Subscribe to Ed's TableSep. 16, 2009 at 11:13am
Help feed hungry kids, get a brownie at Pacific Grill
Downtown Tacoma restaurant is only South Sound eatery participating in national promotion
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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"Dine Out -- Take Action." "No Kid Goes Hungry." Those are the tag lines for the Great American Dine Out. The event starts Monday and runs through Saturday. So far, only one South Sound restaurant -- Pacific Grill in Downtown Tacoma -- has taken action. Some restaurants donate a portion of proceeds, others give freebies to customers who donate. Money raised feeds nutrition programs, food banks, and community gardens. Read more
Sep. 11, 2009 at 7:51pm
Bishop adds brawn to Bee Lady benefit
Merende chef joins lineup of Sept. 29 soup cook-off fund-raiser
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Jeff Bishop, the chef at Merende in downtown Tacoma, has thrown his talented toque into the ring and will compete in a soup cook-off that will benefit a South Sound farmer in need, adding culinary brawn to a tasty lineup. Read more
Sep. 10, 2009 at 5:13pm
Dine with me or dine with Sarah Palin
Whacked-out GOP diva auctions dinner for charity; I'll donate the cost of your Dinner with Ed Meal Ticket to charity
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Reviewing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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I'm a few spin cycles behind in reading my whacked-out diva RSS feed, but I just got whiff of this and wanted to tell you that I've got a few things in common with Sarah Palin. First off, we were born on the same day, one year apart. Second off, you can pay to have dinner with her and you can pay to have dinner with me. Our prices are as far apart as I could be from Palin's politics. Read more
Sep. 8, 2009 at 3:44pm
Judge best fall soup, help The Bee Lady
Sept. 29 fund-raiser will aid Lakebay farmer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Put your mouth where your money is and help a farmer in need. On Sept. 29, the Tacoma Farmers Market and South Sound Eats are sponsoring a fund-raiser for The Bee Lady, aka Chanetta Ludwig, whose husband, Peter, died unexpectedly in August at their Lakebay farm, leaving behind seven children Read more
Sep. 3, 2009 at 1:52pm
Dine with me at Fur Ball, help dogs and cats, get a free $50 South Sound Eats Meal Ticket
Reserve your seats for my table at Dugan Foundation gala
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Reserve your seat at my table at Fur Ball, the Dugan Foundation's black-tie gala, on Oct. 3 at Tacoma's Temple Theater and receive a $50 South Sound Eats Meal Ticket. That's $200 worth of fabulous food and fun for just $150.
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Aug. 27, 2009 at 11:45am
Change of view looms at South Sound Eats
Headquarters moving from Browns Point to Gig Harbor
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Gig Harbor, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Maybe you've noticed recent changes at South Sound Eats, like our Meal Ticket gift certificates and some new videos. South Sound Eats is also changing headquarters. I'm in the process of moving from Tacoma's Browns Point waterfront enclave to Gig Harbor. The picture below -- featuring a sandwich I made with leftover carnitas from Vuelva a la Vida, Tacoma's best Mexican restaurant -- will be the last of my On My Deck photos. Read more
Aug. 21, 2009 at 5:33pm
Name that Dish contest v. 2.0
Identify the meals and the restaurants and enter a drawing to win free food
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Contests, Tacoma
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It's as easy as this: You identify the food in the pictures and you'll
stand to win a $50 gift certificate at one of South Sound
Eats' participating Meal Ticket restaurants.
Below are five photographs of five different dishes at four different South Sound restaurants. The restaurants are Marzano in Parkland, and The Bite at Hotel Murano, Maxwell's and Mineola, all in Tacoma.
Name the dishes and the restaurants and you'll be
entered into a drawing to win a $50 South Sound Eats
Meal Ticket. E-mail your entries to me at ed@southsoundeats.com.
The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday Aug. 28. You must correctly identify all
five dish and restaurants to be eligible to win. Entries left in the comments section will be deleted. A winner will
be randomly drawn from all correct entries received via e-mail.
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Aug. 21, 2009 at 5:00pm
Pinks on my pole in Browns Point
There's bi-annual salmon aplenty in Commencement Bay
Posted by Ed Murrieta in On My Deck, Tacoma
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I haven't had to go far to go fishing. I've caught three pink salmon in my front yard so far this season -- a drop in the bucket compared with the dozens that my Browns Point neighbors have hauled in during the bi-annual pink salmon run in Commencement Bay.
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Aug. 19, 2009 at 11:19pm
Joe Stortini's grand-slam giving
Politican-turned-restaurateur serves up fund raising
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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I pitched in tonight at a fund raiser for Tacoma Deputy Mayor Julie Anderson's campaign for Pierce County Auditor.
No offense to the candidate nor to the strikingly tall county prosecutor and novelist Mark Lindquist, who was in attendance, because I'm sure they'd agree: the biggest political star in the room was Joe Stortini, proprietor of Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante in Tacoma, where the event was held. Read more
Aug. 17, 2009 at 7:12pm
Name that dish and win a free South Sound Eats Meal Ticket
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Contests, Gig Harbor, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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It's as easy as this: You identify the food in the pictures and you'll stand to win a $50 gift certificate at one of South Sound Eats' participating Meal Ticket restaurants.
Below are five photographs of five different dishes at five different South Sound restaurants. The restaurants are LeLe and Sip in Gig Harbor, and The Bite, Maxwell's and Sax in Tacoma.
Name the dishes and the restaurants and you'll be entered into a drawing to win a $50 South Sound Eats Meal Ticket. E-mail your entries to me at ed@southsoundeats.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday Aug. 21. You must correctly identify all five dish and all five restaurants to be eligible to win. A winner will be randomly drawn from all correct entries.
