In 2015, husband-wife baking team Roger Martinho and Mirtha Sanchez opened their tiny, tiny bakery inside Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square food court. La Waffletz and Macaron Station could barely fit two pastry chefs in its kitchen. Yet, somehow in that tiny space, Martinho and Sanchez produced 12+ daily macaron choices and liege dessert waffles plated with […]
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Saigon House now open in Tacoma, and is date-night ready
I love living in a town with such little pretense, especially when it comes to our food. Our economy relies on strip malls, so much so that strip malls have become ever present in our daily lives. It’s where one completes the most mundane of tasks – dry cleaning, dog grooming, cell phone upgrading …. […]
Lakewood First Lions looking for new members
The Lakewood First Lions Club, which began on March 17, 1954, is looking for new members. The club’s motto is “We Serve” and we mean it. Your joining our club allows us to: Expand our work in protecting the gifts of sight and hearing by testing students in the Clover Park School District when schools are […]
M. Frank Lyons, II, M.D. retires to The Lyons Lifestyle
Last Sunday I consumed a 4-liter jug of GoLYTELY, 8 ounces at a time, every ten minutes, until I had finished it, in preparation for a long overdue colonoscopy and upper endoscopy early on Monday morning in Tacoma. The procedures had been scheduled/canceled/rescheduled and postponed several times due to COVID-19 in Seattle at Virginia Mason. […]
Tacoma’s Old Town Wine Skins is open and kid friendly
The first thing you’ll notice about Old Town Wine Skins is how light and bright the space has become. That’s the work of co-owner Cosette Pfaff, who opened the wine bar and eatery on Monday in Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood. The space formerly housed Montamara Kitchen. The footprint shifted a bit with the addition of […]
Spice Lab, new to downtown Tacoma, has a familiar chef
Chef Blake Lord-Wittig dug deep into hyper local ingredients at his last restaurant, De La Terre. With Spice Lab, his new restaurant opening in downtown Tacoma on October 21, the concept goes global in scope and spice. Lord-Wittig’s glazed carrots, for instance, are fueled by Middle Eastern and Moroccan ingredients: harissa, dukkah and labneh yogurt. […]
Tacoma’s West End Pub & Grill reopens with new owners; sibling restaurant Cole’s reopens
Tacoma’s West End Pub & Grill very quietly opened its doors this week, during a period that has seen a slow roll of reopenings for bars and restaurants across Pierce County. So far this month, we’ve seen the return of the Poodle Dog in Fife, Burs in Lakewood, Hob Nob in Tacoma, Zodiac Supper Club […]
Vet Clinic, Oct ’20
•Coronavirus threat prompts VA request for doctors, nurses to come out of retirementhttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-threat-prompts-va-request-for-doctors-nurses-to-come-out-of-retirement/ •VA MISSION Act: Answers to questions about VA’s urgent care benefithttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/68957/va-mission-act-answers-questions-vas-urgent-care-benefit/ •Veterans will see same cost-of-living boost in 2021 as Social Security beneficiarieshttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/24/veterans-will-see-same-cost-of-living-boost-in-2021-as-social-security-beneficiaries/ •VA’s Home Loan Guaranty program provides regulatory relief in response to COVID-19https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5526 •VA offers debt relief to Veterans impacted […]
Lakewood First Lions Pick Seahawks Raffle Winners
Lakewood First Lions held their Seahawks Raffle drawing on October 10, 2020 at Station 31. Fire Chief Jim Sharp of West Pierce Fire and Rescue pulled the winning tickets. First prize went to Bernie Cooper and second prize Sofia Rangel of Unique Hair Salon. The first prize winner received: Football signed by Pete Carroll 10×10 […]