Hey. I know the light rail might be old news over there but it’s a whole new world for us over on the boring east side.
I was thinking I could make a habit of coming over on the weekends with my surly teenager. What are some fun places I might miss just looking at a map for us to check out that are a reasonable walk from the train?
Bonus points for bakeries or burgers or other junk food. This kid lives for a good burger.
On the east side, there’s some good stuff too:
Mercer island – I know little about. They have a little farmer’s market in the summer, opens May 31st.
South Bellevue – stops right on the edge of the Mercer Slough. A nice level hike around with blueberry farms, a marshy area with tons of frogs.
East Main – close to downtown, so maybe would get you to old main street, which has some nice restaurants and probably shopping if that’s your thing.
Bellevue downtown – we like Cielo cocina Mexican, also the French bakery in the same building.
Joey if you want to go get an ordinary meal with coworkers but feel fancy while doing so.
You could walk to anything else downtown from this stop.
Wilburton – whole foods? Right next door is also the pump house bar and grill which is one of the few remaining indicators of Bellevue’s blue collar origins. More of a landmark than a destination though. Of course, next to that, the massive Porsche dealer. Also the stuff around lake Bellevue – I love sushi and the crab pot. (get a messy pile of shellfish dumped on your table. Expensive but fun.)
If you’re into Pokémon, Brian at Collector’s Corner is a national treasure.
Spring district – meta. Bellevue brewing company(just OK). An uncomfortable walk along a road with no sidewalk will take you to Mike Lull, a guitar repair place that is very well renowned.
Belred – not much for walking to. Maybe mercurys coffee, but it doesn’t stand up to any 3rd wave places in Seattle.
Redmond technology – Microsoft (has a visitor center) Nintendo (does not)
Marymoor village – Marymoor park, obvs. Massive off leash dog park. Almost guaranteed to see a great blue heron.
Downtown Redmond – like downtown Bellevue, lots to do. Entirely sanitized and polished. Tipsy cow (OK burgers, good shakes) coastline burgers (good burgers, didn’t try the shakes) spark pizza is really good (and I’m from NY…) but it can be hard to get a seat.
I’m sure my list is woefully incomplete, so if anyone has other places to note over here, that would be great too.
Thanks!
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