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As News Tribune Lifestyle Editor Sue Kidd reported, the Original Pancake House will open in Primo Grill's old home on Sixth Avenue. According to Kidd, the "Sixth Avenue restaurant will be operated by franchise owners Ryan Medford and Blake Williams who opened the South Hill Original Pancake House in June
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(Cue Tangerine Dream soundtrack) The dream is always the same. It's July. Instead of going home, I go to the brewpub. I ring, but nobody answers. The door is open, so I go inside. I'm looking around for the people, but nobody seems to be there. And then I hear the
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Every week we swap out the Served banner art above, introducing you to the people who serve food and drinks in the South Sound. This week, meet Jackie Casella. Server Banner Girl, Sept. 1-7, 2014 Jackie Casella Jackie Casella has served the South Sound for 12 years. Her
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Following on the successful heels of the Weekly Volcano's Tournament of Burgers, our editorial staff will present a new NCAA Basketball tournament-like contest next spring. Once again we'll host a number of daily games that pit one restaurant against another, leaving it to the readers to decide
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As someone who has spent a great deal of time in the company of chefs, the majority are certainly no strangers to beer. Sometimes consumed before (or even during) a dinner service, and most definitely after, it's a part of daily life in the South Sound restaurant industry. Many incorporate craft
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You're either at Bumbershoot or the ParkWay Tavern's IPA Fest Saturday, Aug. 30. Both events will be packed with people. I believe the Seattle music and art festival slightly edges out the Tacoma Stadium District tavern's gathering in terms of attendance numbers. Also, Bumbershoot has more Slovakian Gypsy acrobats. The ParkWay's
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It seems sort of sinful to complain about the glorious sunshine of late, but that's exactly what I'm doing this week. Enough already. I'm ready for some autumn brews. Seasonal beers are nothing new for South Sound breweries. Summer is better with a farmhouse ale. Fall isn't fall without a pint
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Every week we swap out the Served banner art above, introducing you to the people who serve food and drinks in the South Sound. This week, meet Devon Fankhauser. Server Banner Boy, Aug. 25-31, 2014 Devon Fankhauser Devon Fankhauser has been pouring wine and delivering gourmet mac and cheese and
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The line between ethnic cuisines is blurring faster than an eye chart after a bottle of tequila. America may be the melting pot of the world, but that doesn't mean it's necessary to throw anything that's handy into the double boiler, does it? What Mexicans have been calling burritos since the
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Like many people, I was introduced to the Chenin Blanc grape via Vouvray, the crisp, well-balanced wine of France's Loire Valley. Due to its easy drinkability and medium dryness, I think Chenin Blanc gets a somewhat undeserved rap as a "training-wheels" wine. That is, not really for serious wine drinkers. Hogwash. It's
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If you've never tasted a sour beer, your first reaction might be: "That's not beer?" You take another sip. "This is like drinking a rind of a grapefruit." Tart, light in alcohol, sharp, funky and pungent with odd hues: Sours are more than an acquired taste. Some call it the Limburger cheese
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I always get uneasy when musicians attempt to cross over to stage and screen. John Bon Jovi on Ally McBeal? No amount of chest waxing could make him tolerable. Britney Spears in Crossroads? No longer a girl, not yet an actress. Madonna in ... anything. Run for the aisles! Graham Nash
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Keith Carpenter, the Mac & Jack's Brewing Company's representative for south and west of King County, will drop by The Swiss Restaurant & Pub to chat up the Redmond brewery's history and pair beers with big bites. Here is Carpenter's history speech in a nutshell: 1991: Mac Rankin started home brewing
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Entertainment has always been a keystone of Tumwater's identity. Even in the mid-1800s, when it was little more than a dusty pioneer town, Tumwater was a lively place, with no shortage of games. Michael T. Simmons, who along with other pioneers who founded what would become Tumwater, invented beer pong. After
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Someone got their ribs in my mac and cheese! And that someone has a beak. In the South, mac and cheese often accompanies barbecue ribs. It's as common and someone sticking their chocolate in peanut butter, or something. Red Robin, the local franchise that built its reputation on gourmet burgers, offers
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Every week we swap out the Served banner art above, introducing you to the people who serve food and drinks in the South Sound. This week, meet Kelly Driscoll. Server Banner Girl, Aug. 11-17, 2014 Kelly Driscoll Kelly Driscoll has had the same vocation since she turned 21: bartending. Night after night
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Summary A beer festival is held on Broadway in downtown Tacoma Saturday, Aug. 9. For full details, click here. Characters Emcee Director Aaron Stevens Brewers Ciderists Mobile Food Trucks Employees Stephanie Anne Johnson The West Coast Women's Blues Revue The Mark Riley Trio Junkyard Jane Beer Drinkers Setting Washington state breweries in booths line Broadway between Ninth and 11th in downtown Tacoma.
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Artisan ice cream, craft beer, food trucks, artistic cocktails: South Sound dining is either emerging from or headed into a culinary construction zone. But many South Sound restaurants refuse to reject the notion of comfort food. And sitting at the very top of the comfort food pyramid is mac and
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It was the yawn of all yawns. Long. Followed by a lean against his new, long beautiful bar. After 20 seconds of rest, Chef Charlie McManus went back to work. No time to rest. The tiring remodel is complete. It was a big night - the opening night of the
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Once upon a time two scruffs - John Xitco and Jeff Paradise of Tacoma's X Group restaurants - had a few beers with two beards - Justin and Robbie Peterson of The Eleven Eleven on Hilltop Tacoma. The result was the new and improved Valley Pub, which re-opened at 3
