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BITE THIS >> The Hotel Murano describes the breakfast it serves at its Bite restaurant as "traditional fare with an elegant twist." In practice, its breakfast - as well as lunch and dinner - finds a happy medium between the two aspirations - its food and décor are interesting and pleasing
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TASTY ORANGE JUICE >>> Stadium District diner Hob Nob serves awesome orange juice. It's fresh squeeze through a contraption they call the Clockwork Orange. Kids love it. Not overly loaded with pulp, it's tastes like an orange. And it's not cold and loaded with ice. When I see ice cubes in orange
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LET'S DO THIS >>> The annual nationwide fund-raiser Dining Out for Life is set for Thursday, April 28. Participating restaurants donate a portion of their proceeds to area AIDS service organizations. Among the restaurants in the South Sound: Adriatic Grill, Asado, Cascadia Grill, C.I. Shenanigans, Daby's Cafe, The Harmon, Il Lucano, Indochine, Marzano,
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BEER AND WINE ARE BACK >>> Vinum Coffee & Wine Lounge in downtown Tacoma added beer and wine to café this month. New owners Natural Allah and Jennifer Zaskorski have also added a happy hour. You can grab a $3 beer or $5 wine pour from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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AS THE MENU TURNS >>> It's been a rough couple of years for the food business. The economy's still in the tank, and yet more and more restaurants are opening, creating more and more seats for diners willing to spend less and less. At heart we're optimists, and we still believe
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GIG HARBOR RESTAURANT SHIFTS FOCUS TO "FRESH AND LOCAL" >>> How's that Byrds' song go? "To everything there is a season ..." Ah, yes, it's common knowledge that this famous tune refers to things having their own place in time and that things do, in fact, change. General Manager Brendan Paul at Green.House
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PACIFIC GRILL WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY LONGER >>> Why be happy for only an hour? South Sound bars invent so many creative, off-hours happy hours that you could eat and drink (on a shoestring) all day long. With options from Jell-O shots to breakfast specials and bloody marys on weekends,
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EMPTY STOREFRONT >>> It's a damn shame when yet another great local restaurant closes down. Taqueria Burrito Loco is no longer open for business at their Tacoma location in a strip mall hidden behind a gas station on the corner of 56th and Orchard. In my opinion, the restaurant's food didn't
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OH SWEET SUGAR TROPHY >>> I felt as if I damn well earned the giant peanut butter cookie. After traveling south on North Union Avenue, throwing my back out on every pothole, giant dip, bump and crack, then struggling to find parking once I hit Sixth Avenue, I grabbed one of the
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WHEN OLD IS NEW >>> Finally, a use for all my old CD spindles (thanks Core77). Who makes your favorite morning bagel in the South Sound? The Weekly Volcano found awesome bagels at Bagel Boyz in Puyallup.
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DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>> Sheep Milk Cheese: The Black Sheep Creamery out of Chehalis will drop by the Westside Olympia Food Co-Op today from noon to 3 p.m. with fresh cheeses and sheep milk yogurt. Best Restaurant: Have you tried the Tofu Hut? Thurston County voted it the best restaurant.
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GUESS WHERE I'M EATING? >>> If you're like me (and there's no reason you shouldn't be), when shopping in the Tacoma Mall area, you yearn for food prepared at a locally owned restaurant where the proprietors have some role in creating what they're hawking. And at an Italian joint, you should
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NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY >>> Pancake lovers know it's always a good time for a short stack. Get set for the gooey goodness, because on National Pancake Day, Tuesday, March 1, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals teams with IHop to bring you a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes! In return, diners are
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BEST OF OLYMPIA >>> When you are very, very tired, when you have worked so long at your computer(s, because of course you bring your work home with you) that your wrists ache and your neck makes a crunching noise and your eyes are red and puffy and then you finally
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HEAT AND EAT >>> Firemen are hot. Running through blazing infernos, saving babies while sweat drips off their rippling muscles. Nothing wrong with conjuring up that image at least a couple times a day. Engine House No. 9 can't guarantee you babe-tastic firemen, but they do offer a good night of
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LOCAL LOVE >>> Yes, another Valentine's Day is upon us, which means giving and/or eating chocolate. Chocolate contains phenethylamine, which is the same chemical that's released in the brain when we have such positive experiences as falling in love, winning at Bingo or deliberately coming to a screeching stop in front
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CH-CH-CH-CHANGES >>> Alfredo Russo is one of Tacoma's most admired and respected chefs and restaurateurs. His Europa Bistro, nestled in the Proctor District, is a five-senses restaurant offering excellent northern Italian cuisine with a European fusion. The kitchen aromas, the hearty meals, and the distinct colors all meld to create an
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DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>> As I post this, I'm gazing out onto Fourth Avenue in downtown Olympia through the windows of Sizizis Coffee and Tea House, snug on a rickety chair sipping "Baby's Breath" herbal tisane – mullein, spearmint leaf, Echinacea leaf, slippery elm, ginger, anise seed, orange peel
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CHECKING IN >>> How was your Christmas? (This is the part where you say, "How was your Christmas, Spew?") Awesome, thanks. So, we're staring 2011 right in the face. Some of us are telling ourselves that we'll eat less next year. Some of us are anticipating a new year's culinary delicacies. Some of
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NOSH LEAGUE REPORT >>> The Weekly Volcano is a big fan of Mexican culture. It's brought us Taco Time (a legal form of crack), sombreros for any occasion, MTV Spring Break in Cancún and uncounted Girls Gone Wild videos. But some imports from south of the border don't sit well with
