We used to love ordering food from the welcome store but unfortunately the kitchen has gone down…read morehill. Not to mention paying almost 19$ for whatever they call this is absurd. Really sad.

I always stop at this store to get soft ice cream on the way home from hiking, and this time I told…read morea friend about it and she insisted we stop to get ice cream. The store has changed since I last stopped in a couple of years ago. They still had the ice cream, and they had just brought out a fresh pizza too so we had to get a slice of that as well, which was really good after a day of hiking outside when the temperature never hit 60 degrees. The soft ice cream was just as remembered, excellent! So from reading the other reviews it looks like the store has new owners, so please don't change things too much, I've always liked this little store the way it is, although the pizza was a nice addition.

Not the cheapest, but the hot bar/ salad bar quality is really solid…read more I was looking for some take out while on business travel in Bellingham. I could immediately tell upon walking in that white guilt and a love for seitan was a prerequisite for shopping here. Shades of Zoey's "Free Earth Collective" grocery store in SBC's "The Dictator" come to mind. Nevertheless, I chose a selection of foods from the salad bar and the hot bar and brought them back to my hotel. -- I was pleasantly surprised at the quality -- very organic, very fresh, high quality foods. I would definitely consider this a great option for quick, healthy food if you're not too hot on cooking at home. Moderate checkout lines during rush hour -- don't expect rapid service - it's a co-op .......bring your patience. Definitely cool spot for organic groceries but a bit of a step down from Skagit Valley Food Co-op in Mt. Vernon. Good spot for food if you're in North Bellingham and you don't want to make the drive south to Whole Foods.

Awesome food, service and ambiance! Workers are friendly and helpful. Always able to find the food…read moreneeded at the moment.

Great selection of oils and vinegars coupled with some of the friendliest folks. They gladly will…read morelet you sample too. They also have large cheese case, salts and spices.

Major cheese lovers, my husband and I were drawn in by their cheese tasting sign, and had a great…read moretime tasting various unique cheeses from fontina to brie to gouda and goat cheese. We moved on to their wide variety of vinegars and even found a spiced chile olive oil we liked. They bottle it for you out of their vats. The server was knowledgeable and friendly, and the ambiance fit with the historic area, all very clean and well organized. Stairs lead down to a great looking restaurant.

This Mexican Store is a gem in Ferndale. The variety is plentiful, anything you need to prepare an…read moreauthentic Mexican dish. The staff is friendly and helpful. Today, I tried the $1.49 hot tamales, the chicken in green chili and the cheese and jalapeño tamal. They were both delicious with just the perfect ratio - a must! I will definitely get them again. From meats, piñatas to Mexican candy and spices, they have it all! The store is clean and ambiance is good.

Lots of great stuff! They have standard pantry stock stuff all the way to a fresh deli counter with…read moremeats and cheeses. Got some south of the boarder candies to try. I selected several items (a food amount of stuff) and it was under $20!! And that included a chunk of beef the guy behind the counter suggested to try. I will definitely be back, excited to try new things and support a local store.

We shopped here almost everyday. What a great local market to have. I love that they carry all of…read morethe local farmers' wares from cider to jam to skin care. It's also just a really nice clean store

I love this market so much! It's so clean and nicely arranged and decorated! Incredible food, fresh…read morehot or even a coffee bar! And the people that work here are just something else... I made a new friend named Lisa and I absolutely adore her. We would be such good friends if I lived here, but sadly, we are selling our house and I will be back to California, but at least I'm here for one more month to shop here and make more new friends!

Like most co-ops, this place is heaven on earth to me. I am gluten free and vegetarian and…read moresometimes just don't feel like finding a restaurant and waiting for takeout, so I decided to just go here and see what they had at the hot bar. They had several kinds of indian food, a lush salad bar, and TONS of fresh-made deli items. I was tempted by a grilled salmon salad, gluten free mac and cheese, and the gluten free carrot cake. Ended up getting a vegan tofu burrito bowl and it was so good! I couldn't help but browse the snacks. They had every brand I love here, with flavors I had never even heard of. Ended up somehow resisting the desserts and huge fridge dedicated to olives and pickled goods and just got out with a few kinds of vegan jerky (which is hard to find for me). Again, heaven. I will have to come back on a cheat day when I am ready to sample all the gluten free dessert.

Went to the hot bar for a lighter dinner bowl to share. A large "Buddha bowl" type meal with rice,…read moreeggplant dish over it, some roasted veggies, Beechers mac & cheese, & a separate 12 oz bowl of soup cost just around $31. Seemed a bit spendy. The food, of course, is high quality so it was worth it. People here are always super friendly and walking around is fun. We don't live here so don't do our regular shopping here. The inside (and out) is well kept and welcoming. I love seeing what the soap sample of the week is.

For me, Silver Beach epitomizes all that is sophisticated and urban…read more Why? Because, when my dad moved from the middle of nowhere, Washington, to the great big town of Bellingham, Silver Beach Grocery store was about a block and a half away from our house. A block and a half away! A store! That sells stuff! Not ten miles away, but a block and a half away! Oh, the wonders of city life! Every night I would hope that we ran out of some crucial dinner time ingredient, like milk, so that we could run down to the store and buy some more. (The hope was not as strong as my unfulfilled desire that one night my dad would *forget* about dinner entirely, and we'd be forced to order pizza and have it delivered right to our door!) Besides milk, shady magazines, and cigarettes, Silver Beach also had a reliable stock of Big Hunk candy bars, which besides being the best tasting candy bars (when microwaved for 18 seconds), also have the best name. I got one almost every day the summer I was 13, more because I was bored and that's the only activity I could afford than because of any merit of Big Hunks. I was so enamored with Silver Beach that I told everyone I lived in the Silver Beach neighborhood (which is so small as to be practically non-existent and certainly unheard of) and I gave directions to my new city house from the Silver Beach grocery store, despite the fact that everyone I talked to would all be coming from the opposite direction. Since then, I've grown less enamored of this neighborhood store, but it still holds a special place in my heart.

They don't require masks, don't seem to understand the need, don't wear then consistently…read morethemselves... i.e, total idiots.

Always nice people who work there. It is an old time kind of…read moregas station with older pumps. I've always been able to find what I was looking for there. It's nice having something close when you are out in the county.