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The Corson Building’s Bastille Day Bash: One for the Kiddies

Parents, meanwhile, can practice their pétanque and tipple pastis.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jul 14, 2010 at 08:00AM 0 Comments

This is the second year the Corson Building is hosting a Bastille Day celebration.

If those burlesque-y Bastille bashes are too bawdy for junior, consider the Corson Building. A shindig is starting there at 3pm and goes until midnight, you don’t need reservations and can show up at the door whenever, and the $35 entrance fee gets you three drink tickets; kids 12 and under are free.

Munchies—oysters, savory and sweet crepes, stews, insert other French foodstuffs—start at $1 and cost no more than $8. The Molly Moon ice cream truck is making a cameo, as is Georgetown vendor Helluva Falafel, chatted up by many to be quite delicious.

While you, adult ones, tipple French cocktails, let the littles partake in carnival games, chicken races, and a Capsar Babypants jam session. Then try your hand at the boccie-like pétanque. If your game’s a tad rusty, study up:

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Tags: Special Dinners, Food Events and Festivals, Bastille Day, Francophilia

Le Pichet Gets Down for Bastille Day

Add this downtown bash to Wednesday’s list of French festivities.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jul 12, 2010 at 04:00PM 0 Comments

Downtown bistro Le Pichet throws one helluva bash for Bastille Day.

Sacré bleu! We forgot to include Le Pichet in our roundup of Bastille day parties.

The downtown bistro is emptying out half of the dining room to make way for its ninth annual French fete, which gets going at 6pm and doesn’t wrap up until 1am. Gypsy jazz band Greg Ruby Quartet will take center stage shortly thereafter, and the dance-happy Tripwires at 10:30pm.

Because no party is complete without lots of fun snacks, the restaurant is offering up a menu of Parisian street food—sandwiches, crepes, fritters, and duh, French fries—which tops out at $7.

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Tags: Holiday Events, Food Events and Festivals, Bastille Day, Francophilia

Bastille Day Three Ways

No, silly. Not those kind of three ways! We mean three ways to celebrate the birth of La Republique on July 14.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jul 08, 2010 at 09:29AM 0 Comments

You can celebrate Bastille Day at the aptly named Bastille in Ballard, over five courses at Campagne, or at a Post Alley street party hosted by Cafe Campagne.

Ballard’s Bastille seems like a pretty obvious choice for celebrating Bastille Day, but the classic Seattle go-tos on July 14 are actually Cafe Campagne and Campagne (both in Pike Place Market).

In any case, all three French restaurants have planned festivities to celebrate the birth of the modern nation-state, here are the details.

Bastille’s festivities begin at 4:30pm on that sassy little patio around the side of the restaurant. Chef Shannon Galusha will serve you a platter of oysters or charcuterie for $5. A glass of wine is also $5, beer is $3. Live entertainment begins at 6pm with the Djangomatics, a “gypsy jazz” band. The second act, cabaret band Rouge, will entertain in the back bar from 9:30pm onward. After that it is burlesque until midnight.

Meanwhile, Downtown, Campagne is doing a 5-course meal for $50. Service starts at 5pm and reservations are encouraged. The menu is: coddled Duck Egg with grapeseed oil and maple syrup, pork confit canneloni with English pea foam, warm cucumber soup, truffled free-range chicken, and waffles with fresh strawberries for dessert.

Downstairs, casual counterpart Cafe Campagne is closing off Post Alley and serving snacks, wine, and beer beginning at 3pm. The offerings start at $5 and include grilled sausage sandwiches, baguette sandwiches, tartes flambées, and my very favorite CC menu item: frites with garlicky aioli.

Djangomatics, sly devils that they are, have double-booked on Bastille Day: they’re playing at the Post Alley party as well as at Bastille. There are three other musical acts on the roster and, as at la boum en Ballard, this party concludes with a burlesque show.

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Tags: Holiday Events, Special Dinners, Food Events and Festivals, Bastille Day, Campagne, French Fries, Francophilia