Mario Medina grew up in Mexico, but Colombian food became his passion – and profession. He’s worked in restaurants for more than 20 years. Drawn to Colombian food, Medina traveled there and studied the cuisine ...
Count I Luv Elotes, serving gussied up corn on the cob, as another food business born out of the pandemic. Owner William Terry, a lifelong Tacoman, has operated a security company, has worked as a ...
From field to shake, Jake’s Burgers at Sterino Farms is about as fresh a berry milkshake experience as a diner can find in Pierce County. The burger truck opened May 22 at the Sterino Farms ...
BukBuk’s Island Chicken and Lumpia will go big in June in Tacoma. Simultaneously, owner Domonick Arnett – a longtime Tacoma restaurant industry worker – will open a mobile restaurant and a brick-and-mortar location in Tacoma. ...
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 ...
There’s a new brewery with New York pizza coming to downtown Tacoma When Camp Colvos Brewing opens its downtown Tacoma location in June, it’ll culminate a few years of planning, seismic upgrades and a lot ...
Coming this summer to the Hilltop neighborhood is a wood-fired pizza restaurant and neighborhood bar at 1206 S. 11th St. Bar Rosa’s owners hope for a summer opening at the space that locals will remember ...
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 ...
Seating at downtown Tacoma’s En Rama is back. After a six-month hiatus, the patio reopens Tuesday (April 20, 2021) with Chris Keil’s imaginative cocktails, a plate of fresh pasta or a gooey burger from Chef ...
Steve Taylor discovered something interesting when he jumped down the rabbit hole of mead, the honey-fermented craft beverage that’s seeing a big surge right now. Brewing mead is like brewing beer. But more fun. Taylor ...
Pierce County heads back to Phase 2 on Friday (April 16, 2021) and the county will pause there for at least three weeks, as was announced earlier this week by Gov. Jay Inslee. The earliest ...
Best Coast Barbeque plans to open in late spring in Pierce County. And here’s the interesting part. If all goes as planned, two outposts will open simultaneously. One in Lakewood and the other in downtown ...
Forward Operating Base Brewing Co. was DuPont’s first brewery. Now it’s DuPont’s first barbecue stop. FOB owner and Army veteran Jared Wharton has added a kitchen and a smoker to his 50-seat brewery that’s tucked ...
By summertime, Leanne and Paul Franetovich will open the doors to Jack + Adeline, their 11,000 square-feet combination sourdough bread bakery and woodworking studio in downtown Tacoma. It will be located inside the former Malarkey’s ...
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 ...
It’s been five years in the making, but Tacoma’s Boom Boom Room finally will open. If all goes as planned, the new cocktail lounge and restaurant on Sixth Avenue debuts sometime this weekend(ish). Watch the ...
Ziad Abusamha and Wafa Ahmad opened their Narrows Gyro in Tacoma in November after a few rough years trying to operate a combination Mediterranean grocery store and gyro take-out restaurant at the same location. “We ...
Longtime local chef Kyle Campisi is opening BK’s Barbecue, a Central Texas barbecue takeout spot, this spring in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood. BK’s Barbecue will specialize in prime brisket rubbed with salt and pepper and ...
Puyallup has its ramen spot back. My Lil’ Cube reopened Feb. 18 after an 11-month closure that the restaurant’s owners thought would last just a few weeks. The downtown Puyallup eatery is the county’s only ...
Tacoma Pie produces a pizza style that you’ve probably never heard of. Unless you’re from Michigan. Or Sicily. Interchangeable terms are used for the pie at Tacoma Pie – Detroit style. Sicilian style. Gramma style. ...
About Dine Pierce County
Dine Pierce County is managed by Sue Kidd, a career food journalist. This site is funded by volunteer subscriber contributions only and no payments ever are accepted in exchange for articles, in keeping with best practices for ethical journalism. Sue is an alumnus member of the Association of Food Journalists and adheres to the AFJ’s ethical standards for food and restaurant writers.
Donate to keep this site running
Top Posts on Dine Pierce County
Find us