Earlier this month, I told you about the tail end of strawberry season and that raspberries are now available at numerous Pierce County farms and farm stands. And now blueberries are upon us. Below, I’ve ...
That cling-clang diners can hear on the grill at a cheesesteak spot is better than any soundtrack in the dining room. A few moments after finding a seat in the dining room at the new ...
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 ...
Camp Colvos Brewing opened in downtown Tacoma on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Pizza lovers will appreciate this: the menu features fat slices of New York style pizza. The Tacoma opening is an expansion for the ...
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 ...
If the pandemic has taught chef-owner Corie Cameron anything, it’s this: Be scrappy and don’t be afraid to shake up the business plan. And that’s how Cameron wound up with a new home for Crisp ...
The iconic around-the-clock 13 Coins has held a decades-long reputation as a destination for wining and dining. It’s coveted for its private, high-back booths and the captain chairs providing a dinner-theater-style view of the galley ...
One of Portland’s oldest bars, Kelly’s Olympian, is expanding to Tacoma. The restaurant and bar, known for its motorcycle theme, burger menu and live music venue, plans to open another Kelly’s Olympian in Tacoma at ...
A steakhouse called Stanford’s is coming to downtown Tacoma. If all goes as planned, Stanford’s will open in late fall at 1502 Pacific Ave.,the former home of Pacific Grill. Stanford’s is a Northwest-founded restaurant known ...
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. UPDATE: Camp Colvos is now open! It opened June 30, 2021. Read more here. When Camp Colvos Brewing opens its downtown Tacoma location ...
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 ...
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 ...
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