Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in November, the line started to assemble on Sixth Avenue. A woman who clearly had become a regular at The Cat & Rabbitt Cakeshop, which opened Nov. 15 on Sixth, explained to newbie pastry seekers that they were lining up in the wrong direction. The line bent south, […]
Pierce County
Need hot cocoa bombs? Tacoma & Pierce County food businesses make them
The difference between good hot cocoa bombs and excellent ones, Lisa Holmgren found, was about a half-inch. In the two-inch hot cocoa bomb mold, the Steilacoom bakery owner found she could fit some marshmallows into her chocolate orbs. More marshmallows means a better hot cocoa experience. She wanted to go bigger. She upsized to a […]
Holiday gifts for foodies from 30+ food businesses in Tacoma & Pierce County
It’s always a good time to shop locally. Lucky us, we’ve got plenty of local food businesses producing fancy hand-decorated cookies, smoked landjaeger, boutique oyster packs, handmade ginger beer, hand-dipped truffles and pints of ice cream aplenty. Did I mention the hot cocoa bombs? There’s so much to buy from local food businesses, I don’t […]
Verone’s Italian Kitchen & Sausage Company moving into Fircrest’s Viafore’s space
Verone’s Italian Sausage could be one of the oldest food companies based in Tacoma that you’ve maybe never heard of. But that’s about to change with the opening of their new retail location. The five-generation Tacoma sausage company is opening its first shop – after a 30-year retail hiatus – in Fircrest. It’ll be called […]
Christmas 2020: Restaurants with holiday meal take-out around Tacoma, Pierce County
Once again, Christmas dinner won’t look like it has in the past for any of us. Who could ever have predicted the most important ingredient during the 2020 holiday dining season would be Webex and Microsoft Teams? Big sigh. With pandemic guidelines suggesting we all skip big gatherings, diners likely will cook smaller meals. Or […]
Joeseppi’s has big makeover plans, including adding live music (when allowed)
When the state order came in November requiring restaurant dining rooms to close, some restaurants started hatching plans to turn what most definitely is a negative situation into something transformative. What better time to rip up the floor plan, build a new bar and add a stage and live music space? Diners aren’t spending any […]
60+ restaurants with covered, heated outdoor dining in the Tacoma area
Traditionally around here, just after Thanksgiving, we all start thinking about al fresco dining season. Ugh. Not really. Out of necessity, and by state order, only outdoor dining is allowed right now. It’s super not fun being outdoors with the sideways rain and all, but sometimes your will to dine at a restaurant muscles out […]
A meatball restaurant is what 2020 needs. Manic Meatballs coming soon
Just in time for end-of-this-miserable-year stress eating there’s hope: A meatball restaurant is opening. If all goes as planned, Manic Meatballs will open in December in Lakewood’s Tillicum neighborhood just outside JBLM. “We have a Swedish American menu anchored with the Swedish meatball,” explained owner Carrie Stalder. The restaurant will specialize in fast take-out food […]
Restaurants are hurting and Pierce County just approved more funding to help
With an unexpected batch of new regulations kicking in for restaurants that will last through Dec. 14, full-service Pierce County restaurants will be struggling mightily the next four weeks. Pierce County Council today passed an emergency ordinance that will increase the relief it already is providing restaurants through its Restaurant Rally program. County Councilmember […] […]