The Pine Cone Cafe in University Place is here to stay. The 60-plus-year-old diner known for its American diner eats has new owners who plan to keep the name and diner concept the same. Two local restaurant owners, Dana Claar Verellen and her husband Dave Verellen, are the Pine Cone’s new owners. The duo own […]
Incalmo Tacoma opens downtown inside the Museum of Glass
Surprise! Incalmo Tacoma opened quietly on Saturday Dec. 18 inside Tacoma’s Museum of Glass. Incalmo currently operates during museum hours – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays – and will serve a menu of fresh-made pasta, sandwiches and Roman pizzas for lunch that starts at 11 a.m., plus pastry and espresso service that […]
Burger spot, Bros Burger, with giant burgers now open. Here’s a first look
Bros Burger in Puyallup’s South Hill opened quietly on Dec. 18, 2021. Fans of towering monster burgers, take note. This restaurant delivers on big burgers built with char-broiled patties and squishy buns. Doubled-up cheese, doubled-up ham, doubled-up bacon comes standard on several burgers. The house Bros Burger nearly killed me. The restaurant opened at 17526 […]
South Hill’s Mix Poke Bar is now open. It also has boba tea
Poke bowl restaurant Mix Poke Bar is now open in Puyallup’s Sunrise Village. The fast casual restaurant is a duplicate of the Tacoma Mall location, but this one is a brick-and-mortar, not a food court restaurant. As I told you last month in this story, opening alongside Mix Poke Bar is Sip + Spoon with […]
Tacoma’s newest seafood boil restaurant Krab Kingz now open
Tacoma’s newest seafood boil restaurant has opened in Parkland at 11814 Pacific Ave. S. Krab Kingz is an outpost of a southern-based chain of crab boil restaurants. The Tacoma restaurant opened Nov. 27, 2021. The opening comes about a month after the opening of Crab King Cajun Boil and Bar near Tacoma Mall. Krab Kingz […]
Three cideries open, one moving, one closing in Tacoma, Pierce County
The hard cider world keeps getting bigger in Pierce County. Today, I’ve got three openings and a move. Unfortunately, I’ve also got a cider tasting room closure. LOCUST CIDER OPENS IN GIG HARBOR The Gig Harbor tasting room for Locust Cider officially opens Dec. 16 with a grand opening ceremony from 3-8 p.m. (If you […]
Christmas 2021: Holiday meals, dessert platters around Tacoma, Pierce County
We’re two weeks out from Christmas. Here’s where to supplement or purchase your Christmas 2021 dinner at restaurants, caterers and bakeries in Pierce County. I’ve found fewer options than in year’s past, but I hope to add to this story over the next week leading up to Christmas. I’ve got bakeries with holiday trays available […]
Tacoma’s Lobster Shop is selling to owners that waterfront fish and chips fans will know
Tacoma’s Lobster Shop has been sold to the owners of another longtime seafood restaurant, Steamers Seafood Cafe. Read the entire post Tacoma’s Lobster Shop is selling to owners that waterfront fish and chips fans will know on Dine Pierce County.
Stanford’s opens in Tacoma’s former Pacific Grill space. Here’s a first look
Tacoma’s newest steakhouse Stanford’s is now open in downtown Tacoma in the former home of Pacific Grill at 1502 Pacific Ave. The restaurant opened quietly on Tuesday Nov. 23, 2021 for a week-long soft opening. The official ribbon cutting and grand opening is Dec. 2, 2021. The ribbon cutting will begin at 11 a.m. and will […]