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Washington Street Plaza

is a three acre mixed use development with a seventy-seven room Holiday Inn Express® and Suites and a 5,000 square foot Black Bear Diner Restaurant located along Washington State Highway 101 at the East end of Sequim WA.



Holiday Inn Express® and Suites



Black Bear Diner




The owner, Bret Wirta, describes his design of Washington Street Plaza this way:

"The seventy-seven room Holiday Inn Express and one hundred and twenty-five seat Black Bear Diner are separate franchises that will function independently or work together for our conference center guests as needed. Our Holiday Inn Express hotel is designed to give the guest more value than what they are expecting from the typical, limited-services hotel experience. We have designed larger, quieter rooms, real one-bedroom suites, a roof-top garden pavilion, and included a travel and rental car agency plus a 250 seat conference center.

The Black Bear Diner serves home-style food. Its signature dishes like pot roast and meatloaf are cooked from scratch and served in a fun, family-style atmosphere. The restaurant has large booths, counter seating, a private dining area and outdoor seating. The large kitchen is designed to support busy mealtimes while at the same time catering hotel conference functions. A full range of buffet-style food options are available for business conferences, wedding receptions or reunions.

The separate hotel and restaurant sites share a pond and are linked with a bridge. They are linked electronically too. For example, hotel guests can charge a meal with their room key while restaurant guests can reserve a room while enjoying their dinner.

The conference center will assist our business clients in growing their own businesses by providing a state-of-the-art space for building extended customer relationships and will assist wedding and group planners by providing them a flexible space with quality food and entertainment capabilities.

Washington Street Plaza will allow us to remain the primary source of hospitality in Sequim and continue to provide our customers with the best possible experience. We will be a refuge from daily stresses and anxieties by exceeding our hotel and restaurant customers' expectations of food, cleanliness and service, all in a warm, relaxing atmosphere. The unique design of the Washington Street Plaza will allow us to market our services to the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma urban market and will result in new visitors to the Olympic Peninsula. This will improve the economic viability of all area retail businesses which is our mission of continuing to be good neighbors to our community."

Washington Street Plaza Businesses

Holiday Inn Express Holiday Inn Express and Suites®

The new Holiday Inn Express Suites of Sequim (pronounced skwim) is the Puget Sound region's newest conference center and retreat destination. We are just two hours from downtown Seattle but a world away on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. The property is a unique combination of Holiday Inn Express brand as well as a 2,600 square foot state of the art conference center.

Our experienced staff will offer you concierge-level customer service. With our larger quieter rooms, one-bedroom suites, an extra-large indoor pool and spa, generous fitness center and the Holiday Inn Express's trademark hot breakfast bar, our hotel provides a memorable experience and more value than you might expect.

The new Holiday Inn Express Suites of Sequim offers our business clients an ideal location for conferences, workshops, training sessions or retreats. Our ballroom seats up to 250 or can be divided into as many as four meeting rooms with full audio-visual capabilities. We offer free high-speed wireless service throughout and a 24-hour business center. Through our partner, Peninsula College, we offer team-building skills at their renowned Challenge Course and many other training and educational opportunity options.

Considering a wedding or reunion? We have quality catering and entertainment capabilities. We offer flexible space, plenty of suites and rooms with pass-through doors for big families and care providers. We are close to Seattle, but with incredible views of the Straits of Juan De Fuca and the Olympic Mountains from our rooftop garden pavilion, it will seem like you've left your world behind.

We are the gateway to the Olympic National Park, a World Heritage Site, and a home-base for exploring the settings from the best, selling "Twilight" novels. We offer activities such golf, kayaking, hiking, fishing and beach combing. With the endless beauty of the Olympic Mountains as a backdrop, the new Holiday Inn Express Suites & Conference Center is a wonderful hotel that offers the Puget Sound Region the best value for business or for pleasure. Opening February 2010.


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Black Bear Diner Black Bear Diner

We're dedicated to providing the very best food and service anywhere. You'll enjoy delicious family meals, perfect burgers, frosty shakes, and healthful salads. we'll treat you like we invited you over for diner!


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