Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
Looking up from her book, Angie Young replies, “It’s not Amazon.” The Gig Harbor resident has brought her two young children to Invitation Bookshop, an independent bookstore on Olympic Drive. Noses in books, sitting quietly side-by-side on a bench flanked by children’s books, 8-year-old Madeline and 10-year-old Oliver are worlds away in their stories. This
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PlanLED, which recently moved its headquarters and opened a showroom in Gig Harbor, has installed lights in some of the most iconic buildings in the country. Yankee Stadium in New York. Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Seattle’s T-Mobile Park (neé Safeco Field) and Portland’s Moda Center. What the company wants to do now is
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“We always come for happy hour because it’s only five dollars,” Gig Harbor resident Tessa Rhymer says in-between chuckles and smiles as she bowls with her kids on a cloudy autumn afternoon at Ocean5, a 57,000-square-foot entertainment and meeting center in West Gig Harbor. She points down toward the floor and adds, “and you can
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Marketplace Grill is back, with the same menu and same friendly owners, but in a very different space. The Finholm District institution closed in September 2021, after more than 20 years at 8805 North Harborview Drive. Owners Richard and Carlene Lai Fook promised to reopen in a new spot, and they proved true to their
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Welcome to this corner of real estate in Gig Harbor. I’m Paige Schulte, top real estate agent in Gig Harbor. Wife, mom, philanthropist and founder of Neighborhood Experts Real Estate, a boutique firm that is home to hyperlocal real estate entrepreneurs who obsess over service and stats in their geographic zones of happiness — we
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“Everyone has a story,” says Trish Huff, speaking from her bistro, Morso, perched above North Harborview Drive on Peacock Hill in Gig Harbor. Expansive windows with harbor views outline the contemporary yet casual space. Foodies and wine lovers enjoy nibbles and savory dishes from a seasonal menu as they swirl, sniff and taste wines from
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Bartender for Hire founder Dane Drebin got a crash course in entrepreneurship in late September — and the experience will be streamed on the Internet for all to see. Drebin, of Gig Harbor, spent the week of Sept. 19 as one of 55 cast members on season six of The Blox, a streaming program that
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Providers at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor are once again able to access the electronic health records of patients, according to a statement from a public relations firm representing its parent company. CommonSpirit Health, which owns St. Anthony and other Virginia Mason Franciscan Health facilities in Washington state, took some systems offline following what
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It’s not just a clever name. The “kettle” in KettleFish, which recently opened on Pioneer Way in downtown Gig Harbor, refers to the seafood spot’s unique method of preparing its food. KettleFish employs a steam kettle cooking system, in which superheated steam is pumped into the jacket of a metal kettle. A half-cup of water
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The Olalla Bay Market was just weeks away from celebrating its grand opening when disaster struck. Early on the morning of Aug. 16, a fire broke out in the almost completely remodeled store, known for decades as Al’s of Olalla. The fire started in the kitchen and “completely destroyed” all the brand new appliances, according
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