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Nine new arrivals in Pierce County’s retail and dining scene

Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarization

This collection of articles describes various retail and dining developments in Pierce County. They focus on new businesses, including restaurants, shops and markets.

Taco Street plans to open in the Tacoma Mall. In DuPont, The Hive Market will feature rotating small businesses at its grand opening. It aims to support local artisans by boosting downtown foot traffic. Narrows Brewing's taproom in Tacoma's Proctor District launched, offering house brews, charcuterie, and events like trivia nights. The discount chain Five Below looks to enter Pierce County with a new store at the former Party City site in Sunrise Village.

A new Five Below store will be going in next to Daiso at the former Party City location in the Sunrise Village shopping center in South Hill.

NO. 1: DISCOUNT CHAIN FIVE BELOW HAS PLANS FOR FIRST PIERCE COUNTY STORE. HERE ARE DETAILS

Retailer catering to pre-teens and teens filed preliminary plans in May. | Published June 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

The Tacoma Mall Food Court entrance, seen Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. The mall’s online directory lists Taco Street as “Coming Soon” to the Food Court. By Brian Hayes

NO. 2: RESTAURANT KNOWN FOR TACOS NOW ON TACOMA MALL’S STORE DIRECTORY AS ‘COMING SOON’

It would be the second Tacoma location for the business. | Published June 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

Fusion Donuts & Lounge replaced Dancing Goats Coffee at the Brewery Blocks in downtown Tacoma. It’s a doughnut and coffee shop by day and a Latin-leaning bar by night, with cocktails and shareable plates. By Kristine Sherred

NO. 3: NEW DOUGHNUT CAFE IN PIERCE COUNTY MAY SOON HAVE A WINE BAR AND CHARCUTERIE

Fusion Donut Café in Tacoma will soon be adding a second location at the Peninsula Shopping Center, where spaces have been vacant for years. | Published June 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Julia Park

This rendering shows plans for what the Wienerschnitzel restaurant will look like in the Walmart on 31st Avenue Southeast in Puyallup.

NO. 4: POPULAR HOT DOG RESTAURANT CHAIN OPENING IN PUYALLUP. IT HAS CHILI CHEESE FRIES

The new Puyallup restaurant will be part of the world’s largest hot dog franchise. | Published June 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Sephora Charles

Bath & Body Works plans to open a location in Gig Harbor’s Olympic Village shopping center in late October 2025, near other businesses in the shopping center including Ulta Beauty, Bartell Drugs and Ross Dress for Less. The store will feature the brand’s new Gingham+ design, pictured in this general company photo. By Mark Steele

NO. 5: BATH & BODY WORKS IS OPENING A NEW STORE IN PIERCE COUNTY. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

The store will have a new design that includes updated technology, larger aisles and scent bars. | Published June 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Julia Park

The CHAOS + CO. boutique opened in June 2025 in downtown Puyallup.

NO. 6: NEW BOUTIQUE IN DOWNTOWN PUYALLUP BLENDS FASHION WITH A PASSION FOR MOTORSPORTS

“As a girl that has grown up at the race track and around motorsports, I have always felt there was a lack of representation and variety of women’s clothing,” the owner wrote in a social media post. | Published June 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Sephora Charles

People eat with a view of Thea Foss Waterway at Johnny’s Dock on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. By Brian Hayes

NO. 7: ‘JOHNNY’S RESURRECTION’: TACOMA WATERFRONT RESTAURANT RETURNS WITH INDIAN FLAVORS

Quiet for more than five years, Johnny’s Dock reopens this week under new ownership on Tacoma’s Thea Foss Waterway. | Published June 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kristine Sherred

Jennifer Maldonado, left, and Norma Felix, founders of The Hive Market, stand for a portrait in their new marketplace featuring local artisan businesses on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in DuPont, Wash. By Liesbeth Powers

NO. 8: NEW MARKETPLACE WITH ROTATING SMALL BUSINESSES OPENING SOON IN PIERCE COUNTY

On display Wednesday was a “Build a Bu-bu” bar, with clothing and accessories to decorate the viral Labubu plush dolls, which have recently taken the internet by storm. | Published June 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becca Most

Marissa Byron, a lead beer tender with Narrows Brewing, pours a HWY 16 Lager at the brewery’s new taproom in the Proctor neighborhood on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. By Liesbeth Powers

NO. 9: BREEZY NEW PROCTOR TAPROOM ALREADY BUZZING. LOOK FOR TRIVIA, FOOD TRUCKS, MORE

The brewery joins four other Tacoma-based breweries that have grown to secondary locations. | Published July 6, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kristine Sherred

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.