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 ...
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 ...
It’s always a good time to shop locally. Lucky us, we’ve got plenty of local food businesses producing fancy hand-decorated cookies, smoked landjaeger, boutique oyster packs, handmade ginger beer, hand-dipped truffles and pints of ice ...
Once again, Christmas dinner won’t look like it has in the past for any of us. Who could ever have predicted the most important ingredient during the 2020 holiday dining season would be Webex and ...
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 ...
Restaurant Rally is here and that means diners get 30 percent off food at participating restaurants through Nov. 19. The discount is good for dine-in and take-out food through today (Nov. 17) and for take-out ...
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 ...
Today, I’m featuring Chili Thai and Citron European Restaurant, two outstanding 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. 8-12 ...
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. ...
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. ...
Right about now every year, downtown Puyallup is a flurry of activity in preparation for the thousands of beer drinkers who usually descend on Oktoberfest Northwest, the largest pop-up beer hall gathering in the region. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Louie G’s, the pizzeria and live music venue in Fife, is permanently closing. Its last day of business will be August 29. It’s a restaurant I adore for its stalwart brick oven that churns out ...
In this era of constantly evolving regulations guiding which businesses can operate (or can’t), locals are doing what we all should strive to do: Turn into scrappy fighters in the face of adversity. Here’s one ...
Two years after he started work on the new home for his North End Tavern, Ron Kerns is still at it. The name is now North End on Pearl and when it’s done, it’ll be ...
Old Town Wine Skins is coming to Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood. Late August or later is the target opening timeframe for the wine bar and small-plates cafe that will be across the street from The ...
Since 1999, Deborah Tuggle has lived by the motto that “sharing cookies is sharing love.” She started her cookie company Bite Me Cookies, Inc. 21 years ago in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. She sold her cookies ...
Cooper’s Food & Drink is now open in Tacoma’s Westgate neighborhood. It brings with it the feel of a neighborhood restaurant, a family-friendly vibe and an outdoor dining area well equipped for socially distant dining. ...
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. ...
It’s true – the Lakewood Black Angus has closed permanently after 41 years of grilling steaks at 9905 Bridgeport Way SW. I’ve had a number of readers ask about the restaurant since the sign was ...
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 ...
Summer’s canceled. Or that’s how it feels right now. Concerts, festivals and fairs. We won’t be enjoying those this summer. But you know what’s not canceled, for at least three weekends? Elephant ears, Krusty pups ...
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 ...
Foss Waterway has a new deli destination for lunchtime dining. Dock Street Deli has opened at 1901 Dock St. in the home of West of the Waterway. That’s the event space that took over the ...
When Toast Mi opens, it’ll bring something to the Proctor neighborhood that it’s never had: a grab-and-go bánh mì sandwich shop. It’s not the first time a bánh mì spot has been destined for the ...
Summer seems to be the best time to open a soup shop around here. Really. Zen Ramen & Sushi Burrito has proven that before when it opened in Parkland in July 2018. And don’t forget ...
When the noodle and dumpling stand Mogoso debuts at the Tacoma Farmers Market Thursday (June 4), the pop-up restaurant will merge the palates of its Korean and Chinese owners. It’ll also fill a need for ...
Opening during a pandemic is a crazy venture, but Vu Nguyen was up for the challenge. Since opening his Louisiana-themed restaurant Cravin’ Crawfish in Tacoma, he’s met a surprising number of people who love seafood ...
Multiple members of my Facebook group Where to Dine Pierce County – 12,000 members strong, come join us! – posted great questions this weekend. They all asked this – “Do we have a list of ...
Look out Tacoma, you’re getting another beer spot. Pint & Pie hopes for a June opening in the Stadium neighborhood. This one is a brewery that will serve a small and succinct menu of savory ...
Odin Brewing Company is expanding to Tacoma. The Tukwila brewery is opening a second Odin in the former Stadium neighborhood Hub space at 203 Tacoma Ave. S. UPDATE: Owner Dan Lee announced the brewery and ...
Lynette Boado got her start in the food world “separating Simex lumpia wrappers for a penny apiece in the basement of my parent’s house that was converted into a commercial kitchen,” she said. Thirty years ...
In the last four years, Brianne Day has operated her Spilled Butter Desserts out of a cubbyhole window in North Tacoma, her mother’s catering kitchen and a rented kitchen space. Out of those temporary spaces, ...
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? ...
If you’re a local who is familiar with the area’s wine scene you already know the name Kris Blondin. Blondin’s Amitie Wine Company is downtown Tacoma’s brand new wine destination that opened in February at ...
Until now, Fat Zach’s Wood Fired Pizza has operated on wheels, but the Puyallup mobile restaurant is expanding this month. Fat Zach’s will open its first brick-and-mortar pizza restaurant in the next week or so ...
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 ...
You’ve got just a few more weeks to enjoy the crepes at Savor Creperie. The downtown Tacoma creperie will close March 14. “We are delighted that Savor Creperie has been a successful part of Tacoma ...
Cravin’ Crawfish, a new crawfish and seafood boil restaurant, plans to open this spring in Tacoma. Vu and Hana Nguyen will be the owners of the Louisiana-themed restaurant at 5015 Tacoma Mall Boulevard. Cravin’ Crawfish ...
The annual February reopening of the Fife Pick-Quick Drive-In is kind of like our own Pierce County version of Groundhog Day. The staff cranks up the grill, heats up the fryer and gets those hand-cut ...
Sunday is the game. You’re probably searching for something to bring because you realized tomorrow is coming a little too soon. These restaurants and bakeries do not disappointed. TACOMA BAKING COMPANY Tacoma Baking Company has ...
Lakewood, you’re getting a Philly cheesesteak sandwich shop. Go Philly will open its Lakewood location Tuesday (February 4) at 7421 Custer Road W. Where to Dine Pierce County members have been buzzing for months about ...
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 ...
Real bagels. Delicious, chewy, real bagels that are boiled in a kettle. At Tacoma Baking Company. And laminated dough. So much laminated dough. And familiar pastry chef names, such as Ashley Baird. Desserts, hearth-baked breads, ...
It’s the end of the run for Blue Octopus, a champagne and sparkling wine bar in the Proctor neighborhood on Tacoma. Kerry Cole intends to close her wine cafe at the end of this month, ...
TAMALE PSA. For those of you who are skipping making your own Christmas tamales, here’s a tip where to buy yours. Palmira Mendoza Martinez, whose family owns Los Tamales Restaurant in Tacoma (on 72nd), reports ...
By now, brunch fiends likely have discovered that Montamara Kitchen in Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood has closed. The closure was not an easy decision for owner PJ Rutledge. Rutledge said she had intended to close ...
A member of Where to Dine Pierce County had this question: Looking for a Tacoma bar with a fun holiday drink menu? What ensued was a great post with all kinds of tips. Here ...
For three generations of chocolate eaters, Johnson family has been making handmade chocolates in the Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma. Behind the glass at the front counter, visitors will find hand-dipped truffles, salted caramels, pecan turtles ...
It’s finally here! My favorite eating festival, Tacoma’s Greek Festival, which is held the first weekend in October every year at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. As with previous years, there ...
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