Never have I been happier to see a calendar flip. At the close of a year that proved brutal for local restaurants, I want to take a moment to celebrate new restaurants that expanded the ...
Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in November, the line started to assemble on Sixth Avenue. A woman who clearly had become a regular at The Cat & Rabbitt Cakeshop, which opened Nov. 15 ...
The difference between good hot cocoa bombs and excellent ones, Lisa Holmgren found, was about a half-inch. In the two-inch hot cocoa bomb mold, the Steilacoom bakery owner found she could fit some marshmallows into ...
Traditionally around here, just after Thanksgiving, we all start thinking about al fresco dining season. Ugh. Not really. Out of necessity, and by state order, only outdoor dining is allowed right now. It’s not fun ...
Today, I’m featuring Saigon House in Tacoma and E9 Brewing Co., two restaurants you should visit for Pierce County’s Restaurant Rally. I’ll be writing about locally owned restaurants throughout the rally, which takes place Nov. ...
The Sixth Avenue taco and cocktail spot El Borracho has closed permanently, but co-owner Kittie Davidovich said that if all goes as planned, she and partner Adam Pomerleau will open something else in that space ...
Restaurant Rally, a discount program offering diners 30 percent off meals at participating restaurants, is less than a week away and restaurant owners are prepping for a deluge of customers. Pierce County also launched the ...
Welp. This won’t be the Thanksgiving we want with all the pandemic concerns about group gatherings, but let me help you try and make the most of Thanksgiving 2020 anyway. With many families skipping the big ...
Tacoma’s West End Pub very quietly opened its doors this week, during a period that has seen a slow roll of reopenings for bars and restaurants across Pierce County. So far this month, we’ve seen ...
Restaurant work is grueling, but it’s just a little easier once you find your “people.” You rely on those people to make sure you don’t cut off your finger, get accidentally locked in the walk-in, ...
Well, this sounds awesome for restaurants and for diners. I saw that Pierce County Councilmember Marty Campbell posted about this new county program for restaurants. Pierce County Council just approved the program that aims to ...
About this time every October, a volunteer army piles into St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tacoma, armed with buckets of tzatziki, hundreds of pounds of gyro meat, 11,000 wedges of baklava, and sturdy shoes. ...
Ice Cream Social is on the move, and it’s expanding. The Tacoma-based 8-year-old ice cream company founded by Layla Isaac operates two scoop shops. Isaac opened her first retail store in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood ...
So many diners have commented to me in the last few weeks that they don’t understand why restaurants have scaled back their menus. Apparently they missed the memo, but restaurants are struggling mightily right now ...
Step 1: Clear your schedule for Sunday brunch. Step 2: Secure a designated driver. Step 3: Reach into the back of your closet for your Thanksgiving pants. Step 4: Head to Gilman House, Tacoma’s newest ...
The West End Pub & Grill in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood has new owners. The longtime bar that has operated since 1975 will join an arsenal of neighborhood bars owned by Jeff and Helen Fraychineaud. ...
UPDATE: FIND MY WINTER OUTDOOR DINING STORY AT THIS LINK July 2020 – If you’re searching for restaurants with outdoor dining on patios, decks and other al fresco dining opportunities, you’re not alone. I’ve been ...
When Gilman House opens this summer in the Stadium neighborhood’s former Copper Door space, it’ll be a powerhouse cocktail and dining destination in a neighborhood full of solid eating and drinking. UPDATE AUGUST 2020: Gilman ...
Tacoma’s Steamer’s Seafood Cafe has a sense-of-place like no other and over the last 15 years, I’ve written more than once that Steamer’s Seafood Cafe at Titlow Beach is the most affordable view restaurant in ...
When Cider + Cedar opens on Tacoma Avenue South, visitors might wonder: Is this a furniture gallery or a cider taproom? The answer is an emphatic “both.” The name appropriately combines the interests of Mia ...
We’ve been waiting for what feels like an eternity, but Phase 2 for restaurant dining is finally here, announced this morning by Pierce County. This is the phase when restaurants in Pierce County can once ...
The intersection of Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo on the same day any other year would generate lines out the door and packed bars. But these aren’t normal times. But you know what can ...
In a normal year, we’d pick out mom’s favorite Pierce County restaurant for Mother’s Day and make a reservation. There would be mimosas aplenty, a brunch buffet or maybe a steak-and-lobster feast with doting table-side ...
These are weird times. Sometimes weird times call for extreme measures, like closing all restaurants for in-person dining to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19. Need to know who is open with takeout and delivery? ...
Sukiyaki is one of those elusive Japanese dishes in restaurants, although I have so many friends who cook it at home. It’s a one-pot meal with slippery noodles, thinly-sliced beef, tofu and veggies sunk into ...
If all goes as planned, by the end of March, the Foss Waterway will have a new deli destination for lunchtime dining and downtown delivery. Dock Street Deli will open at 1901 Dock St. in ...
Puget Sound Pizza, one of Tacoma’s most favorite destinations for pizza, booze and karaoke, is expanding. Owner Cory Cannell will open a second Puget Sound Pizza location in Spanaway this spring. The original location in ...
Tacoma’s Essence Lounge, which opened January 18 in the Sixth Ave neighborhood, has a familiar face behind it. Natural Allah is back with his unusual blend of cuisine that is a mashup of Latin American ...
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