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Nearly five years after launching as a ghost kitchen, Buddy Brown has returned to STW with another family-friendly restaurant.

Brank’s BBQ & Catering has served Sumner since 1995 and the Fair since 2016. Here are the details on the big move — right across the street.

Two restaurants in notable downtown Tacoma locations closed last month. Neither parking nor the neighborhood is the problem, our food writer argues.

The concept appears to have fallen short of its small-plate promises, leaving a vacant space for the second time in less than five years.

In moving Wooden City to Broadway this spring, the team promised new life for the original space. It will focus on an iconic culinary trio.

Our latest look at new restaurants in the area also includes heart-healthy bowls, soup dumplings, macarons, burgers and pizza with a view.

Pizza and pancakes are also on the menu at new restaurants and cafes around the peninsula. Plus, a destination for Caribbean food.

For years locals returned to this Hawaiian restaurant for plate lunches and loco mocos. A quiet remodel uncovered one of the PNW’s best tiki bars.

The restaurant said it was tired of the “bad reviews.” Online commenters pointed to another possible reason for the shift.

Budd Gould stumbled into the restaurant industry. Over more than 50 years, the family-owned company grew to 26 locations with its own fishing arm.