Gig Harbor cafe reopens, fatal crash, $37M property sale among TNT’s top stories

Pierce County saw a mix of business, public safety and dining news Tuesday. From a major waterfront restaurant reopening in Gig Harbor to a deadly Spanaway crash, here’s a quick look at what local readers should know:

• Devoted Kiss Cafe in Gig Harbor reopened Tuesday after an 11-week renovation that expanded interior seating from 40 to 66 and outdoor seating from 14 to 30, according to The News Tribune. The cafe’s expanded kitchen now includes a 48-inch griddle, allowing chef Devon Dengler to add made-from-scratch pancakes to the menu for the first time, per The News Tribune’s coverage of the remodel.
• Three people died after a 48-year-old driver traveling at high speed swerved to avoid a man mowing his lawn, left the road and struck a tree on Military Road East in Spanaway on June 19, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Numerous empty alcohol containers were found in the wreckage of the crash, which split the car in half, and investigators believe alcohol was a factor, as reported by The News Tribune.
• La Ilusion Al Carbon in Tacoma received 50 red points during a June 16 inspection for violations, including improper cooling, hot-holding temperatures below 130 degrees and rodent droppings in storage areas, according to Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department reports. Applebee’s Grill + Bar in Gig Harbor logged 45 red points on June 18 for expired packaged salad, French onion soup held at 98 degrees and multiple cold-holding violations, per inspection records published by The News Tribune.
• Canyon Road Commerce Center, a two-building warehouse site in the Summit View/Frederickson area, sold for $37.2 million in a deal recorded June 18, according to The News Tribune. The roughly 274,690-square-foot site was bought by an LLC tied to Dallas-based Lincoln Property’s logistics-investment division from a seller affiliated with developer Trammell Crow Co., based on property records cited in The News Tribune.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by senior editor Adam Lynn. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.