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Aug. 13, 2009 at 1:55pm
Meet me at The Grand for a Food, Inc. conversation on Sunday
I'll lead a post-movie discussion on Suday
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Industry Issues, Media, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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First you should read Soren Andersen's review of "Food, Inc.," a South Sound Eats exclusive. Then you should attend Sunday's 7 p.m. screening at The Grand Cinema in Tacoma. Afterward, I'll lead a discussion of the documentary that probes the ugly side of industrial food production in America. To sweeten the deal, I'll serve vegan and gluten-free sweets from Corina Bakery. The weeklong engagement of "Food, Inc." is a fund-raiser for the Tacoma Food Coop: $1 from every ticket sold will go the budding grocery store effort.
Aug. 11, 2009 at 11:06am
David's on Broadway for sale
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma
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Speeding down Stadium Way, I saw a for-sale sign on the back end of David's on Broadway mansion-men's-club-steakhouse-pool-hall-it's-a-crying-shame Tacoma landmark. Signage for the ill-fated Winfield's fine-dining pool hall is gone. A vintage-looking sign for David's on Broadway Steakhouse has emerged. More details on the taled property as they emerge.
Aug. 11, 2009 at 9:13am
A smoking-good dinner, with a taste of Julia Child
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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There are just a few tickets left to this week's smoking-good tribute dinner to Julia Child at The Ark, the new smokehouse restaurant in Tacoma. Click here to buy yours. Read more
Aug. 6, 2009 at 8:50am
Soren Andersen reviews 'Julie & Julia'
South Sound Eats welcomes movie critic
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Media, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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There are many changes cooking at South Sound Eats. Here's one debut: Soren Andersen, the former movie critic for the Tacoma News Tribune, who reviews "Julie & Julia," the twinned tales of how food maven Julia Child and foodie blogger Julie Powell rose to prominence cooking up and writing about gastronomic delights.
Click here to read Soren Andersen's review of "Julie & Julia."
Stay tuned for other big changes in the coming weeks.
Jul. 30, 2009 at 12:39pm
Hot at the Murano
Room rates pegged to the day's temperature
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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It was too hot to blog at home yesterday. So I checked into The Murano, thinking I could finish writing my review of Tacoma's coolest hotel. Turns out it was too hot to blog in a hotel room, even with the air conditioner running at 60 degrees. Read more
Jul. 18, 2009 at 8:17pm
Julia Child's smoking dinner
Old letters from culinary icon inspire a tribute dinner
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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In the middle of a sales call, I stopped selling and started listening. Roseanna Donely, owner of The Ark, a smokehouse on Tacoma's Tideflats, and I talked about business, family, food, life. Read more
Jul. 18, 2009 at 6:38pm
Savoring Zoobilee
Tasting notes from black-tie fund-raiser at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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There was a lot to savor Friday night at Zoobilee, the black-tie fund-raiser that benefits animals and programs at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Read more
Jul. 9, 2009 at 6:50pm
Party on, party animals: Zoobilee's coming
Black-tie-and-gown gala benefits Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium programs
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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The South Sound's premier party-animal event -- a black-tie-and-gown evening of cocktails, cuisine and live entertainment -- takes place July 17 at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Now in its 19th year, Zoobilee benefits The Zoo Society, funding conservation and education programs at the zoo. Read more
Jul. 8, 2009 at 9:47am
Food and music invade Tollefson Plaza
Summer Lunch series starts in downtown Tacoma
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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Downtown Tacoma's desolate Tollefson Plaza will come to life on Fridays this summer with food, beverages and music. Read more
Jul. 8, 2009 at 9:42am
New farmers market in Browns Point
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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The South Sound's farmers market bounty continues to grow, with a new farmers market opening Thursday in Browns Point, northeast Tacoma's waterfront enclave. The Browns Point farmers market will be open from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 24 in front of Ace Hardware in the Browns Point Town Center, 1000 Marine View Drive. Read more
Jun. 20, 2009 at 3:43pm
Announcing Amazing Abundance
Fund-raiser gala for Emergency Food Network at Hotel Murano
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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Without even seeing the menu, I can tell you that Emergency Food Network's upcoming Amazing Abundance Auction will be a magical evening. Witness what Pierce County's largest food-services agency did last year: EFN's gala raised $190,000 -- and turned that amount into $2.3 million worth of food and other essentials that went to more than 60 local food banks and hot meal sites. Read more
Jun. 12, 2009 at 1:46pm
Divine auction items at Honor Thy Farmer dinner
Reserve your seat through South Sound Eats and save $50
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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If the farm-fresh menu for Saturday's Honor Thy Farmer fund-raiser for the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra hasn't yet convinced you to purchase your tickets -- deliciously discounted at $100 per person, only through South Sound Eats -- then some of the live auction items may entice your appetite. Here is a list of the foodie goodies up for bid Saturday night, as generously donated by farmers and chefs alike. Read more
Jun. 10, 2009 at 8:04am
Get a taste of Honor Thy Farmer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Tickets are still available for Saturday's Honor Thy Farmer dinner, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra's spring fund-raiser that features top South Sound chefs preparing the bounties of some of the South Sound's finest farms. Honor Thy Farmer takes place Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Sharon M. McGavick Student Center at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Read more
Jun. 2, 2009 at 10:35pm
Dining Out for Life 'an amazing, amazing success'
AIDS fund-raiser rakes in $54,539 this year
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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Sixty-four restaurants and legions of diners contributed a projected $54,539 to Dining Out for Life, the Pierce County AIDS Foundation's foodie fund-raiser that took place April 30. Read more
Jun. 2, 2009 at 7:41am
6th Ave. Farmers Market opens today
Chef demo, container gardening demo highlight opening day
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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Tacoma's 6th Ave. Farmers Market opens today, featuring a chef demonstration with farm-fresh market products, a container gardening demo and $5 worth of free market tokens for EBT/food stamp customers who spend $15 or more using the market's new token system. Read more
Jun. 1, 2009 at 8:49am
Asado now serving lunch
'Lunch will now complete the Asado concept and prepare us for other markets'
Posted by Ed Murrieta in First Bite, Tacoma
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While other restaurants may feel the economic urge to cut back or close down, Asado is going for more. The Argentine-accented restaurant, which has been a smoking-hot anchor of Tacoma's Sixth Avenue dinner scene since opening in 2006, opens for lunch today. Read more
May. 31, 2009 at 9:27am
Southern Kitchen on Food Network this week
Tacoma icon featured on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Media, Tacoma
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Tacoma's iconic Southern Kitchen Restaurant will be featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" this week. A "Homestyle" espsiode of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" will show Monday at 10 p.m., Tuesday at 1 a.m. and Wednesday at 9 p.m. Southern Kitchen is featured in "Homestyle" along with Santa Fe's Zia Diner and Giuseppe's on 28th in Phoenix.
