Bellevue Family Fourth

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

After stuffing ourselves at Cactus we walked back through Bellevue Square and crossed the street to the park where the Bellevue Family Fourth was happening. We tried to attend several years ago but it was rained out. This year the weather was pretty much perfect with bright blue skies and not too hot. The festival is built around families so the bouncy houses were everywhere. Good thing we had already eaten because there didn't seem like many food vendors there. I just saw lemonade, caramel corn and corn dogs. We sat in the sun and listened to the live reggae band which was totally rocking. We loved their Sublime cover songs. My hubby wanted to get up and dance but everyone was just sitting there, waiting for the fireworks to start in five hours and looking like they got too much sun already. After sitting for a little while we decided to head back to Seattle and rest up for the party we wanted to go to later.