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 […]
To Know
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 […]
Culuchi Town opening in Tacoma. Mexican sushi on the menu
In the Pacific Northwest, it is not unusual to see restaurants plucking ingredients and flavors from multiple cuisines, mixing them up, then chucking them into a restaurant concept. See: Korean tacos, Samoan bao and pizzacoa. And now ….. enter Mexican sushi. I found out about this new Mexican sushi/seafood/Sinaloense restaurant, Culichi Town, from readers who […]
Fusion Bistro Asian Restaurant will open where Grassi’s operated in University Place
Fusion Bistro Asian Restaurant plans a spring opening in University Place in the former home of Grassi’s, the Italian restaurant at 2811 Bridgeport Way W. Diners will find an expansive dining room seating just under 100 at the Asian bistro, which also will have tableside service and a full cocktail menu and separate bar area. […]
COVID in Lakewood
America takes pride in being #1 in a wide array of accomplishments. But a distressing milestone has been reached of half-a-million COVID-19 deaths, more than any other country in the world. The US has almost 28 million active COVID cases, the most in the world, and two-and-a-half times more than the next leading country, India, […]