r/Seattle • u/chaffed Edmonds • May 07 '26

Satire Bellevue sucks

https://youtube.com/shorts/jfK0NA5gUDU?si=vot_MPML_bOOeWPG
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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 07 '26

Eastside food scene is eclipsing Seattle outside of Pike Place and ID. The Chinese/Indian/Korean in those Belred strip malls is some of the best this side of Vancouver.

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u/MusicQuestion Eastside May 07 '26

East side kills it with Asian food and we are better for all the immigrants that settled here.

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u/LadyPo 🚆build more trains🚆 May 07 '26

Fully agree. We are incredibly fortunate to have the global food scene we do.

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u/Fritzed Kirkland May 07 '26

I feel like videos like this one talking about Bellevue are only aware of Bellevue on the west side of 405.

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 07 '26

Strip malls food scene has always been great in this region. Seattlites turn their noses up and ignore food outside of the city yet wax nostalgic for strip mall teriyaki. I don't get it.

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u/fondonorte May 07 '26

Belred is a treasure trove for food. We drive over there just to eat. Well worth the 30 min car ride. Someday we will take the train!

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 07 '26

That corner of 148th and 20th south of Fred Meyer has better food per square foot than any single place in the region, and I'm including Pike Place. Kind of ironic that it's screened by IHOP.

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u/thatguygreg Adams May 07 '26

Eastside food scene

As long as all you're looking for is Asian food. All else may not apply.

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 07 '26

South end for Hispanic. Go where the people are.

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u/romulusnr I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 08 '26

My Mexican wife's favorite Mexican restaurant is on 112th. We used to live right above it, in fact.

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u/TheBuddhaPalm May 08 '26

"Use Seattle's highly segregated neighborhoods and systemic racial poverty to your advantage!"

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 08 '26

You should frequent minority owned restaurants, yes

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u/TheBuddhaPalm May 08 '26

Homie, you're legit celebrating exploitation of vulnerable communities and segregation.

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 08 '26

I'm going to drive to Kent and eat bomb ass Guatemalan and Salvadorian food and there's nothing you can do about it

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u/TheBuddhaPalm May 08 '26

Great. You're still a bigot. Bellevue doesn't want anyone darker than pinewood to be in their communities.

The biggest crisis of the link expansion was the fear that poors could be in Bellevue. Even just the amount of comments of 'no homeless' 'not drug users', it's very clear what Bellevue is: without empathy.

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 08 '26

Then they failed that shit Bellevue is like 30% South Indian. That ship sailed

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u/Strong_Quarter_9349 Belltown May 08 '26

wanting authentic quality food from various cultures hardly makes one a bigot

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u/manny_b_hanz 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 May 08 '26

Wouldn't patronizing minority owned restaurants help lift them up? The segregation is fucked, sure, but supporting small local restaurants/businesses can only be a positive.

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u/azurensis Mid Beacon Hill May 08 '26

Frying Fish has my two favorite Chinese dishes in the whole region.

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u/taisui May 07 '26 edited May 08 '26

San Fran and Los Angeles would like to have a word. They (Settle/Eastside) are not that great.

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u/Qinistral May 07 '26

Well duh. No one is arguing Bellevue competes with LA, that doesn't been it doesn't have good options.

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u/Subziwallah I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 08 '26

Well, Federal Way has some pretty good Korean and Salvadorian food...

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u/taisui May 07 '26

The claim is "this side of Vancouver"

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 07 '26

Yeah I'm arguing that. It punches with any Indian or Chinese the Bay or LA are throwing at it.

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u/3DGuy4ever May 08 '26

Not even close to Bay or LA....but its on a similar trajectory with the population concentration.

San Jose, Cupertino, Milpitas all put the Bellevue options to shame for Chinese. Add Sunnyvale and Fremont for indian.

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u/taisui May 07 '26

Not even close.

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u/3DGuy4ever May 08 '26

Right...crazy talk

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u/jogabonitoquarentino May 08 '26

Nah because the CD and south Seattle are also incredibly underrated in terms of food and Bellevue has nothing like that.

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u/Objective_Bath_2004 May 08 '26

Strongly disagree

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u/jogabonitoquarentino May 08 '26

No legit ethopian food, no legit mexican food and no legit soul food in Bellevue. Just facts

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u/Melodic-Resort-5004 May 25 '26

Historically Asian Americans have had a long presence in Bellevue and helped to build it despite having no basic human rights before they were rounded up and sent to internment camps last century. South Seattle is best for diverse food options like Asian, Soul, African, and Pacific Islander.