Galvin
Galvin, WA · Food & Drink
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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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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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The Burgers At This Little Washington Cafe Are So Enormous, You Can Barely Take A Bite
Somewhere between Belfair and the Hood Canal waterfront, there’s a small white building with a red sign that has been quietly ruining people’s ability to enjoy ordinary burgers ever since they first visited. That place is Big Bubba’s Burgers in Allyn, Washington, and if you haven’t been there...
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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...
The Olympian
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.” The owner and founder of the business is Rachel Young, who sprung to local fame after she appeared on a Food Network program with her mother called “Cupcake Wars” in 2013. They finished as the runner-ups in that contest. She later opened her first location near the Olympia Farmers Market and grew to have four locations at one point, but now has the one location in Lacey at 8765 Tallon Lane NE. Young also was appointed to the Lacey City Council in 2017 and served for two years. She said Tuesday that her business has seen a decline in sales over the last three years, largely because the cost of living is so much higher. Customers used to drive an hour to get her cupcakes, but as gasoline prices rose they stopped coming, she said. She
The Olympian
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
Tacoma News Tribune
Teriyaki eatery gets 75 red points. Here are Pierce Co. food scores for Oct. 26
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department usually inspects over 100 establishments each week, whether that be a restaurant, coffee stand, grocery store or school cafeteria. While most of those establishments pass the inspection, some need extra help. During a routine inspection, each establishment is graded on a points system. Red points are tacked on for critical violations, which are likely to cause foodborne illness, according to the health department. Examples include improper handwashing and poor temperature control. Most critical violations are corrected on site during the inspection, according to the health department. Blue points are tacked on for non-critical violations, which could lead to critical violations if they’re not corrected. Examples include improper cleaning of equipment or some maintenance issues. Most establishments are inspected between one and four times a year. Establishments that receive between 0 and 30 points get a passing score, while establishments that receive 35 or more red points are required to be re-inspected by the health department. If establishments have repeated critical violations, they could be closed down by the health department. Establishments can also be closed for an imminent health hazard, like a fire, a flood or a loss of power. Even if establishments have more