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May. 29, 2009 at 12:53pm
The Ark sets sails and I dig in
A first bite of the Tideflats smokehouse restaurant
Posted by Ed Murrieta in First Bite, Tacoma
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It's been a lot longer than 40 days and 40 nights since The Ark first planned to open in December. The restaurant officially opened on Monday, resurrecting the wreckage that was The Olde Shipwreck roadhouse on Tacoma's Tideflats. I got my first bite of The Ark on Tuesday. I had one order of ribs and one order of chicken. Based on my first bite of golden chicken and sweet pork ribs, I'm inclined to order two of everything when I return. Read more
May. 27, 2009 at 7:33pm
Honor Thy Farmer: A black-tie farm-to-table benefit
South Sound chefs cook the bounty of South Sound farmers
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Five South Sound chefs will prepare the bounties of five South Sound farms in a black-tie farm-to-table dinner benefiting the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra on June 13. Read more
May. 27, 2009 at 6:48pm
Memorial celebration for Gayl Bertagni
Swiss co-owner died in tragic truck accident
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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A memorial celebration will be held at The Swiss on Saturday for Gayl Bertagni, the co-owner of the Tacoma pub who was killed by her runaway pickup truck Friday night.
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May. 23, 2009 at 12:30pm
The Swiss co-owner Gayl Bertagni dies
Killed in when her truck backs over her
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Gayl Bertagni, the chef and co-owner of The Swiss pub in Tacoma for the past 16 years, died Friday night after her pick-up truck backed over her. Read more
May. 21, 2009 at 11:05am
Lox-step eating at Broadway Farmers Market
A first bite on the first day on the dowtown Tacoma market
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, First Bite, Tacoma
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The Broadway Farmers Market opened in downtown Tacoma today, and it opened my eyes, along with my mouth for a few tasty first bites. Read more
May. 20, 2009 at 8:55pm
CityLine live at downtown farmers market
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Media, Tacoma
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TV Tacoma's Emmy Award-winning CityLine will beam live from the downtown Tacoma Broadway Farmers Market on Thursday, featuring an interview with market director Laura Edwards and roving reports among market vendors.
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May. 20, 2009 at 4:27pm
Cheffin' Off kicks off Tacoma Broadway Farmers Market
Go Local Tacoma sponsors live cooking competiton and demonstration
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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Tacoma's downtown Broadway farmers market opens Thursday, featuring a live-cooking competition that will be judged by a panel of local media, politics and arts celebrities. "Cheffin' Off" is sponsored by Go Local Tacoma, the coalition that promotes local businesses.
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May. 4, 2009 at 12:11pm
Star Chefs rocks the Pantages
Broadway Center fund raiser was a tasty night
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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Having tuxed up for a number of rubber-chicken and leather-steak fund-raising dinners, I'm happy to report that the organizers of Star Chefs 2009 delivered on their promise of a night of fabulous food for Broadway Center for the Performing Arts' fund-raiser Sunday night at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma. Read more
May. 4, 2009 at 11:43am
Farmer fears people, not pigs
Cheryl the Pig Lady protects her pigs from humans
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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As swine flu fears spread, Cheryl the Pig Lady's pork is flying out of her coolers.
"Pork chops, breakfast links -- sold out," Cheryl Ouellette, the Summit pig farmer, told me Saturday at the Proctor Farmers Market in Tacoma. "We're selling like crazy. Everything's fine."
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Apr. 30, 2009 at 11:50am
I'm dining out; you should, too
25 percent of your dining dollars today goes to local AIDS services
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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I worked as a breakfast ambassador at Marcia's Silver Spoon Cafe this morning, thanking customers for their support of Dining Out for Life, the annual one-day event in which restaurants nationwide donate 25 percent of your dining dollars to organizations that assist people living with HIV and AIDS. In the South Sound, that money goes directly to the Pierce County AIDS Foundation. Read more
Apr. 29, 2009 at 8:39am
Calling farm-friendly chefs
Tacoma Farmers Market seeks Chef Off contestants
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Tacoma's Broadway Farmers Market, GoLocal Tacoma and South Sound Eats are looking for a few farm-friendly chefs to compete in a live, local cooking contest using farm-fresh meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit. Chef Off happens May 21, when the downtown Thursday market opens its season.
