Locust Cider & Brewing Co. is expanding again in Pierce County – and this time it is across the bridge in Gig Harbor. If all goes as planned, it will open later this summer. It’s a Harbor space that craft beverage lovers will know well. I certainly do. I’ve sipped countless brews and watched liquor […]
Jet City Pizza opening on Tacoma’s Sixth Ave
Coming to Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood is Jet City Pizza Co., a small regional pizza chain based in Mount Vernon with six locations from Snohomish to Newcastle. It will open its seventh location at 3602 Sixth Ave, the former home of Garlic Jim’s, which closed in February. If all goes as planned, the grand opening […]
Bar Rosa coming to Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood
Coming this summer to the Hilltop neighborhood is a wood-fired pizza restaurant and neighborhood bar at 1206 S. 11th St. Bar Rosa’s owners hope for a summer opening at the space that locals will remember as the longtime home of Thai Garden. That mom-and-pop Thai restaurant closed in 2016 when the owners retired following 30 […]
Buddy’s Chicken & Waffles coming to downtown Tacoma
Red velvet waffles, milk-and-cookies waffles, cornmeal waffles, buttermilk waffles, chocolate chip waffles. And the list goes on for specialty waffles created by Aaron White, who has always used the nickname given to him by his family – “Buddy Brown.” Brown has been expanding his waffles recipes for a good reason. He’s opening Buddy’s Chicken & […]
En Rama’s seating is back in downtown Tacoma. Get the fresh pasta and burger
Seating at downtown Tacoma’s En Rama is back. After a six-month hiatus, the patio reopens Tuesday (April 20, 2021) with Chris Keil’s imaginative cocktails, a plate of fresh pasta or a gooey burger from Chef Josh Press. Behold the sturdy metal awning spanning half the sprawling patio. It’ll help keep away the inevitable rain of […]
Tacoma’s Mission Mountain Meadery makes delicious hopped mead
Steve Taylor discovered something interesting when he jumped down the rabbit hole of mead, the honey-fermented craft beverage that’s seeing a big surge right now. Brewing mead is like brewing beer. But more fun. Taylor has started a slow debut of mead rollouts this year from his production-only Parkland meadery, Mission Mountain Meadery. Wait a […]
Pierce County back to Phase 2, here’s what diners, restaurants should know
Pierce County heads back to Phase 2 on Friday (April 16, 2021) and the county will pause there for at least three weeks, as was announced earlier this week by Gov. Jay Inslee. The earliest the county’s phase can be reevaluated is May 3. You can read the full details of this announcement here. […]
New Best Coast BBQ coming to Puyallup and Lakewood
Best Coast Barbeque plans to open in late spring in Pierce County. And here’s the interesting part. If all goes as planned, two outposts will open simultaneously. One in Lakewood and the other in downtown Puyallup. If you think you’ve been reading a lot about barbecue restaurant openings lately, you’re correct. In March, I told […]
New barbecue restaurant opens in a familiar brewery. Been to FOB Brewing?
Forward Operating Base Brewing Co. was DuPont’s first brewery. Now it’s DuPont’s first barbecue stop. FOB owner and Army veteran Jared Wharton has added a kitchen and a smoker to his 50-seat brewery that’s tucked into an industrial park in DuPont. Fittingly, his brewery is a hop and skip from JBLM. The brewery name is […]