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 […]
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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 Little Free Pantry comes to Tillicum + Clothes for Girls
To be stocked with free food this week of March 15, the neighbor-feeding-neighbor program will be formally opened March 21 at 12:30 p.m. Please see the attached information for location; what you can give and expect to find; how you can help and who you can contact. Spring Break Boutique for girls April 6! Spring […]
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 […]
Pierce County restaurants move to Phase 3 on March 22
Great news for Pierce County restaurants. The county (and rest of the state) is moving to Phase 3 of the lifting of pandemic restrictions on March 22, 2021. Gov. Jay Inslee held a press conference this afternoon to announce that statewide, things can start opening up later this month. For restaurants, that means indoor dining […]
Here’s what’s opening in the Flanagan’s pub space in downtown Puyallup
Downtown Puyallup is getting another lounge, but it’ll still feel familiar to locals. On or around March 17, if all goes as planned, Mingle will open where Flanagan’s Craft Pub previously operated at 120 S. Meridian. It comes from the same owners, Tim and Kari Carson Mellema, so consider this a refresh, not an overhaul […]