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 got three spots for U-pick blueberries, plus a list of farm stands with picked berries. For U-pickers: Dress in your […]
My Philly now open and serving cheesesteaks in Tacoma: Ribeye, Amoroso’s & gooey cheese
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 My Philly cheesesteak shop in Tacoma’s Salishan neighborhood, I heard that unmistakable tinny sound of the spatulas working the steak […]
Taco Street now open on Tacoma waterfront – get the barbacoa tacos
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 cooked beef is punched with chile and aromatic spices. Tucked into warmed, doubled up corn tortillas, with fresh cilantro and […]
Berry season has arrived in Pierce County – get some at these farms
For 100 reasons, the biggest of which was the pandemic, I missed out on the 2020 Pierce County fresh berry season. Flash forward to 2021 and it’s safe to say I’ve more than made up for what I was not able to buy last summer. I spent $75 at produce stands over the weekend. There’s […]
New Camp Colvos Brewing opens in Tacoma with NY style pizza, here’s a first look
Camp Colvos Brewing opened in downtown Tacoma on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Pizza lovers will love this: the menu features fat slices of New York style pizza. The Tacoma opening is an expansion for the Vashon Island based brewery that was founded by Matthew Lawrence. Lawrence opened his first Vashon taproom two years ago, but […]
Here are 50+ new Tacoma restaurants that opened during the pandemic
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 a year doing take-out only and eating in your sweatpants on the couch. Would you believe I wrote more than […]
BukBuk’s Island Chicken and Lumpia opening in Tacoma
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. But more on those locations in a moment. BukBuk’s merges Pacific Island flavors in portable, handheld eats. Flavors initially will […]
New bakery open in Lakewood. Try the rice doughnuts and cream puffs
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 resilience. Licked with sweetness, the red beans inside were a sticky treat. Sweet rice doughnuts don’t get better than this. […]
Brewery with New York style pizza coming soon to downtown Tacoma
There’s a new brewery with New York pizza coming to downtown Tacoma When Camp Colvos Brewing opens its downtown Tacoma location in June, it’ll culminate a few years of planning, seismic upgrades and a lot of pizza dough testing for its New York City style pies. The Vashon Island brewery expansion to Tacoma’s historic brewing […]