#2586 #S1269 - Bell + Whete, Seattle - 7/29/2014

Bell+Whete, Seattle, WA

Update:  Bell + Whete closed in early 2017 and was refashioned into Belltown Brewing.

Wait, what? Marcus Charles now has a new place with a menu based on the ancient Normans? Well, it's not as bleak as you might guess -- I actually like their modern take on European dishes (pork knuckles, boar, roasted fowl, oxtail, etc.) and they have a broad selection of beers and some fairly nice cocktails to boot. The decor features prints in the style of middle aged woodcut prints with just a little too much shiny metal to remind one of the old medieval themed steakhouses of a few decades ago (anybody remember Barnaby's near Northgate?). Locals know owner Marcus from about a several different bars in town, which currently include Local 360, just a block away, and a portion of the Crocodile Cafe and Mama's Mexican Kitchen also in Belltown. This place seems a little more fastidious and less informally cozy than most his other places have been, but it seems like a nice new alternative.

200 Bell St, Seattle, WA 98121 - (206) 538-0180
Est. July 12, 2014 - Closed 2017 - Building constructed: 2012                     
Previous bars in this location: None known
Web site: bellandwhete.com
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