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Illustration: a small marina with sailboats and a flowering garden, titled Local FavoritesEditorial Illustration

Grit City Made

Old Town

A local-maker retail collective in Old Town

Illustration: a cosy independent bookstore with wooden shelves and a reading chairEditorial Illustration

King's Books

Downtown Tacoma

Independent new-and-used bookstore on St Helens Avenue

Illustration: a corner café with a green awning and sidewalk tablesEditorial Illustration

Metropolitan Market Proctor

Proctor District

The Proctor grocery with a hot bar, open early and late

Illustration: sailboats moored in a misty marina at morningEditorial Illustration

Point Ruston Public Market

Point Ruston

Indoor market hall at the north end of the Ruston Way shoreline

Illustration: a neighborhood shopping street of brick storefronts and awningsEditorial Illustration

Stadium Thriftway

Stadium District

The locally owned grocery anchoring the North 1st Street block

Illustration: a farmers market stall of produce and cut flowers under a canopyEditorial Illustration

Tacoma Mall

South Tacoma

Pierce County's largest enclosed shopping centre, and the practical reason to drive south of downtown

Illustration: a contemporary glass-fronted arts building glowing at duskEditorial Illustration

Tacoma Wine Merchants

Old Town

An Old Town bottle shop on the North 30th block

Illustration: a brick alley painted with abstract murals under string lightsEditorial Illustration

Throwing Mud Gallery

Old Town

A working pottery studio and craft gallery on North 30th

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