Last year, Wanna Cupcake? started selling at the Puyallup Farmers Market. They collected such a following, they opened a small cupcake bakery on Main Street near downtown Puyallup. The bakery’s opening day was Monday.
Here’s the story of another business that’s made the move from a Farmers Market vendor to a brick-and-mortar business. Last year, Wanna Cupcake? started selling at the Puyallup Farmers Market. They collected such a following, they opened a small cupcake bakery on Main Street near downtown Puyallup. The bakery’s opening day was Monday.
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The opening has been delayed by several weeks, but if building upgrades are approved, Epic Donuts will open in Puyallup later this month or early next. Signs for the business have been up for weeks and South Hill residents have been asking me about the doughnut shop. Here’s what I know.
It’s been a long wait for South Hill diners, but Epic Donuts has finally opened. South Hill is a community short on doughnut options aside from grocery store bakeries. This bakery will cater to kids – a pretty safe bet in a suburban community like South Hill – with its Epic Eddie mascot and specials aimed at schools and youth sports teams.
For one night every year, a patch of Tacoma basks in the glow of Hollywood. While the stars are strolling the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Tacoma’s celebrities will walk the red carpet at Theatre on the Square.
Eric Akeson is operating at warp brewery speed – not even a year ago he started his Puyallup River Brewery selling bottles of beer to local bottle shops and groceries stores like Tacoma Boys. Today, he opens his Puyallup River Alehouse – a taproom in downtown Puyallup where he’ll pour his own craft beers and some of his favorites from other South Sound and nationally known craft brewers. Think of the alehouse as a craft beer emporium, something like The Red Hot or The Parkway.
Mike and Susanne Tunney didn’t really mean to open a bakery more than 15 years ago. In 1997, Mike was working for Sue and Nolan Glenn, who own The Green Turtle and other local establishments, when the Glenns asked the Tunneys to run a new space they were developing in the Milville District on Harborview Drive.
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