The Bellingham Weekly

Excerpted from the Local's Guide - May 26 - June 1, 2005

2005 Best of Bellingham


"...Your tastes in cuisine and culture evolve, blend and re-establish themselves, but you're sure as hell not ficke.

You understand local.

The Best of Bellingham is our way of measuring your tastes each year, to put readers in the control seat to guide our coverage of the A&E scene. BOB is a wonderful celebration of the best and brightest our region has to offer. Most of all, it celebrates you.

Thanks readers. It is to you we dedicate this issue."


"...BEST COFFEE HOUSE: THE BLACK DROP

Damn, that's mystically great coffee! I think I saw God at the Black Drop. She takes it black, in a big cup. True to the roots of Paris and London coffee houses, this is the place to go for your personal transcendence. Free broadband internet fosters bloggers, and you can talk to friendly corporeals as well. Between the two of them, Teri and Alexarc placed high in three categories in our poll, and the SCAA honored them with the coveted national TOPS award for Specialty Coffee Excellence in 2004.

300 W. Champion, 738-DROP, www.theblackdrop.com"