Load up on tamales and beer at the new joint Frelard Tamales and El Sueñito Brewing Company location in Fremont at their grand opening this weekend. Credit: Frelard Tamales

Happy Friday! As you’re mulling over your weekend plans, consider heading to the new Fremont location of El Sueñito Brewing Company or inhaling Caribbean sandwiches at the new Un Bien in Queen Anne. Plus, read about a new cookie cafe in Kirkland and an upcoming bar for book lovers. For more ideas, check out our list of places to find s’mores in Seattle for National S’mores Day this Saturday and our food and drink guide.

NEW OPENINGS & RETURNS

Frelard Tamalesand El Sueñito Brewing Company
Since opening in 2015, the queer-owned, Mexican-owned community-focused Frelard Tamales has won over Seattle with its lovingly handcrafted tamales, made from a family recipe with top-notch ingredients. Last year, co-owners Osbaldo Hernandez and Dennis Ramey debuted a Bellingham outpost along with El Sueñito Brewing Company—Washington’s first Mexican and gay-owned brewery. “Sueñito” means “little dream” in Spanish, representing the realization of the couple’s longtime dream to open a brewery. Excitingly for us Seattleites, they’re now opening a joint Frelard Tamales and El Sueñito location in Fremont and will be celebrating their grand opening this weekend with tons of tamales, tacos, and cold beer. I’m not ordinarily a beer girlie, but even I can get excited about brews like Un Poco Gay (a hazy IPA with “notes of passionfruit, guava, and grapefruit”) and Banana Bear (a take on a German Hefeweizen with “hazy appearance and a signature clove and banana aroma”).
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