Veritables, the home furnishings and gift shop at 10220 Main Street, will close Oct. 15 after 18 years in Old Bellevue. Owner Marie Harris said the building’s ownership decided to redevelop the property.
A closing sale began Sept. 14, with the entire store marked down 50 percent or more. Veritables is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the final day.
Harris announced the closing on the store’s Instagram account, opening with “It’s a wrap!” She wrote that the redevelopment decision was out of her hands but gave her the chance to thank customers for 18 years on Main Street, and invited shoppers to come in for a deal, share memories and have a glass of bubbles. The shop has been a regular stop on the Old Bellevue wine walk, most recently in May.
The brand is not shutting down for good, according to Harris. She wrote that she plans to take some time off, travel on buying trips for pop-ups and scout a new location. “This is not the last chapter,” she wrote.
The store expanded to the Eastside in 2008, and Harris has said Main Street won her over. Veritables describes Old Bellevue on its website as its true home for the past eighteen years, crediting the district’s quaint, friendly atmosphere, and bills itself as a one-stop shop for eclectic interiors, art and timeless design.
The storefront sits on the block slated for North of Main, an eight-story residential project from Vander Hoek Corporation at Main Street and 103rd Avenue Northeast. Plans submitted to the city call for 176 market-rate apartments, 10,363 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 154 parking stalls on a site of roughly 31,148 square feet, or 0.71 acres. All existing structures on the property are set to be removed.
Other longtime merchants on the block have already gone. La Ree Boutique, an upscale women’s clothing store founded by Rachael Nov, closed Sept. 25, 2025 after 20 years, ending with a farewell gathering for longtime customers. Nov’s fine designer jewelry store, Gin & The Banker, remains open on Main Street.
Glassybaby, which sold hand-blown glass votives, candleholders and drinkers at 10230 Main Street for more than 15 years, said in July that it was leaving the corner for Design Market, the shopping center on 116th Avenue Northeast across from Overlake Hospital. The move gave the retailer a larger footprint than it had on Main Street, where it had operated since October 2009.
Harris has not announced a location or a timeline for the pop-ups.
