Businesses in Bellingham, WA

Aslan Brewing Company is a Bellingham brewpub known for its Pacific Northwest craft beers, outdoor Depot patio, weekly jazz nights, and monthly brewery tours led by a certified Cicerone.

Avenue Bread

Bakery Bellingham, WA

Bellingham's neighborhood bakery cafes since 1995, four locations strong, with breads baked daily and the famous Eggenue breakfast sandwich.

Bantam

Bantam on Railroad Avenue is a Bellingham favorite for standout fried chicken in a lively downtown setting just steps from Mallard Ice Cream.

Banter

A Prospect Street brunch cafe in Bellingham, sold in 2025 to two new owners who kept the Banter Burrito and added cocktails, with espresso drinks, smoothies and umbrella tables outside.

Boundary Bay Brewery

Boundary Bay Brewery is one of Bellingham's oldest and most celebrated craft breweries, with a full bistro menu, a large outdoor beer garden, and decades of award winning ales and lagers.

Cafe Blue

A small Fairhaven cafe bought by its 23 year old barista in 2023, with pastries baked in house daily, a custom Steed roast, plates thrown by the former owner and a question of the day for every customer.

Camber Coffee

Bellingham's downtown roaster and flagship cafe on West Holly, founded in 2015 by two national competition placers, roasting on a Probat two miles away and serving a full table service menu until 2.

Colophon Cafe

Colophon Cafe has been in the 1891 Knights of Pythias Building in Fairhaven since 1985, serving scratch baking, soups and a full bar. The remains of a hand operated Sears elevator still stand in the downstairs dining room.

Daytrip Cafe

Daytrip opened on West Holly in December 2025, in the space Narrative Coffee left behind, painted deep forest green and hung with the owner's own photographs of the Cascades. The coffee is Hammerhead and the bagels come from the Bagelry.

El Sueñito Brewing Company

El Sueñito Brewing Company is a Bellingham brewery on the Humboldt Street corridor, part of a vibrant block of eateries and taprooms that makes up one of the city's best craft beer crawl routes.

Far From Par Disc Golf

Shop Bellingham, WA

Far From Par Disc Golf is Bellingham's dedicated disc golf pro shop run by community leader Daisey James, offering discs, gear, and a lost disc rescue service that has reunited over 2,200 discs with their owners.

Frelard Tamales Bellingham

Food Truck Bellingham, WA

Frelard Tamales Bellingham brings the Seattle tamale institution to the Humboldt Street corridor, serving handmade tamales out of El Sueñito Brewing on one of Bellingham's most walkable food and drink blocks.

Greektown

Greektown is a Greek food truck parked at Kulshan Brewing's Sunnyland taproom from Thursday through Sunday. The anchor is a ten hour slow cooked lamb leg gyro, and the fries go inside the pita.

Hammerhead Coffee Roasters

Hammerhead Coffee Roasters brings craft roasted coffee to Bellingham with a coffee shop on E Holly Street known for its sparkling espresso and thoughtfully sourced beans.

Hardware Sales

Shop Bellingham, WA

Bellingham's family run hardware institution on James Street, a maze of departments, rentals, and repair services that locals swear by.

J’s Kitchen

Garden Center Bellingham, WA

J's Kitchen brought Puerto Rican cooking to Fairhaven, in the room that used to be Fairhaven Pizza. Empanadas, pernil, mofongo and tres leches, from the recipes Justin Valle learned at home.

JUXT Taphouse

Bar Bellingham, WA

JUXT Taphouse is a downtown Bellingham bar with cocktails on tap, a varied lunch menu, and sports on the screens, making it a solid all day option on W Holly Street.

Kent’s Garden & Nursery

Kent's Garden & Nursery is a family run garden center on Northwest Drive in Bellingham, growing plants and know how for Whatcom County gardens.

Kulshan Brewing Co – Trackside Beer Garden

Kulshan Brewing's Trackside Beer Garden is an outdoor waterfront venue hosting live music, jazz nights, and community events throughout the year in Bellingham.

Larrabee Lager Co

Ice Cream Shop Bellingham, WA

Larrabee Lager Co is one of Bellingham's newest breweries, earning quick acclaim for its craft lagers and wood fired pizza in a welcoming taproom setting.

Lost Giants Cider Company

Cidery Bellingham, WA

Lost Giants Cider Company is a Bellingham cidery known for creative small batch ciders including a long running barrel swap collaboration with North Fork Brewery that produces increasingly funky and fruit forward results.

Mallard Ice Cream

Mallard Ice Cream is a Bellingham institution on Railroad Avenue known for creative seasonal flavors and handcrafted scoops that keep locals coming back year round.

Mambo Italiano Cafe

Mambo Italiano Cafe is a neighborhood Italian restaurant in Fairhaven known for handmade pizzas, a warm atmosphere, and a loyal local following in Bellingham's historic south end district.

Nelson’s Market

A York neighborhood corner store since 1895 that predates the city itself, now a breakfast hot spot famous for chicken and waffles.

Nicki’s Bella Marina

Nicki's started as a diner in Blaine in 1992 and moved to Squalicum Harbor in 2002, where its deck sits out over the water with short term moorage right in front of it. Tempura fish and chips, and wild King salmon reef netted by the Lummi Nation.

Old World Deli

Old World Deli is a beloved Bellingham sandwich shop serving generously loaded deli sandwiches with a wide selection of meats, cheeses, and specialty additions including Mama Lil's peppers.

Otherlands Beer

Otherlands Beer is a Bellingham neighborhood brewery and cafe on Humboldt Street, beloved for its seasonal dark lager and a cafe menu featuring standout dishes like the beet Reuben and hand cut frites.

Paws For A Beer

Bar Bellingham, WA

Paws For A Beer is a Bellingham dog friendly taphouse with a large fenced yard where leashed dogs can socialize while their humans enjoy craft beer and regular trivia nights.

Pure Bliss Desserts

Bakery Bellingham, WA

Pure Bliss Desserts is a Bellingham bakery specializing in high quality custom cakes and special occasion sweets, known for creative flavor pairings and collaborations with local breweries.

Raven Bakery

Bakery Bellingham, WA

Raven Bakery bakes fresh breads and pastries on Prospect Street in downtown Bellingham.

ROAM Coffee + Beer

Wander Brewing's coffee and beer window in a triangular Washington Street building, with Forecast coffee, ten Wander taps, a beer garden with a firepit and a drive, pedal or walk up window.

Roe

A downtown Bellingham dinner party of a restaurant, serving elevated comfort food and fresh seafood on ever changing menus built for sharing.

Stemma Brewing Company

Stemma Brewing Company is a Bellingham craft brewery known for adventurous recipes including a signature lemon cayenne lager and hosting rotating pop ups and markets in its taproom space.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat serves American classics from its perch in Fairhaven's historic Sycamore Square in Bellingham.

Village Books

Bookstore Bellingham, WA

Fairhaven's independent bookstore and community hub, with the Paper Dreams gift shop woven through it and a second shop north in Lynden.

Wander Brewing