Kristine Sherred

Drive-thru baristas say they’ve been making the cold drink the same way for years. After some viral videos, people have opinions on the name.

While sitting at a new South Tacoma coffee shop last month, I overheard the staff chatting about the "Washington Americano."

The owners of Bruno's European Restaurant , once featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” will hang up their cooking hats one final time this weekend, as the Lakewood destination will close after service Oct. 17.

The owners of Bruno's European Restaurant , once featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” will hang up their cooking hats one final time this weekend, as the Lakewood destination will close after service Oct. 17.

La Sazon de mi Suegra has closed on Tacoma's Eastside after just a few months at 6324 E. McKinley Ave.

Sumner will soon have a shop dedicated to cheesecake in a rainbow of flavors, from blueberry-French toast and strawberry shortcake to churro, key lime and “mocha moose.”

For a few hours a day, several days a week for 15 years, Rebecca and Charles Marbas have shuffled into a low-slung building on a mostly industrial Tacoma roadway to prepare one simple but time-consuming food.

Tacoma’s “fusion lumpia” shop has rolled millions of the classic Filipino snack since 2011. It’s only open for three hours, two days a week.

The smokers that power Sumner's 31-year-old barbecue restaurant were relocated last month, and they have already been fired up with the usual stock of cherry wood.

With an enviable URL in hand, Tacoma Bread quietly opened the doors in downtown Tacoma Oct. 15 with a short-and-sweet menu consisting of a Parisian-inspired baguette, a levain boule, a pain de mie and a trio of treats.