By summertime, Leanne and Paul Franetovich will open the doors to Jack + Adeline, their 11,000 square-feet combination sourdough bread bakery and woodworking studio in downtown Tacoma. It will be located inside the former Malarkey’s Pool and Brew at 455 Tacoma Ave. S. They already have one employee. Kind of. His name is Howard, but […]
This year’s Dining Out For Life looks different. Here’s what to know
Up until 2019, about 300,000 diners in the United States and Canada would come together at more than 2,000 restaurants on a single day in April to eat good food with friends and raise money for people living with HIV/AIDS. That’s just not possible this year, and it certainly wasn’t last year. For two years, […]
Boom Boom Room in Tacoma opening on 6th Ave. Here’s a look inside
It’s been five years in the making, but Tacoma’s Boom Boom Room finally will open. If all goes as planned, the new cocktail lounge and restaurant on Sixth Avenue debuts sometime this weekend(ish). Watch the lounge’s social media for updates. Enter the long, narrow, exquisitely decorated lounge and look up at the ceiling. The sparkly […]
Narrows Gyro in Tacoma is now open, have you been?
Ziad Abusamha and Wafa Ahmad opened their Narrows Gyro in Tacoma in November after a few rough years trying to operate a combination Mediterranean grocery store and gyro take-out restaurant at the same location. “We weren’t making any money, we were hanging on,” said Abusamha. Around 2008, they first opened Daniah’s International Market, the combination […]
Central Texas style BK’s Barbecue coming to Tacoma’s 6th Ave
Longtime local chef Kyle Campisi is opening BK’s Barbecue, a Central Texas barbecue takeout spot, this spring in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood. On the menu will be Campisi’s homage to Central Texas style barbecue. The plan at BK’s Barbecue is to specialize in prime brisket rubbed with salt and pepper and smoked over mesquite and/or […]
Puyallup’s My Lil’ Cube is back with its excellent soup dumplings and ramen
Puyallup has its ramen spot back. My Lil’ Cube reopened Feb. 18 after an 11-month closure that the restaurant’s owners thought would last just a few weeks. The downtown Puyallup eatery is the county’s only destination for long xiao bao – juicy soup dumplings that burst open with a cascade of porky broth. My Lil’ […]
Tacoma Pie has blocky wedges of Detroit-style pizza, have you had it?
Tacoma Pie produces a pizza style that you’ve probably never heard of. Unless you’re from Michigan. Or Sicily. Interchangeable terms are used for the pie at Tacoma Pie – Detroit style. Sicilian style. Gramma style. Tacoma Pie is a pop-up restaurant operating out of The Gourmet Niche, the shared kitchen space in Tacoma that is […]
Lumpia Love has a brick and mortar restaurant in Tacoma for the first time
For the first time, Filipino mobile restaurant Lumpia Love has a brick-and-mortar location in Tacoma. At least for a few more weeks. The next two weekends, diners can pick up lumpia, pancit, sio pao, musubi and other Filipino favorites from the Tacoma take-out location that Lumpia Love’s Lynette Boado has been operating from since February. […]
The Redd Dog, a you-pour-it pub, opening on Tacoma’s 6th Ave
If all goes as planned, The Redd Dog U-Pour It Pub will open in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood later this spring at 2805 Sixth Ave. The pour-your-own beer concept is new to the area, explained owner Lane Scelzi, who also owns the Melting Pot in Tacoma (and locations in Seattle and Bellevue). Scelzi, who grew […]