Marie B.
Yelp
Downtown Bothell has its sweets game on with cafes, patisserie, bakery, candy store, doughnut shop, and now macarons all within a tight radius. Ohh Macarons on Main Street is transforming its location as a multi-faceted retail site.
Yes, macarons are widely recognized and available now. I made gazillons of these back in pastry school. I have enjoyed macarons from Bakery Nouveau, Lady Yum, Macadons, and totally miss Amandine. I digress. Anyways, I can vouch that the process can be labor intensive, especially when featuring a variety of flavors and customized character artwork. Ohh Macarons should be gazed upon and savored - don't gobble these in one bite!
I decided to check out Ohh Macarons before heading out to another lunch/pop up site. Plus a nearby patisserie had an insane line on that dreary Saturday (5/18/24). I was able to find street parking and await the start of their business day.
The retail site is still a work in progress as documented via their Instagram site. However, there were a nice assortment of merch nicely arranged on the shelves, front window, and at the main counter. Always good to see an indie site also cross pollinating with other indie businesses, very beneficial and collaborative business strategy.
I ended up buying a cute Shiba doggo enjoying boba sticker for The Homie ($4), one specialty AANHPI macaron - mango sticky rice ($4) and a dozen placed in a window box tote ($35). The selected flavors included vanilla, Vietnamese coffee, cookies & cream, praline pecan, salted caramel, and black sesame brulee. The macarons in the pastry case may vary on other weekends. These fresh macarons were well received by the recipients and vanished pretty fast!
I look forward to seeing the space as fully envisioned by the owner, additional prep space, innovative macaron flavors and displays, more merch, and the ability to have macaron technical classes - all great future possibilities.
Also time for my PSA: this French confection is a macaRON, not Macron (that's the French President), and not macaROON (that's usually with egg whites and coconut).
If you're in the downtown Bothell area, make a weekend detour and indulge in tasty goodness from Ohh Macarons.