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Apr. 28, 2009 at 10:40pm
Dining Out for Life with Ted Allen
TV foodie promotes restaurant fund raiser for AIDS organizations
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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Today I interviewed Ted Allen, the "Queer Eye" foodie who is the national spokesman for Dining Out for Life. He's also the host of two Food Network programs, the food-science-sluething "Kitchen Detectives" and "Chopped," which Allen described as "culinary game show" in which the winner walks away with $10,000. Read more
Apr. 28, 2009 at 2:25pm
Tacoma Reads Together goes to the movies
Food-themed films on the menu this week
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma Reads Together shifts into movie mode this week, with screenings of five food-themed films chosen to complement "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Barbara Kingsolver and her family's account of a year spent on a farm growing their own food and nurturing their own lives.
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Apr. 24, 2009 at 10:21am
Dining Out for Life on TV Tacoma
Watch CityLine and learn more about Dining Out for Life
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Media, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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If you missed my live appearance on TV Tacoma's CityLine yesterday promoting Dining Out for Life, you can still watch it online or on cable-TV re-runs.
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Apr. 24, 2009 at 9:22am
Chefs shoot for fund-raising stars
Broadway Center event is May 3, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra June 13
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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It's spring gowns and tuxes season for local arts organizations and the foodies who help support them. Coming May 3 is Tacoma's Broadway Center for the Performing Arts' "Star Chefs 2009," a benefit featuring the food of three top South Sound restaurants -- El Gaucho, Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge and Brix 25. Read more
Apr. 23, 2009 at 6:35am
Maxwell's shakes up menu and management
Maxwell's shakes up menu and management
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Changes and Sales, First Bite, Staff, Tacoma
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A small-plates menu isn't the only new thing at Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge. There's a smaller payroll, too: front-of-the-house man Rich Troiani left Maxwell's this week. No word yet on his replacement, but executive chef Matt Colony told me today that he's picking up some of Troiani's administrative duties. Read more
Apr. 23, 2009 at 6:19am
Dollar deals on deck for Rainiers tonight
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Bargain Bites, Tacoma
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The Tacoma Rainiers hold their first Tasty Thursdays & Dollar Deals night of the season tonight, featuring $1 hot dogs, soda, coffee and ice cream, plus $2 Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Lite Muckleshoot Casino Party Deck-Terrace Level. The 7 p.m. game is against Salt Lake City. Happy hour on the Terrace level starts at 5:30 p.m., featuring the Southern Rock sounds of SweetKiss Momma.
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Apr. 22, 2009 at 9:32am
Progressively for the planet, and 6th Ave.
Earth Day celebration at Crown Bar, progressive dinner on the avenue
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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Today is Earth Day, and along Tacoma's 6th Ave. restaurants and customers will take progressive steps. Some will do it with gut-deep beliefs in saving the planet that sustains us. Some will do it by walking on the pavement, from restaurant to restaurant to restaurant, sustaining a culinary community that feeds us. Read more
Apr. 21, 2009 at 7:45am
Get your goat on at Parkway barleywine fest
The most widely consumed meat in the world will accompany strong beers
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Food and Beer, Tacoma
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I just saw the full list of strong and complex ales that'll pour at Parkway Tavern's 4th annual barleywine festival on Saturday, and I'm already licking my chops over an animal that will be roasted whole over open fire that day. Read more
Apr. 20, 2009 at 6:06pm
Dine Out with me at Marcia's and Alfred's
I'll be a Dining Out for Life ambassador at two Tacoma cafe's on April 30
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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I'd like to thank two local Tacoma cafes for helping me raise additional funds for Dining Out for Life, the 15th annual event in which 25 percent of everything you eat that day at participating restaurants goes directly to local programs that help people with HIV and AIDS. Read more
Apr. 20, 2009 at 4:06pm
LeLe moving on Uptown
Thai-Vietnamese restaurant opening new location in upscale Gig Harbor shopping center
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Gig Harbor, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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Tacoma Thai-Vietnamese restaurant LeLe is moving on up from Hilltop to Gig Harbor with a second location in the upscale Uptown Gig Harbor shopping and dining plaza. The target opening date is May 20, owner LeLe Tran told me today. Read more
Apr. 17, 2009 at 5:22pm
Sea Grill crew land jobs
GM Mike Neumann now a Captain at El Gaucho
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Restaurant Closings, Staff, Tacoma
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Several former Sea Grill employees have landed jobs within Mackay Restaurant Group following the closure of the downtown Tacoma restaurant last month. Read more
Apr. 17, 2009 at 10:53am
Rainiers have new flavors on tap
Crab cakes burger, tiki cocktails among the new menu items at Cheney Stadium
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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A slew of new food items -- along with tiki cocktails and cheaper beer to wash them down -- are on tap at Cheney Stadium as the Tacoma Rainiers open the ballyard's 50th season tonight. Read more
Apr. 15, 2009 at 3:05pm
Sixth Ave. gets progressive
Four restaurants and dancing featured in progressive dinner series
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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Dinners, desserts, live music and dancing are on the menu of the 6th Avenue Merchants Association's upcoming progressive dinners, which will be held one night per month for the next three months. Read more
Apr. 14, 2009 at 3:10pm
Tacoma Reads Together events in bloom
Lots happening this week, throughout the month of April
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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The schedule of events for Tacoma Read Together is in full bloom. Here are events this week and throughout the month. Click here for South Sound Eats full schedule of events, continuing through June.
