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 […]
Tacoma gets a new biscotti bakery shop. Also find dessert bars, crackers
For a decade, dessert lovers could find biscotti from Tacoma-based The Art of Crunch at farmers markets, coffee shops, pop-up events, wine bars and holiday markets. Today, you can pop into Tacoma’s new The Art of Crunch biscotti storefront and buy Rhonda Hamlin’s famous biscotti, dessert bars, vegan desserts and hand-made crackers at her very […]
El Parche Tacoma now open on McKinley. Get the empanadas, mojitos and steak
El Parche Tacoma owner Mario Medina has a few things to say about Colombian empanadas: They’re the chips and salsa of the Colombian restaurant world and should start every meal. I took his advice on my first trip up to El Parche Seattle this summer. One dip of a beef empanada into the restaurant’s aji […]
Thanksgiving 2021: Here’s where to get pies & desserts in the Tacoma area
Thanksgiving is a week out and you might be looking to outsource your dessert from a Pierce County bakery. I’m here to help. Here’s where you’ll find pies, macarons and other treats to complement your Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving this year is Nov. 25, 2021. Looking for where to pick up a Thanksgiving dinner or where […]
Bar Rosa opens in Tacoma’s Hilltop with wood-fired pizza, flavorful cocktails
Bar Rosa opened Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. It’s a mighty fine companion to a lineup of favorite Tacoma bars: The Eleven Eleven across the street, Zodiac Supper Club just around the corner, plus 1022 South J just a short few blocks away. Do I dare say Bar Rosa has a Hilltop […]
The Main Ingredient pizzeria in Tacoma has closed
The Main Ingredient, a pizza restaurant at 5419 South Tacoma Way, has closed permanently. “A series of unfortunate events and the questionable future in regards to the state of affairs across the country has led us to make the tough decision to close permanently,” explained owner Leland Brechbiel, who operated the restaurant for about a […]
Crab King now open in Tacoma where Outback Steakhouse recently closed
Tacoma’s newest seafood boil restaurant – Crab King – is open, and more seafood boil places are on the way in the Tacoma area. Read to the end of the story for info on the other new openings. Crab King Cajun Boil and Bar opened last week inside the former Outback Steakhouse in Tacoma at 3111 […]