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This Tiny Washington Truck Has Single-Handedly Changed The Local Food Scene
Somewhere in Olympia, Washington, a food truck is quietly making people question every meal they’ve ever eaten before. Arepa Latin Street Food isn’t just serving lunch. It’s rewriting what street food can be in the Pacific Northwest. You know that feeling when you bite into something and...
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You Haven’t Truly Lived Until You’ve Tried A Milkshake From This Tiny Burger Shack In Washington
Somewhere between the highway and the mountain, in a town called Elbe that most GPS systems treat as a suggestion rather than a destination, there is a burger shack called Scaleburgers that will rearrange your priorities. Not in a dramatic way. In a very quiet, very delicious way. You’ll pull...
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Oregon Locals Rave That This Portland Soul Food Spot Serves The Best Fried Catfish And Mac And Cheese In Town
Portland is famous for food carts and coffee, so a plate of Southern fried catfish might not be the first thing on your list here. That could be a mistake. Tucked into a quiet North Portland neighborhood, one small cafe has people calling its catfish the best in town and its mac and cheese the best they know of in the whole city. Folks who grew up in Texas and the Carolinas say a single plate brought back memories of family kitchens back home.
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Gibson’s Custom Meats Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary of ‘Pay It Forward’ Program with Special 1-for-1 Match Event
Gibson’s Custom Meats, a locally owned butcher shop serving the South Sound region, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its community-driven “Pay It Forward” program. To commemorate this milestone and prepare for heightened holiday food insecurity, the shop is hosting a special 1-for-1 Donation Match Day on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
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This Washington Greenhouse Has Dollar Herbs, Huge Hanging Baskets, and a Cat Napping by the Register
A cat named Stevie sometimes curls up right around the cash register. That alone might earn this Washington greenhouse a spot on your weekend list. The plants make an even stronger case. Shoppers have spotted dollar herbs and tomato starts, plus mix-and-match flats of annuals. I like how a place...
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Local airline will fly to Olympia airport for the first time in 22 years
Regional air service is returning to Olympia Regional Airport for the first time in 22 years, the Port of Olympia and SeaPort Airlines jointly announced on Thursday. The airline, which operates nine-person, propeller-powered airplanes, will offer twice-weekly flights between Spokane and Olympia Friday and Sunday afternoons for the Washington state legislative session. The flights begin Jan. 8. Travel between the two destinations is expected to take an hour, according to a news release. One-way fares start at $279. The last commercial air service at Olympia Regional Airport was Big Sky Airlines in 2004, according to the port. SeaPort Airlines is based at Boeing Field in Seattle, and began offering flights between Seattle and Spokane in March, said Chairman and CEO Kent Craford in an interview with The Olympian on Thursday that also included port officials. “So when we launched service in Spokane in March, the first thing we started hearing was: ‘When are you going to go to Olympia?’” said Craford. “And so here we are.” He said they received interest from lawmakers, business groups, trade associations and chambers of commerce about flights to Olympia. “Some of them are here a lot for the session,” he said. “Some of them
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Thurston Co. bakery will close by year’s end. The owner appeared on Food Network
Miss Moffett's Mystical Cupcakes in Lacey is closing, the business announced Tuesday on social media. "After almost 14 wonderful years serving our community, we've made the heartbreaking decision to begin preparing for the closure of Miss Moffett's Mystical Cupcakes," the post said. "We don't have an official closing date just yet, although we anticipate it will be sometime before the end of the year."
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Free Seminar Invites South Sound to Stop Accepting Pain as ‘Normal’
Submitted by Penrose & Associates Physical Therapy. Penrose & Associates Physical Therapy is inviting the community to a free seminar on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, built around a question many people have quietly stopped asking: “Why do I ache, and does it have to be this way?”. The seminar,...
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Olympia Museum Takeover Explores Indigenous Futures
OLYMPIA, WA — Since Oct. 2, the Coast Salish Museum of Fine Arts has “taken over” the Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts for a two month exhibition. Through Dec. 11, “Temporal: Stories of Indigenous Present, Re-imagining Indigenous Futures” features work by 14 Indigenous artists interpreting their own ideas of Indigenous futures through mediums including performance art, digital art, paintings, sculpture and traditional Indigenous art forms such as beading and weaving.
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Thurston Co. dessert shop will close storefront. Celebrate the holidays downtown
The owners of the Nom Nom Stop , a five-year-old Lacey-based business known for its sweets, including cheesecake on a stick, have decided not to renew the lease on their College Street storefront. They plan to shift the business to food trucks. They will remain at 1107 College St. SE through the end of the year, and then go mobile, owners Tiberio Serbanescu and Ada Gheorghiu announced on social media and explained in an interview on Wednesday. One goal: to reduce their overhead costs, such as the cost of rent and utilities. “We realized that actually the food trucks bring in more revenue than the store,” said Gheorghiu on Wednesday. The business will have three trucks, Serbanescu said. Two of them will serve sweet and savory items, such as cheesecake on a stick, loaded hot dogs and Romanian-style skinless sausages. The last truck will serve espresso, coffee and specialty drinks, he said. Once they go mobile, where will customers be able to find them? One possible location is at the Lacey Depot at 5500 Pacific Ave. SE., a site that already features a collection of food trucks, Tiberio said. Other sites are still to be determined. Follow them on Facebook