Places

Tacoma places, held to one standard

Restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, parks, attractions and shops all use the same review threshold. A listing appears here only once it carries a real address, coordinates, and an original written overview — never as a bare directory row.

Restaurants

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Maria's Cocina Mexicana

University Place

A family-owned Mexican restaurant that has fed University Place for more than 25 years

Parks

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Chambers Creek Regional Park

University Place

The 930-acre Pierce County shoreline park that surrounds Chambers Bay

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Curran Apple Orchard Park

University Place

A 7.33-acre municipal orchard of 200 apple trees, run by volunteers

Attractions

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Chambers Bay

Chambers Creek

Championship links golf on the Puget Sound bluff in University Place

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University Place Pierce County Library

University Place

The civic anchor of University Place's Town Center, open seven days a week