Fireside Martini & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Bellingham

Want an authentic cocktail experience without the “Hipster Vibe”, Fireside is the place for you.

My wife and I enjoy our “adult beverages”. In the age of the “craft cocktail” you see bars come up with some drink weird ingredients for drinks to be different, but we have found many places are just looking for a hook to draw people in.

We prefer more classic cocktail bars. The Comstock in San Francisco or Zig Zag in Seattle come to mind. Having sampled many of the new places in Bham, Fireside definitely fits the more “old school” vibe. Don’t get me wrong, the owner offers a wide variety of drinks using all the light and dark liquors (including absinthe), but they are just presented in a more classic way. No need to Google a random ingredient someone put in your cocktail to figure out what you are drinking.

Fireside presents itself as a music themed neighborhood bar. They have live music and the performance area has a “living room” vibe. If there is no live music, there is always something tasty playing on the sound system.

The food is simple and good. We tend to do a charcuterie board, “The French” flatbread (Brie and apples) and a Caesar salad.

One of the things I appreciate most about Fireside is the owner has held the line on prices. I recently asked the him why he had not raised prices. He told me he knew his customers were getting killed by today’s high prices and he did not want to add to their pain. You have to love a business that thinks about their customers!

Head on out to Fireside, for some great cocktails, tasty grub, friendly staff and to support a business that is not engaging in what I call “Greedflation Pricing”. You won’t see any $18 drinks or grossly...

First let me say been in the restaurant industry for years its hard work so I am very understanding when it comes to restaurant work. Now my experience, looking for a place to celebrate my birthday thought this would have been a great spot. Nope! I know when you are being ignored , when the person walks by you 3 times and no acknowledgement but ask the person 4 seats down if they are ready for another cocktail before I was even asked for 1. Their loss because my sound like bragging but I will spend 100.00 to 150.00 on just myself and to 30% .. you know that famous line saying, big...

Modern art nouveau style place. Perfect for a friend date night or honestly this us a place you could go read a book and gave a drink alone. The furniture needs a bit of updating, the couch was a comfortable area, just lost its fluff so it was kind of uncomfortable to sit. I asked for a drink off the menu and the bar tender was more than accommodating. Best basil lemon drop I've had!! Just writing the review makes me want to beg my boyfriend to take me back tonight!! Which I will be coming back! Sad I've lived so close and never came in...