STORY ARCHIVE
Earlier this month, I told you about the tail end of strawberry season and that ...
That cling-clang diners can hear on the grill at a cheesesteak spot is better than ...
If you do anything this month, it should be this: bite into a barbacoa taco ...
For 100 reasons, the biggest of which was the pandemic, I missed out on the ...
Camp Colvos Brewing opened in downtown Tacoma on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Pizza lovers will ...
If you felt you missed out on a few things the last 15 months, you’re ...
If the pandemic has taught chef-owner Corie Cameron anything, it’s this: Be scrappy and don’t ...
Lost Woods Brewery in Bonney Lake is expanding a second time with a new brewery ...
As owner Surinder Singh puts it, the Gig Harbor location of Gateway to India may ...
The iconic around-the-clock 13 Coins has held a decades-long reputation as a destination for wining ...
One of Portland’s oldest bars, Kelly’s Olympian, is expanding to Tacoma. The restaurant and bar, ...
A steakhouse called Stanford’s is coming to downtown Tacoma. If all goes as planned, Stanford’s ...
Mario Medina grew up in Mexico, but Colombian food became his passion – and profession. ...
Count I Luv Elotes, serving gussied up corn on the cob, as another food business ...
From field to shake, Jake’s Burgers at Sterino Farms is about as fresh a berry ...
BukBuk’s Island Chicken and Lumpia will go big in June in Tacoma. Simultaneously, owner Domonick ...
I was two bites in when I became completely enamored with the sweet rice doughnut. ...
There’s a new brewery with New York pizza coming to downtown Tacoma. UPDATE: Camp Colvos ...
Locust Cider & Brewing Co. is expanding again in Pierce County – and this time ...
Coming to Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood is Jet City Pizza Co., a small regional pizza ...
Coming this summer to the Hilltop neighborhood is a wood-fired pizza restaurant and neighborhood bar ...
Red velvet waffles, milk-and-cookies waffles, cornmeal waffles, buttermilk waffles, chocolate chip waffles. And the list ...
Seating at downtown Tacoma’s En Rama is back. After a six-month hiatus, the patio reopens ...
Steve Taylor discovered something interesting when he jumped down the rabbit hole of mead, the ...
Pierce County heads back to Phase 2 on Friday (April 16, 2021) and the county ...
Best Coast Barbeque plans to open in late spring in Pierce County. And here’s the ...
Forward Operating Base Brewing Co. was DuPont’s first brewery. Now it’s DuPont’s first barbecue stop. ...
By summertime, Leanne and Paul Franetovich will open the doors to Jack + Adeline, their ...
Up until 2019, about 300,000 diners in the United States and Canada would come together ...
It’s been five years in the making, but Tacoma’s Boom Boom Room finally will open. ...
Ziad Abusamha and Wafa Ahmad opened their Narrows Gyro in Tacoma in November after a ...
Longtime local chef Kyle Campisi is opening BK’s Barbecue, a Central Texas barbecue takeout spot, ...
Puyallup has its ramen spot back. My Lil’ Cube reopened Feb. 18 after an 11-month ...
Tacoma Pie produces a pizza style that you’ve probably never heard of. Unless you’re from ...
For the first time, Filipino mobile restaurant Lumpia Love has a brick-and-mortar location in Tacoma. ...
If all goes as planned, The Redd Dog U-Pour It Pub will open in Tacoma’s ...
Downtown Puyallup is getting another lounge, but it’ll still feel familiar to locals. On or ...
Great news for Pierce County restaurants. The county (and rest of the state) is moving ...
Bonney Lake diners have watched the East Pierce restaurant scene grow in recent years, but ...
In my 20+ years of writing about restaurants around here, a constant question diners send ...
When Jesse Dunagan opens Dunagan Irish Pub & Brewery in Gig Harbor sometime this spring, ...
In an expansive building the size of a warehouse, there are a lot of cool ...
In the Pacific Northwest, it is not unusual to see restaurants plucking ingredients and flavors ...
Fusion Bistro Asian Restaurant plans a spring opening in University Place in the former home ...
When Altha’s Louisiana Cajun Seasonings & Spices expands to downtown Puyallup sometime this spring, visitors ...
Valentine’s Day 2021 won’t look like any other we’ve had before. This, of course, is ...
Super Bowl is Sunday, February 7, 2021 and there’s a strong possibility you’re looking for ...
Great news – Gov Jay Inslee announced this afternoon our region is moving to Phase ...
As Ben Marcus notes, Mardi Gras 2020 was one of the last fun things we ...
Walking into Lieu’s in Parkland always was such a treat with the glitzy stuck-in-time decor ...
We finally have a spot for Swedish meatballs (that don’t come from your grandma’s kitchen). ...
