Two things a diner should do on a first visit to newly opened Tacoma Laotian restaurant Sweet Rice: Dip and pluck. Sweet Rice’s name nods to sweet sticky rice, a staple of Laotian cuisine. “In Thailand, the Thai eat a lot of their dishes with jasmine rice, but with us in Laos, our primary rice […]
Pierce County
Tacoma’s El Borracho closes. No more $5 margaritas. But something else is planned
The Sixth Avenue taco and cocktail spot El Borracho has closed permanently, but co-owner Kittie Davidovich said that if all goes as planned, she and partner Adam Pomerleau will open something else in that space at 2711 Sixth Ave. in 2021. El Borracho closed earlier this week. “Sadly, it is true that we have closed […]
Going to Pierce County’s Restaurant Rally? These owners have advice
Restaurant Rally, a discount program offering diners 30 percent off meals at participating restaurants, is less than a week away and restaurant owners are prepping for a deluge of customers. Pierce County also launched the website today that lists all 200+ of the restaurants participating in the Restaurant Rally. Find that list of 200 restaurants […]
Thanksgiving 2020: Restaurants with dine-in, delivery, take-out around Tacoma, Pierce County
Welp. This won’t be the Thanksgiving we want with all the pandemic concerns about group gatherings, but let me help you try and make the most of Thanksgiving 2020 anyway. With many families skipping the big gatherings you’re likely looking for a place where you can go out to eat or safely get take-out because […]
New seafood boil spot, Captain Crab, is open. Here’s a first look
Five years ago, I used to have to send diners to King County when they’d ask me about a seafood boil/crawfish restaurant. Today, Pierce County not only has choices, it has multiple choices for seafood boil in three Pierce County cities. Captain Crab opened in Lakewood on September 23, which brings our peel-and-eat seafood spots […]
La Waffletz is opening Unique Bakery in downtown Tacoma
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 […]
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 …. […]
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. […]