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Tattoos and Their Stories An exhibit of tattoo art and meaningful narratives White River Valley Museum 918 Street SE In Les Gove Park between the spray play area and the library www.wrvmuseum.org (243) 288-7433 Noon to 4pm First Thursday 6 to 8pm I A I A A 1 8 6 2 2 6 6 -0 1 FROM 3 LOCATIONS Lakewood Towne Center Tacoma Mall South Hill Mall Details At piercetransit.org THEFAIR.COM 1924577-01-1 Do you need Football Party Supplies? We have you covered with licensed 1 9 6 9 4 7 2 -0 1 Also the home of PartyWedding.com PartyWorld Order Online Pickup in the store now available! 1565 Center St, Tacoma 253.272.2181 PartyWedding.com Two Floors to Explore Online Balloon Orders Order your balloons online and pickup in store. Use coupon code TNT10. Good for online orders only. Expires Plenty has been written this summer about coming for the Proctor neighborhood food scene. Chow Foods is planning a Tacoma outpost of that restaurant wildly popular neighborhood cafes.

It will open just beyond the edge of the Proctor neighborhood. Top Pot Doughnuts announced last month that it will open in the Proctor Station development, which is under construction. And now beer news in Proctor. be premium beer, not your run-of-the-mill corner bar stuff. Peaks and Pints will have a focus on Northwest craft beer, and promises excellent tavern food.

And unlike those Seattle restaurants branching into the waters of Tacoma, this next to beer story is homegrown in the South Sound and is the kind of story I prefer to tell. Ron Swarner, the former longtime publisher and columnist of the Weekly Volcano (his brother Ken is now in charge) is teaming up with tavern owners Robby and Justin Peterson to open the combination beer store, tavern and eatery. The idea for Peaks and Pints was born from a suggestion, but the timing right for that friend to enter the project. Swarner made a list of three potential partners. He never made it to choices two or three because the Peterson brothers said yes.

tavern royalty in Tacoma, the offspring of one of the founders of The Swiss and co-owners of two taverns and a food truck The Valley in the Tacoma Dome neighborhood, the Peterson Eleven in Hilltop neighborhood and The Galley food truck in Gig Harbor, which serves outside 7 Seas Brewery. Swarner calls them the McMenamin brothers of Tacoma. convert desolate buildings into cool restaurants. Two guys I have known for many years, whom are craftsman, artists, restaurateurs, hard workers, community conscience, pro-Tacoma as they come. Justin and Robby grew up in the tavern business, watching their father, Bob Hill, help build The Swiss into the Tacoma icon it is today.

Our brainstorm sessions have been a thrill. We have a thousand said Swarner by email. The opening be until at least December, but he described strong focus on local and regional craft beers and ciders, as well as a selection of international craft Swarner intends his shop to be a go-to resource for craft beverage enthusiasts in a neighborhood that will welcome that sort of expertise. Swarner is an avid follower of the local craft beer scene and wrote a widely followed (this reporter included) beer column for his newspaper. Although he no longer writes that column, he continues to chronicle beer happenings on his Facebook page.

The storefront is large 3,600 square feet and Swarner still is figuring out the details of how to configure the space, which formerly held a bike store, a movie house and a five-and-dime. Deciding on opening in Proctor was easy for Swarner. He lives there. will have the pleasure of walking every day to work through my neighborhood of Proctor, past the insurance agent, past the bank, past my middle he wrote. Sue Kidd: 253-597-8270 sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com Peaks and Pints to pour into Proctor BY SUE KIDD Staff writer PETER HALEY Staff file, 2014 PEAKS AND PINTS Where: 3816 N.

26th Tacoma. Info: peaksandpints.com (under construction) or facebook.com/peaksandpintstacoma (must be at least 21 and logged into Facebook to view). Anticipated opening: Late 2015..