Gaming lounge opens, swim school chain adds Tacoma location, and restaurant news
Washington’s first 21+ console-only gaming lounge opened in Auburn on Jan. 3.
Unlike bar arcades that usually have pinball and other arcade games, Final Boss Game Lounge features retro gaming consoles that are hard to find anywhere else, like the Commodore 64 and the Nintendo 64.
Owner Kayla Rodriguez said she thought Auburn was lacking spaces for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to hang out and make new friends.
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Rodriguez said the space is set up like a living room, with TVs and couches all around.
Along with games, Final Boss Game Lounge offers pre-packaged snacks and a variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks.
Final Boss Game Lounge is at 402 16th St. NE, A108, Auburn. Hours are 6 p.m. - 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. on Sunday.
Swim school chain opens in Tacoma
Goldfish Swim School, a national chain, opened a Tacoma location on Jan. 6.
The school offers weekly swim lessons for kids ages 4 months to 12 years.
The chain first arrived in Washington in 2019 with a location in Redmond. Before Tacoma, the closest Goldfish Swim School was in Puyallup.
The new location is at 5401 Sixth Avenue, Suite 427 in Tacoma. Along with a swimming pool, the space features a viewing area for parents, a snack bar and a retail shop.
Those interested can book a class for their child on the Goldfish Swim School website.
Hours are 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday, noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 7 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed Monday.
Mobile pizza restaurant returns to Bonney Lake
Rainier Pizza Co. is officially back in Bonney Lake.
The pizza trailer has moved around Pierce County since it first opened in July. It most recently was in Puyallup.
It was originally set up in Issaquah, then moved to Bonney Lake, then Puyallup. It’s now back in its original Bonney Lake spot at 8415 Meyers Road E.
Rainier Pizza Co. has a variety of wood-fired pies on the menu, including the Tahoma, with garlic oil, ricotta, red onion, bell peppers and pesto, and the Cascade, with garlic chicken, ranch, bacon and parmigiano, topped with lemon arugula.
Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday.
Longtime Tacoma cafe closes downtown, new location possible
Lucky Penny Cafe closed on Dec. 19 after over a decade of serving downtown Tacoma.
The cafe was inside the Tacoma World Trade Center, also known as the Commerce Building.
The menu included a variety of coffee, sandwiches and other dishes like bibimbap and fried rice.
The cafe might be moving to another location on Tacoma Avenue South, but the owners said they still aren’t sure what they’re going to do, The News Tribune previously reported.
