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 […]
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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 […]
This is your last chance to eat at Steamers in Tacoma before it closes
In my 20+ years of writing about restaurants around here, a constant question diners send me is – where can I go for fish and chips on the waterfront that’s affordable and has a view? My answer always: Steamers Seafood Cafe at Tacoma’s Titlow Beach. Steamers is Tacoma’s most affordable seafood restaurant with sweeping this-is-why-we-live-here […]
Dunagan Irish Pub & Brewery opening in Gig Harbor
When Jesse Dunagan opens Dunagan Irish Pub & Brewery in Gig Harbor sometime this spring, his five-year-old brewery will triple in size and he’ll add a live music venue and restaurant. “It is so much bigger than my first brewery,” said Dunagan last week when I checked on his move across the Narrows from downtown […]
Thank you for your support
Thanks to all who attended the recent Lakewood First Lions Club drive though crab feed in Fort Steilacoom Park.
Juggernaut for First COVID-19 Jab
When speaking of vaccinations, here in the US, we refer to them as a ‘shot’ but in England and elsewhere around the UK, they call them a ‘jab.’ No one likes needles. But somehow a ‘jab’ sounds more-to-be-dreaded. Yet in these days of the coronavirus pandemic, there is nothing more highly sought after than a […]
Check out Kvlt’s new home in one of Tacoma’s best eating neighborhoods
In an expansive building the size of a warehouse, there are a lot of cool things to see in the space that holds Tacoma meadery taproom, Kvlt Mead. The wood-beam ceiling is one thing you shouldn’t miss. Always look up on your first visit to Kvlt Mead in South Tacoma. “This building was built in […]