Recently I shared the noon hour with Joolie Heaps, owner of Box Top Vintage in downtown Tacoma. Heaps swears by the sandwiches at Dorky's Arcade. Always game to try new eats, I ordered the highly recommended Calvin Club, a triple-decker stuffed with ham and turkey slices, bacon, tomato and spinach with a smear of herbed ranch and cheese on Como artisan bread. The sandwich arrives with chips, and I can attest that it's a simple lunch that satisfies.

Some of Heaps's fellow downtown Tacoma business owners have shared that they can feel trapped at their shops, unable to get out and get a decent lunch. Dorky's has a solution - they offer delivery Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. One might not think of a retro gaming arcade as a place for victuals, but au contraire. Hoagies, Italian meat sub, Rueben, roast beef, tuna and vegetarian sandwiches, salads, appetizers and 12-inch pizzas on Grand Central Bakery flatbread crust await. And that goodness is only complemented by fun snacks and desserts like Ants on a Log (celery, peanut butter, raisins), Pac-Man power pellets (bacon and spinach wrapped around water chestnuts), PB&J, Jeff's Ice Cream and the Elvis, a Nutella, banana, bacon and peanut butter grilled sandwich.  - Jennifer Johnson

[Dorky's Arcade, 754 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.627.4156]