave., in the Bellingham Public Market, Bellingham | (360) 312-5775

September 10th - Chuckanut Brewery
601 W Holly. Bellingham

September 17th - Prospect Street Cafe
114 Prospect St., Bellingham | (360) 714-8262 | www.prospectstreetcafe.com

September 24th - Mount Bakery
308C W Champion St., Bellingham | (360) 715-2195 | mountbakery.com

OCTOBER

October 10th - Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro
1107 Railroad Ave., Bellingham | (360) 647-5593 | bbaybrewery.com