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Best Overall Restaurant: Pacific Grill Best Mexican Restaurant: Vuelve A La Vida Best Thai Restaurant: Silk Thai Cafe Best New Restaurant: STINK Cheese + Meat Best Bowl of Noodles: Vien Dong Restaurant Best Sushi: TWOKOI Japanese Restaurant Best Italian Restaurant: Pomodoro Italian Restaurant & Bar Best Indian Restaurant: Gateway to India Best Pizza: Puget Sound Pizza Best Soup: Infinite
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For this food lover, delivering the news to the winner of Best Restaurant was akin to opening a sealed envelope and announcing an Oscar winner. "Pacific Grill was voted Best Restaurant in the Weekly Volcano's 2011 Best of Tacoma Readers' Poll!" I excitedly blurt out while chatting with Pacific Grill's
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>>> BEST NEWS FOR TACOMA'S HEALTH & HAPPINESS The Tacoma Food Co-op Finds a Home What do places like Tacoma, Olympia, Portland, Seattle, Bellingham and even Port Townsend have in common? Well, soon they'll all have a food co-op ... a food co-op with an actual physical location! I don't
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Best Gym/Health Club: YMCA Best Farmers Market: Proctor Farmers Market Best Local Clothes Designer/Store: Anette B. Best Butcher: Dave's Meat & Produce Best Cupcake: hello, cupcake Best Grocery Store: Metropolitan Market Best Furniture Store: Posh Home Best Eco-Friendly Store: Marlene's Natural Foods Market & Deli Best Vintage Clothing Store: Vanity Best Place to Buy Shoes: Nordstrom Best Tattoo Shop: House
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Almost anywhere can sell bikes. Lots of places do. Old Town Bicycle, started in a Tacoma garage almost two decades ago by friends and cyclists Dylan Stanley and Dmitri Keating, sells more than just bikes. Old Town Bicycle sells cycling, smiles, Tacoma and an underlying philosophy that a small, passionate, dedicated staff
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>>> BEST NEW POLITICAL POWER Laurie Jinkins Laurie Jinkins took the 2010 election cycle by storm. Leading an enthusiastic army of volunteers and raising more than $200,000, Jinkins beat out early favorite and popular Tacoma City Council member Jake Fey for the opportunity to represent the 27th Legislative District in the Washington
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Best Good Politician: Marilyn Strickland Best Bad Politician: Dale Washam Best City of Tacoma Project: Downtown renovations Best Local Hero: Vicci Martinez Best Local Villain: Dale Washam Best Bus Stop: Tacoma Dome Station Best Friendly Face: Jaime Kay Jones Best Hidden Gem: Secondhand Hound Pet Store Biggest Nuisance for Downtown: Parking Best Local Non-Profit/Charity: YMCA Best Place to People Watch:
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Vicci Martinez is no ordinary hero. She doesn't wear spandex. She doesn't have a cool nickname. She doesn't bend steel or shoot lasers out of her eyes (that I know of). She's not a hero because she got to be on network television. She's not a hero because she came
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I first met John Munn at auditions for his production of Sleuth at Tacoma Little Theatre. I didn't get the part, but he was the first director forthcoming enough to tell me why. I remembered him fondly and looked forward to an opportunity to work with him somewhere down the
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It's safe to say that when most people head to Oregon for a weekend getaway, they've got Portland on their minds. But there's another destination nearby, nestled deep in the Columbia River Gorge, where vacationers looking to get out of the city can lose themselves in Oregon's stunning landscapes and
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I really dislike labeling bands. Alternative metal is where the Apex Theory has been slotted, but let’s get real, it’s a rock and roll band and nothing more. Sure, it incorporates complex guitar riffs and rapid fire drum beats among a wash of volume, but the group’s music is not
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