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Water-damaged Maxwell’s reopens Friday in Tacoma

By Sue Kidd

Staff writer

Updated October 13, 2015 12:37 PM

This is the Walker Burger with house fries at Maxwell's Restaurant on St. Helens in Tacoma. The restaurant will reopen Oct. 9 after water damage closed it. — This is the Walker Burger with house fries at Maxwell's Restaurant on St. Helens in Tacoma. The restaurant will reopen Oct. 9 after water damage closed it. PETER HALEY Staff file, 2010

Maxwell’s Speakeasy and Restaurant will reopen Friday, nearly two months after water damage shuttered the St. Helens neighborhood eatery.

Not only will it reopen with new carpet, but it also has a new chef. Beti Tarantino, who purchased Maxwell’s in April, has hired Andre “Dre” Neeley to lead the kitchen (a role formerly held by Hudson Slater, who now is at Marrow). Neeley previously was chef de cuisine at Seattle’s Cafe Presse, a French cafe near Seattle University.

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MAXWELL’S SPEAKEASY AND RESTAURANT

Where: 454 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma; 253-683-4115 or facebook.com/maxwells.restaurant

Reopening: Friday, Oct. 9

This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 7:16 AM with the headline "Water-damaged Maxwell’s reopens Friday in Tacoma."