Verone’s Italian Kitchen & Sausage Company in Fircrest opened in late December and it brought ...
Like a lot of restaurant owners this weekend, Kerry Vetters is shopping for a carbon ...
Never have I been happier to see a calendar flip. At the close of a ...
Staying home and skipping the big gatherings is necessary, but certainly less fun than the ...
The email messages started a few weeks ago. “Where do I get Chinese take-out for ...
Tacoma’s Unique Bakery has opened at 925 Market St. And it brings with it something ...
Making Christmas tamales together is a tradition spanning generations for some families. Except this year ...
Jason Alexander stood at the bar last week at newly opened Gilman House. He hovered ...
Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in November, the line started to assemble on ...
The difference between good hot cocoa bombs and excellent ones, Lisa Holmgren found, was about ...
Verone’s Italian Sausage could be one of the oldest food companies based in Tacoma that ...
It’s always a good time to shop locally. Lucky us, we’ve got plenty of local ...
Once again, Christmas dinner won’t look like it has in the past for any of ...
When the state order came in November requiring restaurant dining rooms to close, some restaurants ...
Traditionally around here, just after Thanksgiving, we all start thinking about al fresco dining season. ...
Just in time for end-of-this-miserable-year stress eating there’s hope: A meatball restaurant is opening. If ...
Last day!! Restaurant Rally is here and that means diners get 30 percent off take-out ...
With an unexpected batch of new regulations kicking in for restaurants tomorrow that will last ...
Restaurant Rally is here and that means diners get 30 percent off food at participating ...
Restaurant Rally is here with 30 percent discounts on dine-in and take out meals through ...
Just announced by Gov. Jay Inslee on Nov. 15, 2020: New restrictions for dining in ...
Restaurant Rally is here and that means diners get 30 percent off food at participating ...
Welcome to today’s installment in support of Pierce County’s Restaurant Rally. Today’s featured restaurants are ...
Welcome to today’s installment in support of Pierce County’s Restaurant Rally. Today’s featured restaurants are ...
Today, I’m featuring Saigon House in Tacoma and E9 Brewing Co., two restaurants you should ...
Pierce County Restaurant Rally is now underway. Check out Fiesta Taqueria in Puyallup and South ...
Today, I’m featuring Chili Thai and Citron European Restaurant, two outstanding restaurants you should visit ...
Two things a diner should do on a first visit to newly opened Tacoma Laotian ...
The Sixth Avenue taco and cocktail spot El Borracho has closed permanently, but co-owner Kittie ...
Restaurant Rally, a discount program offering diners 30 percent off meals at participating restaurants, is ...
Welp. This won’t be the Thanksgiving we want with all the pandemic concerns about group gatherings, ...
Five years ago, I used to have to send diners to King County when they’d ...
In 2015, husband-wife baking team Roger Martinho and Mirtha Sanchez opened their tiny, tiny bakery ...
I love living in a town with such little pretense, especially when it comes to ...
The first thing you’ll notice about Old Town Wine Skins is how light and bright ...
Chef Blake Lord-Wittig dug deep into hyper local ingredients at his last restaurant, De La ...
Tacoma’s West End Pub very quietly opened its doors this week, during a period that ...
We’re a city without pretense, which is why in Tacoma, it’s not unusual to find ...
Restaurant work is grueling, but it’s just a little easier once you find your “people.” ...
Well, this sounds awesome for restaurants and for diners. I saw that Pierce County Councilmember ...
It’s been two years since Bliss Small Batch Creamery opened its first brick-and-mortar location in ...
Opening a high-end concept restaurant in Tacoma is tricky right now, especially just after we ...
About this time every October, a volunteer army piles into St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church ...
Right about now every year, downtown Puyallup is a flurry of activity in preparation for ...
Oh, what a glorious day for people in search of cheap eating. Wienerschnitzel opened today ...
Fierce County Cider opened its public taproom today (Sept. 24) in South Hill. For now, ...
Tacoma’s first Laotian restaurant, Sweet Rice, is opening in Tacoma in October. UPDATE: The restaurant opened ...
Pierce County’s first Wienerschnitzel is opening Sept. 24 in Fife at 5156 Pacific Hwy E. ...
Costella’s Italian Restaurant and Market is now open in South Hill. The restaurant’s opening day ...
Magnuson Kitchen + Brewery will not be reopening at Point Ruston, the restaurant reported in ...
Parkland’s newest taproom, Home Turf, opened at Garfield Station in late August. John Fosberg, founder ...
One bite into the brownie at newly opened Delish Bakery in Steilacoom, I knew it ...
The Swiss Restaurant & Pub in Tacoma is closing permanently, the restaurant announced. The restaurant ...
