Ice Cream Social is on the move, and it’s expanding. The Tacoma-based 8-year-old ice cream company founded by Layla Isaac operates two scoop shops. Isaac opened her first retail store in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood in 2014, which is steps away from the farmers market where she previously operated her locally grown ice cream empire […]
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Here’s what just opened in the old Stonegate Pizza space in Tacoma
The Main Ingredient, a new combo pizzeria and breakfast spot, has opened at 5419 South Tacoma Way. The restaurant is in soft opening mode with a limited menu as they work on building the kitchen staff and get their bearings in their brand new space. The Main Ingredient comes from Arizona transplants Leland and Cristina […]
One of the last Quiznos in Pierce County is closing
It’s been a long and fruitful career of sandwich making for Kristy Reopelle, but it’s the end of the line for her Quiznos sandwich shop in South Hill. She’ll close her sandwich shop on Sunday (August 30). For 20 years, the franchise owner has operated Quiznos shops, which are known for their oven-baked toasty subs […]
Why do menus look different right now? Restaurant owners explain why
So many diners have commented to me in the last few weeks that they don’t understand why restaurants have scaled back their menus. Apparently they missed the memo, but restaurants are struggling mightily right now due to Covid-19. The shutdowns and dining restrictions are one thing, but there’s a lot more going on than just […]
Gilman House now open in Tacoma’s Stadium neighborhood with must-eat brunch and epic cocktails
Step 1: Clear your schedule for Sunday brunch. Step 2: Secure a designated driver. Step 3: Reach into the back of your closet for your Thanksgiving pants. Step 4: Head to Gilman House, Tacoma’s newest restaurant with a three-part focus on dinner, high-end gin cocktails and outstanding Sunday brunch. The Stadium neighborhood restaurant officially opened […]
Vet Clinic, Aug ’20
New resources for military veterans… •VA reinstates in-person services at 100 hospitals across the countryhttps://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5481 •Plan to boost housing improvement grants for disabled Veterans poised to become lawhttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/07/21/plan-to-boost-housing-improvement-grants-for-disabled-veterans-poised-to-become-law/ •VA expands funding for emergency response for Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness…https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5487 •Study shows VA surgical care better than or equal to non-VA hospitalshttps://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5489 •VA […]
New Korean fried chicken restaurant is open. Here’s a first look (spoiler: it’s awesome)
Two months earlier, Mija Chang stood in the half-assembled dining room of BB.Q Olive Chicken in Lakewood and worried about the final details of opening her Korean fried chicken restaurant with her sister Mi Young Kang. There was nothing to worry about except serving the rush of customers who checked out the first day of […]
Louie G’s, the pizza restaurant and live music venue, is closing
Louie G’s, the pizzeria and live music venue in Fife, is permanently closing. Its last day of business will be August 29. It’s a restaurant I adore for its stalwart brick-oven pizza that churns out solid pies and terrific calzones, which made my top calzones list in 2018. In 2016, I took a deep dive […]
Two years after a fire, downtown Tacoma restaurant finally opens
Today was a triumphant day for restaurant owner Tim Bartz. More than two years after a fire took out his popular downtown eatery Happy Teriyaki #4, he reopened the doors (August 3, 2020). “As of now we won’t have sushi, but everything else will be the same. We’re very excited to offer another dining option […]