Wooden City

Wooden City is the dinner reservation most downtown evenings in Tacoma end up organised around, largely because of where it sits: on Broadway, a short flat walk from the Theater District, Pacific Avenue's museums and the Broadway hotels. The kitchen describes its own cooking as comforting American, and the room runs as an evening-only operation rather than an all-day cafe, so it slots naturally after a matinee, a museum afternoon or a waterfront walk rather than in the middle of one. The bar stays open an hour past the kitchen, which is the detail worth knowing if you are arriving late from a show. Reservations are recommended but not required, and walk-ins can usually find bar seating; if you are coming with a group on a weekend, book. Because it closes on the major holidays, check before building a holiday-week itinerary around it.

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What to know

• This is an evening-only kitchen — there is no lunch service to plan around.
• The restaurant closes on major holidays, including New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Editor's tips

• The bar runs an hour later than the kitchen, so a post-theatre drink works even when you have missed the dinner window.
• Broadway has paid street parking, but the Market Street and Commerce Street garages are the calmer option on an event night.

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