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I stopped by the opening last night of Pizzeria Fondi in Puyallup's Sunrise Village Shopping Center – the upscale(ish) retail mall that includes the tenants L.A. Fitness, Target and the restaurants The Ram and Qdoba Grill.
It was a slow night for the new pizzeria, with servers and kitchen staff outnumbering the handful of diners. The restaurant is a fast-casual concept where diners order at the counter, take a number and a table and wait for the food to be delivered. The food is a slightly abbreviated menu compared to the sit-down versions of the chain restaurant owned by Restaurants Unlimited. The Gig Harbor Fondi location, like Puyallup, is a fast-casual restaurant, but the Seattle and Kent locations are sit-down restaurants with a longer wine list and more menu choices. (Restaurants Unlimited also owns Stanley & Seafort's, in case you're keeping tabs.)
Pictured here is the prosciutto and arugula pizza from Fondi, $12.95.
TNT Diner reader ldozy1234 asked in the Sea Grill closing thread what diners should do with Sea Grill gift certificates.
Andrea Courtney, a spokeswoman for Mackay Restaurants, which owned Sea Grill, told me today that all Mackay restaurants will honor the gift certificates. Also, the same is true for anyone who won Sea Grill dinners at local auctions.
In Tacoma, El Gaucho is the only Mackay-owned restaurant. In Seattle, diners may use the Sea Grill gift certificates at the El Gaucho there, or Waterfront Seafood Grill or the Troiani Italian Restaurant. El Gaucho restaurants in Portland and Bellevue also will honor the gift certificates.
For addresses of Mackay restaurants, visit their web site.
Any questions? Concerns? Trouble with your gift certificate? Just e-mail me at tntdiner@thenewstribune.com
