Artisanal Brasserie: from Paris to Bellevue via NYC
- September 17th, 2009
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I had the opportunity to dine at Artisanal Brasserie in the newly-minted Bravern in downtown Bellevue last night. During this first two weeks, which they’re considering a “soft-opening,” there are obviously some kinks to work out. Because it is early days still, I don’t think it’s entirely fair to judge based on infinitesimal details, but rather, to evaluate whether the concept and its execution will become a ray of hope in Bellevue’s embarrassingly franchised dining scene. While the Bravern itself is a source of hot contention among naysayers who feel this economic climate was not the appropriate time to introduce such opulence to Bellevue, projecting that negativity to Artisanal by association is thoroughly misguided. Besides, West Bellevue is a freakish anomaly of the economic crisis in terms of its relative resilience to strife, so I would urge the Negative Nancy’s of the 425 (and the 206 as it were) to give the place a chance before stooping to blog-bashing and Yelp-yapping that just brings us all down in the long run. Read more










