If you do anything this month, it should be this: bite into a barbacoa taco at newly opened Taco Street Tacoma, a walk-up taco stand at the one-year-old Point Ruston Public Market building. The slow ...
If you felt you missed out on a few things the last 15 months, you’re not alone. Dining inside restaurants was put on pause by many. It’s difficult to get up to speed after spending ...
I was two bites in when I became completely enamored with the sweet rice doughnut. The doughnut orb came with a crunchy exterior, fried until golden brown. Each bite yielded an elastic chew with satisfying ...
Red velvet waffles, milk-and-cookies waffles, cornmeal waffles, buttermilk waffles, chocolate chip waffles. And the list goes on for specialty waffles created by Aaron White, who has always used the nickname given to him by his ...
Up until 2019, about 300,000 diners in the United States and Canada would come together at more than 2,000 restaurants on a single day in April to eat good food with friends and raise money ...
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 ...
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 ...
Welcome to today’s installment in support of Pierce County’s Restaurant Rally. Today’s featured restaurants are Happy Teriyaki and The Mill Steakhouse & Spirits. I’ll be writing about locally owned restaurants throughout the rally, which takes ...
In 2015, husband-wife baking team Roger Martinho and Mirtha Sanchez opened their tiny, tiny bakery inside Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square food court. La Waffletz and Macaron Station could barely fit two pastry chefs in its kitchen. ...
Poodle Dog Restaurant general manager Charles Amner told me once that he calculated how many butterhorns the famous Fife diner had served in just the previous 30+ years. That’d be more than 1 million. That ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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? ...
Old Times Bakery in Tacoma got my attention recently with a post about piroshki buns. Then there were the photos of the alfajores, the Uruguayan cookies that you’ll have a tough time finding anywhere else ...
For that moment when you want to ditch that inevitable diet you started this month, here’s a bunch of delicious looking food you should eat this month. These are either new restaurants with something new ...
Looking for brunch? Clearly, Puyallup is going to be the destination for brunch today. Several members of Where to Dine Pierce County asked for recommendations for brunch on New Year’s Day (because clearly they’re starting ...
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