Shakabrah Java

All-day breakfast diner in the middle of the 6th Avenue strip

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Shakabrah Java is the breakfast anchor of the 6th Avenue business district, a counter-and-booths diner that serves breakfast all day rather than cutting it off mid-morning. The house pitch is scale — the kitchen is candid that its pancakes and omelets are oversized and generally more than one person finishes — which makes it a sharing table as much as a solo one. It reads as a neighbourhood room rather than a destination dining room, family-friendly and busy at weekend mid-morning, and it is walkable to the rest of the 6th Avenue strip, including the coffee roasting at the Sixth and Junett end. Plan around the closing time rather than the opening one: the kitchen shuts early in the afternoon every day of the week, so this is a morning-and-lunch stop and never a dinner one. Takeout is available for pickup.

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Hours

Monday - Friday 7AM - 1:30PM; Saturday 7AM - 2:30PM; Sunday 8AM - 2:30PM

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Address

2618 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406

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Official website

shakabrah.love

Check hours and prices with the operator before you go.

What to know

  • Service ends in the early afternoon daily — 1:30 PM on weekdays and 2:30 PM at weekends.
  • Breakfast is served all day within those hours, so there is no separate breakfast cutoff.

Editor's tips

  • Come with someone to split with — the kitchen itself describes the pancake and omelet portions as too large for one person.
  • Weekend mid-morning is the busiest window on 6th Avenue; arrive early or plan to wait.

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