Send comments, gossip or complaints to: tntdiner@thenewstribune.com.
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/tntdiner
Got something to say? Here's the place to comment on and discuss what's on your plate and on your mind. Don't wait for us to post something to respond to.
Want to find the best deals around town? Here's the place to find out how to best spend your dining dollars.
Sue Kidd is the Lifestyle Editor at The News Tribune and the ringleader for the Food and Home&Garden sections. She has worked as a food journalist at Northwest newspapers since 1993, most recently as a food writer, editor and restaurant reviewer in King County before joining The News Tribune in 2004. Her food obsessions at the moment are honey, cheese and oysters.
Craig Sailor is the Arts&Entertainment editor at The News Tribune. He grew up on a garlic farm near Gilroy, Calif. and now farms oysters in his spare time at Willapa Bay. He’s traveled the world from Kyoto/Kuala Lumpur/Hong Kong to Zanzibar in search of great food.
- All
- All-Purpose Stuff (169)
- Bacon! (3)
- Beverages (134)
- Breakfast (7)
- Changes and sales (77)
- Chefs (27)
- Cool Things (80)
- Customers and kids (18)
- Dining trends (44)
- Downtown Tacoma restaurants (54)
- Drop-In Dining reports (53)
- Ewww! (24)
- Extra! Extra! (24)
- Farmers Market Fresh (6)
- Farming and growing (49)
- First Bite (44)
- From the Gut (27)
- Happy Hours (4)
- Help Wanted (43)
- Homework (14)
- I love cheese (4)
- Industry stuff (61)
- Live Blogging (50)
- Media (12)
- Multimedia Specials (6)
- Parking (6)
- Pubs (34)
- Reading Room (30)
- Restaurant closings (45)
- Restaurant openings (157)
- Reviewing (50)
- Second Bite (1)
- Send It Back (corrections) (4)
- Service (34)
- Simmering Question (28)
- Steals, Deals and Discounts (9)
- Store grazing (2)
- Swag Heap (3)
- Ten in One restaurant series (3)
- The Surveys Say ... (4)
- The You Plate Special (16)
- Tipping (9)
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| << < | > >> | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
- August 2009 (16)
- July 2009 (16)
- June 2009 (13)
- May 2009 (22)
- April 2009 (22)
- March 2009 (17)
- February 2009 (18)
- January 2009 (26)
- December 2008 (21)
- November 2008 (14)
- October 2008 (27)
- September 2008 (27)
- More...
Lupe Cervantes confirms that he's sold La Costa Mexican Restaurant, the home of downtown Tacoma's finest drag revue.
Starting Monday, a new owner takes over. Cervantes said he'll stick around for about a month to help the new owner transition. He said the new owner is not interested in continuing the drag shows.
Cervantes said he'll take a break from the business before looking for a new location away from downtown.
UPDATED: FRIDAY
My TNT colleague Niki Sullivan -- who's just a tad more comfortable than I am when it comes to making public proclamations about digging men who dress like women -- reports that new owner Kat Flynn says she'd like to continue the drag shows, but that she and Cervantes haven’t come to terms.
Flynn said she'll rename the restaurant Cheshire and serve American comfort food.
