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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. The restaurant will ...
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 ...
If you’re searching for restaurants with outdoor dining on patios, decks and other al fresco ...
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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