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Apr. 14, 2009 at 9:54am
Hell-n-high-water drama of 'Deadliest Catch' lands at Varsity Grill
Captains and crew of The Time Bandit highlight seafood-themed buffet
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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If you didn't get your fan-boy geek on fast enough and now find yourself shut out from the filled-up CatchCon in Seattle next week, you can still hang out with a captain and crew from "Deadliest Catch," the Discovery Channel program that takes viewers inside the hells, high waters and human dramas of commercial fishing. Read more
Apr. 7, 2009 at 10:21am
The farmers market is your oyster
Musing on my first-of-the-season farmers market trip
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Artisan Food, Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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When the high-energy farmer at QuilBay Seafood's booth told me his new oysters were stress free and didn't have to fight for their food, making their flesh more relaxed and supple, their flavors mellow and clean, I didn't care whether the health department forbids him from serving samples of shucked oysters to customers at farmers markets. Read more
Apr. 5, 2009 at 1:51pm
Coming soon signs
Smoked meats on the Tideflats, cupcakes and couture in Proctor.
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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In a time when many restaurants are praying to stay open, The Ark is praying to open. Soon. Read more
Apr. 2, 2009 at 1:47pm
Buy into local coffee-n-juice joint
Pre-paid drink cards to raise construction funds for Lecy-Davis/Satellite Coffee concept
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Farming and growing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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I stood on the chalk outline of Satellite Coffee Co.'s second satellite coffee bar Tuesday night. It was no downtown death scene. Rather, it was the birth of an interesting idea, a barn-raising way of raising money in depressing times. Read more
Apr. 1, 2009 at 11:16pm
Reading reminder: Ravenous book club
Monthly meeting at King's Books tonight
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Ravenous Readers Book Club meets tonight at King's Books. The topic is Mark Kurlansky's "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World."
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Apr. 1, 2009 at 5:20pm
Sayonara, Sea Grill; hello, whatever's next
Musing on the future of a star-crossed location
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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Sea Grill opened in the summer of 2005, on a crest of investment and hopes that a vibrant culinary scene was cooking in downtown Tacoma. I dined at Sea Grill the first night. I remember a lively room, filled with excited diners, fresh seafood and crisp service. Read more
Apr. 1, 2009 at 8:07am
Tell Ed where to eat winner: Europa
Look for an upcoming report
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Reviewing, Tacoma
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I asked. You answered. I'll be eating at and writing about Europa Bistro in the next month. Thanks to those who voted. Read more
Mar. 31, 2009 at 10:28am
Proctor, Gig Harbor farmers markets open Saturday
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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Tacoma and Gig Harbor's first-of-the-season farmers markets open Saturday. Read more
Mar. 26, 2009 at 3:44pm
1022 South opens Sunday in old Monsoon
Hilltop bar will do 'craft cocktails with a nod to the literary'
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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1022 South, the new bar in the old Monsoon Room, will open softly on Sunday, and officially on Monday, having passed its final inspections today. Read more
Mar. 26, 2009 at 3:10pm
Cascade Bagel shuts downtown shop
Owner cites 'tremendous loss of revenue' and lack of signage
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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While Sea Grill grabbed the going-of-business attention, downtown Tacoma's Cascade Bagel quietly closed for good on Wednesday, a victim of what owner Bob Bringer said was "tremendous loss of revenue" precipitated, in part, by the inability to place signage for his business on the state-owned building adjacent to the Washington State History Museum on Pacific Avenue. Read more
Mar. 26, 2009 at 2:55pm
Get ready for Sax on Sixth Avenue
Italian-American restaurant will feature live jazz and dancing
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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A unmistakable coming-soon sign went up on Sixth Avenue in Tacoma this week: the glowing red and gold sign of Sax Restaurant & Lounge, an Italian-American restaurant that will feature live jazz and dancing. Read more
Mar. 25, 2009 at 10:17am
Sea Grill closing Sunday
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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Sea Grill, the downtown Tacoma restaurant owned by Seattle-based Mackay Restaurant Group, will close its doors after dinner service on Sunday. Sea Grill chef Matt Brandsey today confirmed what I've heard in the wind this week.
