E-pu-lo Bistro (Edmonds Washington USA)

February 26,2022

The new location for E-pu-lo Bistro 190 Sunset Ave W, Edmonds, Washington U.S.A.  wwwepulobistro.com  It is right beside the BNSF, Amtrak, Sounder train station and a very short walk to the Edmonds/ Kingston Ferry.  As you enter, the bar is in the back of the location and you go through the restaurant.   All of the food in both the main menu and the happy hour menu is available in the bar area. The happy hour runs from 4 pm to 6 pm Sunday to Thursday and 3-5 pm Friday and Saturday. They are closed on Tuesday The sit-up barn seats about 6 to 8 but if you are sitting at the bar directly behind you is a very long narrow table that seats around 12-14 in a communal fashion.  The wine is nicely displayed along the wall.  There is also a large covered patio area on the south side. It is open air in the summer with a large sail cover. All the staff are dressed in black button shirts with the Epulo logo on the front. The staff was friendly and helpful  too! Everything was neat and tidy and well organized. They still have some of our favorite appys: Truffle Popcorn, Fire Roasted Cauliflower Grana Padano, Short Rib Pappardelle which is Short rib meat in a shallot cream sauce, arugula  and Parmesan cheese and pasta noodles. 4  of us had dinner there and had:  Boneless Braised Beef Short Rib - Demi-Glace, Garlic Whipped Potato, Arugula, Local Manilla Clams – Fennel Saffron Brodo, Grilled Bread, *#Petite New York Steak – 8oz Grilled USDA Prime Beef. Creamy Garlic Whipped Potato, Cauliflower, Salsa di Bistecca and the last was the Salmon Special. These were absolutely amazing! This place is on the classier side and a great place for a first date, or any other time! Hahaha! It didn't take long for this place to get packed and I can see why, it is excellent  and we can't wait to come back soon!!

April 2022

Back again and this time we were there for happy hour and sat in the bar area. There are also several tables for 2 that can be pushed to gather to accommodate more people. This time we tried the Octopus with herb fried potatoes and tzatziki.  It was fantastic, my wife would not try ot at first. When she did, she loved it. Also had the Short Rib Pappardelle, in Shallot cream sauce, Arugula,  and Grana Padano, this is amazing too! Truffle popcorn too, soooooo good! My wife ordered the Little Gem Salad,  Prosciutto, Grana Padano, Pangrattato, Shalllt vinaigrette.  She said it was very good. Just love this place and will be back soon!

Church Key Pub (Edmonds Washington USA)

January 27 2020
Church Key Pub 108- 4th Avenue N, Edmonds, Washington USA. www.churchkeypub.com cool little irish pub just off the main drag. Smaller pub with a 10 person straight situp bar. In the middle there is a pub high 10 person table. Behind that is a long church pew with 2 tables each seating 4 people. Beside that is another pew with 2 tables of 4 and bythe 2 dart boards is another pew with a table and that seats 6. As you enter the pub on the left by the window for 4 and on the right is a little room by the window with 2 pews and seats 7 or so. We sat at the bar and the staff was great. Happy hour runs 4 on to 6 pm with $1.00 off wine, draft beer, well drink is and all food. They have 16 different types of beer on rotating taps.  3 of the 4 smaller tvs were working. They have a good assortment of speciality cocktails. For food we had the corned beef sliders (2, sliced corned beef topped off with Dubliner cheese and pale ale aioli on a pretzel bun. They were fantastic and lots if corned beef. We also had the Beet Salad, roasted seasonal beets in arugula with house lemon and olive oil dressing, chervi cheese and candied walnuts. That was quite good too. The atmosphere was good and for a Monday it was packed.  People were very friendly too!! Lots of very old sports pictures on the dark walls. Great spot and we will be back for sure!

Demetris Woodstone Taverna ( Edmonds, Washington U.S.A.)

January 2, 2020
Demetris Woodstone Taverna 101 Main Street, Edmonds, Washington U.S.A.  www.kafeneowoodstonegroup.com and click on the Demetris location. It is the last place on Main Street in the north side. Go any further and you will drive on to the Edmonds / Kingston Ferry. There is the dining room side and the bar side. I will only be dealing with the bar side. There is a 10 person reverse L sit-up bar. There are 7 pub high tables for 2 that can easily be put together for 4 or more. There is a pub high bench with 3 round tables and you can have 2 to 3 at a table. There is 1 or 2 lower tables. Also gas fire place and 2 TV's. They have a fantastic happy hour and it runs from 3pm to  6pm.  Assorted beer on tap, full bar and wine. The happy hour has a large food menu and so far everything we have eaten is amazing. The first time there we had the Harissa Hummus with pita bread, with out a doubt the best hummus we have ever eaten bar none! I had the Kobe Beef Sliders and they to were very good. My dining partner had the Chicken Ceasar Salad and said it was very good!  Our last visit again we had the Hummus and still taste it the same, Awesome! We shared the trio of Artichoke bottoms filled with Dungeness Crab and topped with parmesan cheese. Wow, were they ever good! To wrap it off we shared a bowl of the Bacon and Ham Chowder.  I can't say enough about how good it was and the bowl was nice and big!  Service is fantastic and very helpful. They come around to check and see if you want to order anything before happy hour runs out. The feeling and vibe in here is very good. Customers are very friendly and willing to share their favorite food comments. We will be be back very soon! One of the best Happy Hours I have been too!!!

April 2022

Back again and still very good. Happy hour runs 2-5 PM. Kobe beef sliders (3) very good! One of our diners had the Grilled Fish Tacos, King Salmon, Aho Tuna or Cod, sriracha aioli, mango salsa, & roasted jalapeno on corn tortillas.  He had the Coc and said it was very good!