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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Asado

6th Avenue

Argentine grill and dinner house at the centre of 6th Avenue

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Engine House No. 9

6th Avenue

A 1907 firehouse turned brewery and gastropub

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Fondi Pizzeria Proctor

Proctor District

Neapolitan-style pizza in the middle of the Proctor blocks

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Katie Downs Waterfront Tavern

Ruston Way

Long-running 21-and-over tavern on the Ruston Way waterfront

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Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya

South Tacoma

The reason a ramen craving sends you to Tacoma Mall rather than downtown

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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

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Northern Fish Old Town

Old Town

A seafood counter with over-water deck seating on the Old Town waterfront

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Rosewood Café

Proctor District

A daytime café on the walk between Stadium District and Proctor

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Shakabrah Java

6th Avenue

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

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Stadium Thai

Stadium District

Weekday Thai kitchen on Division, minutes from Wright Park

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The Red Hot

6th Avenue

Hot dogs and a deep Northwest tap list on 6th Avenue

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Three Hearts

Hilltop

Bakery, coffee bar and brunch room on Martin Luther King Jr Way

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Wooden City

Downtown Tacoma

Dinner-hour American cooking and a late bar on Broadway