Pour Me Bar & Bistro has opened. The 21-and-older-only restaurant and bar opened last week ...
Pacific Grill in downtown Tacoma is closing permanently. Read to the end of this article ...
Poodle Dog Restaurant general manager Charles Amner told me once that he calculated how many ...
It’s happening. BBQ Pete’s is opening its Lakewood restaurant today (September 4, 2020) at Lakewood ...
Gary Wofford has closed his Bonney Lake Tavern, or BLT as the locals know it. ...
The national hot dog chain, known for its buildings painted in distinctive shades of ketchup ...
As I told you back in February, Tacoma’s Puget Sound Pizza is expanding. The Spanaway ...
Ice Cream Social is on the move, and it’s expanding. The Tacoma-based 8-year-old ice cream ...
The Main Ingredient, a new combo pizzeria and breakfast spot, has opened at 5419 South ...
It’s been a long and fruitful career of sandwich making for Kristy Reopelle, but it’s ...
So many diners have commented to me in the last few weeks that they don’t ...
Step 1: Clear your schedule for Sunday brunch. Step 2: Secure a designated driver. Step ...
Two months ago, Mija Chang stood in the half-assembled dining room of BB.Q Olive Chicken ...
Louie G’s, the pizzeria and live music venue in Fife, is permanently closing. Its last ...
In this era of constantly evolving regulations guiding which businesses can operate (or can’t), locals ...
Today was a triumphant day for restaurant owner Tim Bartz. More than two years after ...
Two years after he started work on the new home for his North End Tavern, ...
Old Town Wine Skins is coming to Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood. Late August or later ...
In January, I wrote about BBQ Pete’s expanding to Lakewood. At the time, an opening ...
Delish Bakery is opening in Steilacoom and visitors can expect a menu of pastries, cakes, ...
Little Radio in downtown Tacoma is all powered up. The restaurant and bar is from ...
Since 1999, Deborah Tuggle has lived by the motto that “sharing cookies is sharing love.” ...
Cooper’s Food & Drink is now open in Tacoma’s Westgate neighborhood. It brings with it ...
The West End Pub & Grill in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood has new owners. The ...
For the first time, Los Amigos Taqueria does not come with a steering wheel. The ...
It’s true – the Lakewood Black Angus has closed permanently after 41 years of grilling ...
UPDATE: FIND MY WINTER OUTDOOR DINING STORY AT THIS LINK July 2020 – If you’re ...
When Crystal and Bakaffa Casey were stationed in Italy while Bakaffa was in the Army, ...
Mija Chang stood at the entrance of her new restaurant, BB.Q Olive Chicken in Lakewood ...
Grit City Ciderworks is now open in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood.
So many people have asked me in Where to Dine Pierce County, the Facebook group, ...
South Hill residents, you’re getting a cidery taproom this summer. Fierce County Cider, the three-year-old ...
Summer’s canceled. Or that’s how it feels right now. Concerts, festivals and fairs. We won’t ...
Coming soon to South Tacoma Way is The Main Ingredient, a combo pizzeria and breakfast ...
When Costella’s opens in South Hill, it’ll provide a little something for everyone: an Italian ...
When Gilman House opens this summer in the Stadium neighborhood’s former Copper Door space, it’ll ...
Foss Waterway has a new deli destination for lunchtime dining. Dock Street Deli has opened ...
When Toast Mi opens, it’ll bring something to the Proctor neighborhood that it’s never had: ...
When Tacoma beverage superpowers align, wonderful things happen. This weekend is proof with a drive-thru ...
Summer seems to be the best time to open a soup shop around here. Really. ...
Tacoma’s Steamer’s Seafood Cafe has a sense-of-place like no other and over the last 15 ...
When Cider + Cedar opens on Tacoma Avenue South, visitors might wonder: Is this a ...
We’ve been waiting for what feels like an eternity, but Phase 2 for restaurant dining ...
Who would have thought six months ago that frozen takeout cocktails and giant see-through vinyl ...
When the noodle and dumpling stand Mogoso debuts at the Tacoma Farmers Market Thursday (June ...
Multiple members of my Facebook group Where to Dine Pierce County – 12,000 members strong, ...
Look out Tacoma, you’re getting another beer spot. Pint & Pie hopes for a June ...
The “open soon” sign that’s been up for months at Los Amigos Taqueria is finally ...
Odin Brewing Company is expanding to Tacoma. The Tukwila brewery is opening a second Odin ...
Lynette Boado got her start in the food world “separating Simex lumpia wrappers for a ...
Opening during a pandemic is nothing short of a miracle, but it’s no surprise that ...
The intersection of Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo on the same day any other ...