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Mar. 23, 2009 at 12:13pm
Two-fisted public radio fund-raising at Doyle's
It's Guinness vs. Beamish, KUOW vs. KPLU at Tacoma pub
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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Doyle's Public House is keeping your public radio drinking dollars closer to Tacoma this year, with a twist on its annual Raise a Pint for Public Radio promotion. Read more
Mar. 23, 2009 at 11:36am
Meet me at Marcia's for Dining Out for Life
South Tacoma Way cafe sponsors ambassador fund-raising
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Media, Tacoma
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I will work as a Dining Out for Life ambassador at Marcia's Silver Spoon Cafe on April 30, part of South Sound Eats' pledge to the Pierce County AIDS Foundation's Dining Out for Life, a fund-raising event through which 25 percent of customers' dining dollars for one evening each year are donated to organizations that care for people living with HIV and AIDS in the South Sound. Read more
Mar. 19, 2009 at 4:16pm
Save the date: Dining Out for Life, April 30
South Sound Eats co-sponsors AIDS fund-raiser
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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South Sound Eats is proud to co-sponsor the Pierce County AIDS Foundation's Dining Out for Life, a fund-raising event through which 25 percent of customers' dining dollars for one evening each year are donated to organizations that care for people living with HIV and AIDS in the South Sound. Read more
Mar. 17, 2009 at 11:25am
PLU preps for Culinary Week
Mediterranean flavors -- and a Top Chef battle -- highlight this year's event
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Cool Things, Tacoma
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Keep your girls gone wild and beer-soaked beaches. This here is my kind of spring break: Pacific Lutheran University's Culinary Week, filled with Mediterranean cooking demos and food tastings, highlighted by a big lunch and and a Top Chef-style college cook-off. Read more
Mar. 16, 2009 at 9:54pm
New chef at Pacific Grill
El Gaucho-Asado vet replaces Valimont
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Ian Thompson, who's cheffed at El Gaucho and Asado in Tacoma, is the new executive chef at Pacific Grill, replacing Aaron Valimont, who's moved on to Oceanaire in Seattle. Read more
Mar. 16, 2009 at 9:33pm
Fee-fi-fo-fum: Capers Downtown is now The Seven-Oh-One
Rechristened restaurant adds dinner service
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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Ten feet below the front door of The Seven-Oh-One, in the subterranean womb of that Pacific Avenue address, the cobwebby chill of yesteryear vise-gripped me. I closed my eyes and imagined last-century Tacoma -- nefarious tunnels and Turkish baths,bomb shelters and Shanghai bars, all connected long ago beneath now-humble streets. Read more
Mar. 12, 2009 at 12:57pm
Tale of three burgers: Flip-N-Out, In-N-Out, Sonic
A first bite of a new Tacoma burger, plus a sip of Sonic's drinks
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, First Bite, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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The first thing I did when I landed in Sacramento last week was revisit one of my favorite hamburger haunts: In-N-Out, the California-based drive-in chain that's yet to migrate to the Northwest. The timing was deliciously ironic as I chowed down on a Double-Double on the same day that a burger joint with a doppleganging name and logo opened in Tacoma.
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Mar. 10, 2009 at 11:04am
Grant aids food stamp purchases at Tacoma farmers markets
Three local markets receive mini-grants in wireless pilot program
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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Food stamp recipients will have easier access to farm-fresh produce at Tacoma farmers markets this spring thanks to a two-year wireless technology pilot program that will equip markets to accept and process Electronic Benefits Transfers, as well as credit and debit cards. Read more
Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:27pm
Food-focus book club digs into 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle'
Ravenous Readers Book Club starts monthly discussion series
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Media, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma's new food-inspired book club holds its first of monthy book discussion Thursday night at Kings Books. Ravenous Readers Book Club, spearheaded by Kings Books and Exit133.com's Whitney Rhodes, will explore sustainable issues near and dear to South Sound Eats' stomach: growing food locally, the impact of commercial agriculture, and growing communities.
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Feb. 24, 2009 at 9:51am
Squealing for slaughter trucks
Cheryl the Pig Lady pushes for mobile units to beef up the market for local farmers' products
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Tacoma
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While automakers and farmers stand at opposite ends of America's fruited plain, Cheryl Ouelette is closing a deal on a meaty big wheeler: a USDA-approved mobile slaughtering truck-and-trailer rig that she and other farmers believe will breathe life into the sales and distribution of local meat in our local market, feeding not only Puget Sound chefs and restaurants, but retail consumers and food banks. Read more
Feb. 23, 2009 at 10:25am
Farmers marketing blooms
Tacoma market chooses art contest winner
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Artisan Food, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Nothing hails spring on the horizon like a farmers-market-fresh poster in my in-box. Tacoma Farmers' Market announced the winner of its 2009 art contest: Noah Struthers’s pencil drawing. The press release follows, and I'm off to transcribe my interview with Cheryl the Pig Lady about her work on a mobile slaughter vehicle that'll bring more local meat to market -- farmers markets and local restaurants included.
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Feb. 19, 2009 at 2:57pm
Herban, Stephanie's, Steffie's and more restaurants for sale
The list is long -- are there any buyers?
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Changes and Sales, Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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If I overlooked it earlier (since it's been on the market since December, I've learned), I blame it on all the candy-and-stars window paintings that clutter the windows of Herban Cafe, the Sixth Avenue restaurant that is for sale, according two signs I spotted in the windows today: a small one from owners Steve and Gretchen Nogler confirming the sale and a big one from a real estate company advertising the sale. Read more
Feb. 19, 2009 at 12:33pm
Satellite is now at Masa, Black Water is on the move
Tacoma's Stumptown purveyor branches out; Black Water has a new lease on another coffeehouse
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Changes and Sales, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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Satellite Coffee Co.'s first satellite location is now open, inside Masa on Sixth Avenue. Meanwhile, Black Water Cafe owner Rachel Morsehead says she will close her downtown Tacoma coffeehouse on Feb. 27 and move into her new location in March. Read more
Feb. 18, 2009 at 3:15pm
Masa does it all day
New all-day menu, new coffee house open new possibilities at Sixth Ave. eatery
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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Masa be on to something with its new menu and its new accents -- burgers, mac and cheese and, soon coffee, along with some carne asada -- all of which enhance the Sixth Avenue eatery's edginess and accessibility.
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Feb. 13, 2009 at 1:48pm
Stephanie's shutters
Embattled downtown jazz and gospel restaurant closes
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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Stephanie's Gospel and Jazz, downtown Tacoma's embattled soul-food-and-more restaurant, has closed.
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Feb. 11, 2009 at 4:23pm
Feeling love of $5 grub
5 restaurants, 5 food orders, $5 or less
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Bargain Bites, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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Five bucks is the new bargain benchmark for South Sound restaurants. It's not just about Lincoln's birthday. Here are five restaurants where I've eaten specials for $5, or less, over the past five weeks. Read more
Feb. 11, 2009 at 8:59am
Wine and beer at Proctor Farmers Market?
