Milk Bar Bellevue Has Quietly Closed After Simply Two Years

Dessert followers acquired some bitter information this week, because the Milk Bar in Bellevue, which opened nearly precisely two years in the past, has closed, in line with Downtown Bellevue Community.

In the event you don’t know what Milk Bar is, ask the closest millennial. Christina Tosi’s tremendous candy concoctions grew to become a nationwide phenomenon within the 2010s, with retail gross sales in supermarkets and a number of other places all through the nation. The Seattle space’s first Milk Bar opened to some fanfare when it opened in 2023, despite the fact that it was tucked away inside a Nordstrom on the Bellevue Sq. mall.

A rep for Milk Bar stated that the division retailer, which operated the Milk Bar, was the driving drive behind the choice to shut. “Nordstrom made the choice to re-concept the area occupied by Milk Bar into non [food and beverage] retail,” the spokesperson stated in an electronic mail. The closure was official as of March 8, so no extra luxurious desserts or salty gentle serve, sorry everybody.

On to extra information you need to know:

Black Espresso Northwest seems to be unlikely to open within the Central District

A pair years in the past, Black Espresso Northwest introduced that it was going to take over the long-vacant former Starbucks area on twenty third and Jackson within the Central District, which might hopefully revitalize what as soon as was a group hub within the traditionally Black neighborhood. Now, studies Capitol Hill Seattle Weblog, that cafe will probably by no means open. Proprietor DarNesha Bowman advised CHS that she blames the property developer Vulcan and town for not supporting the enterprise. She additionally claims a contractor by no means accomplished important plumbing and electrical work. Town’s Workplace of Financial Improvement says that Black Espresso Northwest didn’t fulfill its obligations. Black Espresso Northwest nonetheless runs a restaurant inside North Seattle School; in 2023 it closed its flagship Shoreline location after a dispute with the owner. It’s unclear what’s going to occur with the vacant Starbucks area.

Cafe Flora is bringing again spring tea

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In happier information, Madison Valley’s famed vegetarian restaurant Cafe Flora is bringing again its “Spring English Tea expertise” for 2 weeks solely, March 24 to twenty-eight and March 31 to April 4. Will it’s a little bit twee? You betcha — we’re speaking “decadent three-tiered towers” full of scones, finger sandwiches, “beautiful patisserie,” and extra, in line with a Flora spokesperson. Tickets, that are $55 for adults and $25 for teenagers, will be bought right here.

Din Tai Fung is on the transfer

Lastly, Puget Sound Enterprise Journal has the information that dumpling superchain Din Tai Fung is leaving its College Village area and shifting into the procuring middle’s outdated Bartell Medication. If that doesn’t sound glamorous, the restaurant will probably be getting about 18,000 sq. ft of area, greater than double the dimensions of the outdated DTF, in line with the Journal. The inside will even be extensively redesigned, so presumably you gained’t really feel such as you’re slurping soup dumplings in an outdated ache reduction aisle. The brand new restaurant is slated to open someday in 2026.