In the last four years, Brianne Day has operated her Spilled Butter Desserts out of ...
In a normal year, we’d pick out mom’s favorite Pierce County restaurant for Mother’s Day ...
The Swiss Restaurant & Pub in downtown Tacoma knows how to throw a damn fine ...
The statewide shutdown of construction could not have come at a more precarious time for ...
For some Tacomans, Easter isn’t Easter without a coconut egg or chocolate bunny from Tacoma’s ...
Restaurants might be closed for in-person dining thanks to Covid-19, but Tacoma-area restaurants still want ...
These are weird times. Sometimes weird times call for extreme measures, like closing all restaurants ...
The Berliner Beerhall went from a derelict building to a downtown Tacoma destination. It took ...
If you’re a local who is familiar with the area’s wine scene you already know ...
The Berliner Beerhall is opening in downtown Tacoma this month. It’s not a wild hoax ...
Until now, Fat Zach’s Wood Fired Pizza has operated on wheels, but the Puyallup mobile ...
Sukiyaki is one of those elusive Japanese dishes in restaurants, although I have so many ...
Puyallup diners, here is big taco news. Taqueria El Rinconsito is opening its newest Pierce ...
Cooper’s Food & Drink is about to happen – about two years after co-owners and ...
If all goes as planned, by the end of March, the Foss Waterway will have ...
Cafe Azure opened February 10 in downtown Tacoma and one of the first things owner ...
You’ve got just a few more weeks to enjoy the crepes at Savor Creperie. The ...
Pour Me Bar & Bistro, opening at 18810 Meridian E. this spring, was born out ...
Move over White Claw, the hard seltzer craze has officially come to Tacoma’s craft beverage ...
Puget Sound Pizza, one of Tacoma’s most favorite destinations for pizza, booze and karaoke, is ...
Alfred’s Cafe in Tacoma’s Dome District has a new owner, but locals and regulars will ...
Here’s some pretty big taco news. Taqueria El Rinconsito plans to open soon in South ...
Cravin’ Crawfish, a new crawfish and seafood boil restaurant, plans to open this spring in ...
Because restaurants are swamped and lines are long and reservations are so hard to come ...
Any day is a good day to eat your way around the Lincoln District, but ...
Expect an opening later this month for Perry’s Cocktail Bar. The downtown Puyallup restaurant and ...
Tacoma vegan restaurant Viva is now open in its new location in the Proctor neighborhood. ...
Cuerno Bravo Prime Steakhouse will open in Tacoma's St. Helens neighborhood soon.
Here's where to find Mardi Gras eating in the Tacoma and Puyallup area in 2020. ...
The annual February reopening of the Fife Pick-Quick Drive-In is kind of like our own ...
Sunday is the game. You’re probably searching for something to bring because you realized tomorrow ...
Lakewood, you’re getting a Philly cheesesteak sandwich shop. Go Philly will open its Lakewood location ...
Josefina's Mexican Restaurant in Tacoma is closing.
Tacoma’s Essence Lounge, which opened January 18 in the Sixth Ave neighborhood, has a familiar ...
Old Times Bakery in Tacoma got my attention recently with a post about piroshki buns. ...
Happy Teriyaki in downtown Tacoma will reopen soon and the owner has expanded to DuPont ...
Hong’s Restaurant is coming to Lakewood. You’ve probably seen the sign posted at the strip ...
BBQ Pete's is going to open a location in Lakewood in 2020.
For that moment when you want to ditch that inevitable diet you started this month, ...
Here are the liquor license applications for December 17-31, 2019 in Tacoma and surrounding Pierce ...
Looking for brunch? Clearly, Puyallup is going to be the destination for brunch today. Several ...
Real bagels. Delicious, chewy, real bagels that are boiled in a kettle. At Tacoma Baking ...
It’s the end of the run for Blue Octopus, a champagne and sparkling wine bar ...
TAMALE PSA. For those of you who are skipping making your own Christmas tamales, here’s ...
By now, brunch fiends likely have discovered that Montamara Kitchen in Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood ...
Liquor license roundup in Tacoma: December 1-16, 2019 Here are the liquor license applications for ...
A member of Where to Dine Pierce County had this question: Looking for a Tacoma ...
Tacoma's Pizza Press on Sixth Avenue has closed. The outpost of the national chain opened ...
For three generations of chocolate eaters, Johnson family has been making handmade chocolates in the ...
Liquor license roundup in Tacoma: November 2019 Here are the liquor license applications for November ...
Reason #1817 why I love the Church of the Indian Fellowship's frybread Fridays: You can ...
It’s finally here! My favorite eating festival, Tacoma’s Greek Festival, which is held the first ...
One of the things I love so much about Pierce County eating is the kickoff ...
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