Liquor license application plants the seed
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Artisan Food, Farmers Markets, Food and Beer, Food and Wine, Tacoma
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I spotted Proctor Farmers Market's liquor license application. Curious, I asked market manager Jessica Troy what that's about.
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Feb. 10, 2009 at 8:14pm
Satellite at Masa brews on Sixth Avenue
Cult coffeehose hooks up with American-Mexican nightstraunt
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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Satellite Coffee Co. will open a satellite location inside Masa, the Sixth Avenue restaurant and nightspot. Read more
Feb. 7, 2009 at 11:27am
Deep-fried deliciousness adds up at 2121 Tavern
Hankering for fried chicken leads to East Tacoma watering hole
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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Even better than burritos or pizza, fried chicken is the perfect kind of food: You can eat it hot or you can eat it cold. You can eat it out of your hands, or you can be fancy about it and use a knife and fork. And if you don't mind a greasy steering wheel, you can eat fried chicken while driving, like I often do after I pop into supermarkets for mid-day fried chicken snacks. (Stadium Thriftway: savory, juicy and good. Fred Meyer on 19th and Tyler: Blech! Change the grease, guys!) Read more
Feb. 5, 2009 at 12:30pm
Sea Grill's $50 wine dinners float my boat
A good value and a fun night of wine education -- without the formal wine-dinner folderol
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Food and Wine, Tacoma
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I like dinner. I like wine. But I'm not a fan of most wine dinners, especially the kind that serve a half dozen courses along with a half dozen wines, cost me half of my limbs and last what seems like a half-life, by which time I'm half in the bag and half bored out of my soul. Read more
Feb. 3, 2009 at 3:09pm
Southern Kitchen on Food Network June 1
Tacoma icon featured on 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Media, Tacoma
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Tacoma icon Southern Kitchen Restaurant is scheduled to be featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" program June 1. Read more
Feb. 2, 2009 at 10:02pm
Meet South Sound Eats
We'll be at an open house at SiteCrafting, our Web developer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Want to meet the South Sound Eats team? How about the crackerjacks behind the development of our Web site? And the crew from Primo Grill, too? Read more
Jan. 25, 2009 at 7:22pm
Southern Kitchen rises to Food Network spotlight
'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' program will run this summer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Media, Tacoma
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Southern Kitchen was packed and polished this weekend as a production crew for the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" program spent two days and 20 hours taping inside the down-home Tacoma restaurant. Read more
Jan. 24, 2009 at 6:53pm
Pints of remembrance for Parkway bartender
Tacoma tavern will celebrate Mathew 'Matty' Broaddus on Wednesday
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Cool Things, Staff, Tacoma
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Tears have flowed. Now it's time for beer to pour, with maybe a few more tears to chase down the hops and malt. On Wednesday, Tacoma's Parkway Tavern will celebrate Mathew "Matty" Broaddus, a bartender and Parkway family member who died of a heart attack Dec. 23 at age 46. Read more
Jan. 24, 2009 at 6:13pm
New Frontier owner opening new bar in old Monsoon Room
1022 South J will serve craft cocktails in a study-like atmosphere
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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The owner of newly-opened The New Frontier Lounge near the Tacoma Dome plans to open a new bar in the Hilltop space that was abandoned last fall by The Monsoon Room. Read more
Jan. 17, 2009 at 12:41pm
Food Network diving into Southern Kitchen
Tacoma icon will star in 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' segment
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Media, Tacoma
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Iconic Tacoma diner Southern Kitchen will be featured in an upcoming episode of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" program. Taping will take place next Saturday and Sunday at the thirtysomething-year-old Sixth Avenue restaurant. Read more
Jan. 16, 2009 at 1:53pm
Cooking up ideas for Tacoma Reads Together
Kingsolver's 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' highlights this year's program
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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I spent two hours this morning at Tacoma Public Libray's downtown Main Library in a meeting room with about 30 local food activists, educators, farmers and policy people talking about a book -- Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" -- and how our community can create programs and events that bring people together around the food we eat, share and, hopefully, grow. Read more
Jan. 11, 2009 at 4:07pm
Barista competiton is a brewing boon for Tacoma
Grit City snags event over Seattle and Portland
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma
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A Portlander won the Northwest Regional Barista Competition in Tacoma this weekend. Tacoma itself fared well, too, having snagged the event from larger coffeecentric cities to the north and south. Read more
Jan. 1, 2009 at 9:32am
All-American grub flies on 'South Korean Way'
Tacoma Eagles Aerie #3 dishes up bargain diner fare
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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When you think of South Tacoma Way, South Korean restaurants, bakeries and other businesses come to mind. But the venerable thoroughfare is home to many cultures -- good ol' American among them. Nowhere is that more abundant than at Tacoma Eagles Aerie #3, the outpost of the fraternal organization whose logo, emblazoned with an American eagle, touts the motto Liberty, Truth, Justice, Equality.
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Dec. 25, 2008 at 3:20pm
Heaping helpings of Christmas
The Harmon feeds and clothes more than 300 people; El Gaucho bartender delivers toys to children's hospital
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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The Harmon fed and clothed more than 300 people today, as the downtown Tacoma restaurant and brewery opened its doors to those with hunger and need on Christmas Day. Read more
Dec. 18, 2008 at 7:46pm
Holiday helpings at The Harmon
Downtown Tacoma brewpub will feed the needy on Christmas day
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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Most restaurants close their doors on Christmas Day, in order to give their staff a chance to spend time with their families. The Harmon Brewery and Restaurant, on the other hand, is opening its doors and opening its heart, asking its staff to volunteer their time to feed people in need. Read more
Dec. 18, 2008 at 9:15am
The way we ate: Vintage menus from the South Sound
A collection of menus dating to the 1930s reveals what we ate -- and what we still eat
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Tacoma
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I've been drooling over thoroughly modern menus at South Sound restaurants: Mangalitsa pork ravioli at Brix 25. House-cured beef bresaola with quince preserves at Il Fiasco. House-made pork rilletes and pan-Asian steak tartare at Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge. Farro and anything with rabbit at Merende. Then I came across a stash of vintage menus from South Sound restaurants. We've come a long way, baby.
