Puget Sound Pizza Changing Hands
One of Tacoma’s most popular pizza joints may be under new ownership soon. Puget Sound Pizza located in the St. Helens Neighborhood at 7th & St. Helens Ave. is now under contract for new ownership. The owner, Jim Higgins, says long time employees Martin and Shannon are the buyers of the business. If all goes as well they should own the business within 60 days.
While rumors of the sale have been swirling around the neighborhood for months, the rumors of current owner, Jim Higgins, opening a new spot have been around for longer.
From his Facebook page:
“I’ve got a few ideas for new concepts that I’ve been kicking around. Tacoma has tons of potential (and available spaces) right now
Straight away I’m just gonna take a couple months and do some fun stuff, but eventually I’ll probably (more likely than not) do something similar.”
PSP has great pizza and an always entertaining atmosphere, what would you like to see change? Or change nothing at all?
Honda Commercial To Be Filmed In Downtown
This Sunday the Theater District and the St. Helens Neighborhood in Downtown Tacoma will see the lights, cameras & cars. Lodestar Films will be filming a Honda TV commercial Sunday, July 18th from 7am to 1pm. Streets affected will be South 7th Street, St. Helens Ave., Market Street & Opera Alley. No parking signs will be in place during those times and an off-duty Tacoma Police Officer will control traffic during filming.
Exterior shots will be filmed along St. Helen’s Ave. between S. 7th Street and Opera Alley, along S. 7th Street between St. Helen’s Ave & Broadway and along Opera Alley. A Picture car will drive down the streets while a camera car follows filming the action.
I don’t have info if this will be a regional or national TV commercial but it appears Lodestar Films, based in Hollywood, CA has filmed some national TV commercials for Honda & Acura.
What businesses will we see in the commercial? Puget Sound Pizza? The Mix? Over the Moon Cafe? We will have to wait and see.
Major Changes To Elks Project
It has been confirmed by multiple sources that there will be some major changes in the Elks/McMenamins project. I have been told that McMenamins has decided a hotel in the Elks building is not feasible due to the lack of windows in the structure. They will however build the hotel part of the project in the lower floors of the adjacent mixed-use building being built by Grace Pleasants and Rick Moses. This will add a few more stories to mixed-use building and possibly force the building to be built as a steel-framed structure instead of wood-frame, if it already wasn’t going to be.
I have not heard what McMenamins plans to do with the space that was slated for the hotel in the Elks building or if the cost to construct the city-owned garage will change in the mixed-use building due to it having to support more floors.
In late February the City of Tacoma, Grace Pleasants & Rick Moses announced that GLY Construction Co. of Bellevue and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of Seattle will be the design-build team for the mixed-use project.
TNT Article: Tacoma’s Elks Project Takes Big Step
Minoela Coming Soon
The details are in on the new wine bistro, Minoela, opening in the St Helens neighborhood. As previously reported on Tacoma Untapped , Minoela will be located in the Merlino Art Center building off 6th Ave. and Fawcett Ave. , next to the Grand Cinema.
Q&A with the owners after the jump: (more…)
Britney Spears at The Mix?
As Tacoma gets ready for the Britney Spears Circus concert tomorrow at the Tacoma Dome, someone sent me over a little tip that something was different on the Britney Spears website. I went to go check it out. I am scrolling down the tour date list: April 6th Edmonton: AB Rexall Place, April 8th Vancouver Canada: GM Place, April 9th Tacoma, WA: Mix. Mix? As in The Mix that is having a Britney Spears After Party on April 9th? I click the link and it takes me to a page that has The Mix’s address. So what does this all mean? Is Britney Spears heading to The Mix after the concert? I guess we will all have to wait to find out!
The Circus Starring Britney Spears
April 9th 8:00pm
The Tacoma Dome
Britney Spears – The After Party
April 9th 8:00pm- 2:00am
The Mix
635 St Helens Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98402
New Restaurant in the St. Helens?
It looks like the St. Helens neighborhood in Downtown Tacoma may be seeing a new restaurant soon. A company called Jericho Development, LLC has applied for a beer/wine restaurant liquor license. The restaurants name is Minoela and will be located in the former One Heart Cafe location at the Merlino Arts Center. Not much more info on the place other than that.
I am also working on a few other neighborhood restaurant rumors, so stay tuned!
Walker Condos Start Renting
The Walker Condominiums, a luxury condo conversion in the St. Helens Neighborhood, has started renting out some of the building’s units. What is surprising is the affordable prices they are being listed at considering finishes and rental rates at apartments/condo buildings in Downtown Tacoma. Units advertised for rent are listed at $1.19 per sqft. 1 bedroom units range from 730-899 square feet. 2 bedroom units range from 1,341-1476 square feet. $868 for a 700+ square foot 1 bedroom in a luxury building shouldn’t have a problem being rented quickly.
Here are some of the ameneties listed in the rental ad:
Amenities:
Views of Mt. Rainier, Downtown Tacoma, & Tacoma’s Harbor
Washer/Dryer in each unit
Stainless Steel Kitchen Appliances
Luxury Finishes
Storage Units
Fitness Center
Infrared Sauna
Billiard Room w/ Flat Screen TV, Bar, & Card Table
Private Wine Cellar
Concierge Service
Secured/Garage Parking
Courtyard w/ Gas Barbecue
Upscale Restaurant/lounge Attached
Cat or Dog Under 25lbs. Accepted
For more information call – 253.722.2724
