Crossroads

Live music, good food court, giant chess. It is surrounded by nice shops, restaurants and a movie theather.
Food court gives you all kinds of food from all over the world.

with some shops added just for giggles.
after calling too many craft shops in seattle and not being able to find an elusive crafting supply, i finally started calling suburb shops (ooooo…. scarrrryyyy). and the jo-ann’s at crossraods turned out to be the mecca of my sought-after item.

the shopping center itself was odd in the coolest way. so so much yummy smelling food from all around the globe. there were grown men playing some sort of game at the tables where they use things that look like baseball cards (these men were very serious.) and other men (these a bit older) were playing paul bunyan sized chess. they too were serious, but not uptight about it (like the card game men).
and the very best part of my visit was that the bellevue community band was playing christmas music. a quick count revealed there were at least 50 pieces in their band. they were so, so good (except one trumpeter who maybe hadn’t taken his pills that day; it was like he was musically twitching). five clarinets, two trombones, four(!!!) tubas, french horn, all manner of flute, sax and trumpets, and so much more. they were outstanding and it made me wonder if neat things like this happen regularly in the suburbs. hmmm…

oh! and their santa is the best looking santa i’ve can recall seeing. he looked like the real deal and there was no line! can you believe it? i bet if there was a santa contest, he’d kick the nordstrom santa’s ass.

The primary allure of Crossroads is the public market eatery

The seventeen restaurants offer a variety of cuisines, allowing everyone in your group indulge their ethnic predilection-du-jour. I’m partial to Ebru (kabobs, hummus) and Piroshky, Piroshky (potato dumplings).

Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings during the summer often feature live music on stage. On other evenings, you can enjoy the news stand and Half-Price Books.