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Dec. 15, 2008 at 9:02pm
'Twas a cold and boozy day
20-something temperatures called for hot-buttered rum cocktails
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Tacoma
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This afternoon's temperature was barely above the legal drinking age. So what better time to give myself an assignment: find a good hot-buttered rum. Read more
Dec. 14, 2008 at 12:12pm
Eat well, do good
It's more than just a motto -- it's putting our culinary convictions into action
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Tacoma
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This is more than just a headline or a marketing slogan to me. Eat Well, Do Good is what I live for. Read more
Dec. 10, 2008 at 8:05pm
Bishop's back in town: Merende set to open
After a 10-month gestation, small-plates restaurant will debut tomorrow
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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Ten months after I first reported its plans, il Trattoria di Merende will finally open -- at 11 a.m. Thursday for lunch, with dinner to follow at 4 p.m. Read more
Dec. 10, 2008 at 7:19pm
Ho, ho Rudolph on a fork
Doyle's venison shepherd's pie puts a holiday twinkle in my eye
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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I wasn't in much of a holiday mood -- until I forked into the Rudolph Pie at Doyle's Public House. Yep, it's what you think: shepherd's pie, made with venison. It's this month's special at Doyle's. Read more
Dec. 9, 2008 at 3:22pm
Attention, Nordstrom diners
Cafe Bistro is a comfortable, bustling place for a casual culinary outing. Shopping optional.
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, First Bite, Tacoma
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I've spent voraciously at Nordstrom lately. Robert Graham shirts: Delicious. Bruno Magli boots: Like buttah. Hanae Mori eau de parfum: Dang, I smell better than bacon! So I figured it was time to drop into Nordy's new Tacoma Mall Cafe Bistro and drop money on food. Read more
Dec. 8, 2008 at 9:16pm
Cooking good in my neighborhood
Browns Point Diner: Good food, good atmosphere, and a view of Commencement Bay
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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My posts last week about new owners moving into The Cliff House and the upcoming smokehouse reincarnation of The Olde Shipwreck remind me that something else is cooking in eatery-starved Northeast Tacoma. Read more
Dec. 6, 2008 at 11:00am
Toasting Meyer lemon cocktails
Two Tacoma bartenders create refreshing elixirs from my prized California citrus
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Belly Up with Ed, Staff, Tacoma
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Life handed me a load of Meyer lemons this week. The first thing I did was stock up on eggs, butter and sugar for the Meyer lemon curd tart I'm making and taking to a party tomorrow night. The next thing I did was celebrate; I invited two Tacoma bartenders to help. Read more
Dec. 5, 2008 at 9:46am
Bartender's heart driven by sick kids
El Gaucho mixmistress stages her annual Christmas toy drive
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Staff, Tacoma
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Bartenders and servers work for tips. This time of year, El Gaucho mixmistress Silvia Tapia works for sick kids as well. For the past eight years, Tapia has plied her cocktail talents and encouraged her customers to donate toys that she delivers to hospitalized children on Christmas Day. Read more
Dec. 4, 2008 at 6:36pm
New owners at The Cliff House
They take over Browns Point landmark in January
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Changes and Sales, Tacoma
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The Cliff House, the Browns Point restaurant with views of Commencement Bay, Mount Rainier, the Port of Tacoma and the downtown Tacoma skyline -- along with a reputation, in my view, as a restaurant that's stayed mired in another era (think spinster-aunt decor and cherries jubilee) for way too long -- will soon get its fifth owner in its 75-year history. Read more
Dec. 2, 2008 at 5:39pm
Smoking on the Tideflats
Caveman Kitchens' family member opening a smokehouse in Olde Shipwreck location
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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From the carcass of The Olde Shipwreck, the venerable Tacoma Tideflats roadhouse that closed in 2007 after decades of rock 'n' roll degeneracy, soon will rise The Ark, a family-friendly smokehouse restaurant operated by a member of the family that's owned Caveman Kitchens in Kent since 1971. Read more
Nov. 30, 2008 at 6:50pm
No place like Kansas for Peter Weikel Jr.
For young chef, life after Stadium Bistro failure
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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The former boy-wonder chef of Stadium Bistro in Tacoma is now the executive sous chef at the Overland Park Convention Center in Kansas. Read more
Nov. 26, 2008 at 10:05am
I'm back: How South Sound Eats got cooking
A lonely critic, a bunch of friends, our dream Web site
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eating with Ed, Reviewing, Tacoma
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Welcome to South Sound Eats -- an online food community where we explore and share the best food and beverages in the South Sound. As our tagline says, South Sound Eats is about Food, Wine, Beer and Sense of Place. Community is the key ingredient to South Sound Eats. Read more
Nov. 25, 2008 at 6:44am
Tacoma's Iron Chef is ...
Jaron Witsoe gets down with Gummi Bears to win the local title
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Two local chefs. Fourteen mystery ingredients. One hour to cook. That was the recipe for Monday night's Iron Chef competition at Urban Gourmet in Tacoma. Read more
