Stadium Thriftway

The locally owned grocery anchoring the North 1st Street block

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Stadium Thriftway is the full-size, locally owned grocery store at the north end of the Stadium District's North 1st Street commercial block, and it is the reason that block functions as a neighbourhood centre rather than a short row of storefronts. The store describes itself plainly as locally owned and operated, and it runs long days — the posted hours are 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, closing only on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For a visitor that matters less as a shopping destination than as a practical anchor: it is open earlier and far later than anything else on the block, it carries a deli, bakery, produce, and a meat and smokehouse counter, and it is the obvious place to assemble something to eat before walking down to Wright Park or up toward the bluff. If you are staying nearby, it is also the only place in the immediate district where you can reliably buy groceries at nine in the evening. Treat it as infrastructure for a Stadium visit rather than an attraction in its own right.

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Hours

Open 7:00am to 10:00pm, 7 days a week; closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

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Address

618 North 1st Street, Tacoma, WA 98403

Directions

Official website

www.stadiumthriftway.com

Check hours and prices with the operator before you go.

What to know

  • Open 7am to 10pm every day, closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
  • This is a working neighbourhood grocery, not a specialty food destination — come for provisions, not for browsing.

Editor's tips

  • The deli and bakery counters make this the practical place to assemble a picnic before walking down to Wright Park.
  • It keeps far longer hours than the rest of the North 1st Street block, so it is the fallback when everything else has closed.

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