701 Pacific Gets Tables!
The new downtown location for Capers gets tables and Tacoma goes atwitter. We received several tips that the build out at 701 Pacific is progressing along and folks are getting excited. They’ve been working on the space for a while, but add a few stand up height tables and watch those cell phone cams start clicking. Restaurant! Food! Food!
This corner of town is starting to shape up nicely. The last time I heard the opening date was set for some time this Spring. Does anybody have an updated timeline?
(Thank you Erik for photo # 1)
9 comments
M MonkeyBob September 17, 2008
I keep shaking my head at what this city is tossing money at. Their priorities are wacked!! $75k for the Chinese Reconciliation Park when our roads are falling apart!! I am sorry but that is like a person that does not know how to manage money going to Mexico on vacation when their roof leaks…
A altered chords September 17, 2008
It is time for us to take matters into our own hands.
Instead of taking your junk to a landfill, just throw it in a big local pothole. Then cover it up with some pebbles.
M MonkeyBob September 17, 2008
Altered Cords:
That made me laugh – out loud for that matter.
I wish it were that easy. I just don’t understand why our elected officials feel as though there are extracurricular activities they can spend money on when the basics are not met. This is just basic logic. Take care of House, Family, and nest eggs before you go out and donate money for a park, concert, etc…
You can not go out and play before you clean you room!!
R RR Anderson September 17, 2008
fundamentally our streets are sound.
we don’t need more pot hole regulation…. we need less!
R RR Anderson September 17, 2008
… so I said to the city, Thanks but NO THANKS on fixing the pot holes. If we wanted our pot holes fixed… we’d fix them ourselves.
T Tacoma Taxpayer September 18, 2008
We should change the slogan to: City of Potholes! We can start with the Sound Transit Locomotive named “City of Destiny”
In regards to 75K being only .003%. Well, start taking 75K here, 75K there, 500K there and it adds up!
So you don’t want good streets Rick? OK, hope you can cross the street safely to the parks you like to frequent, since no crosswalks are available cause the City “doesn’t have the money” and hope you or your kid don’t step into a pothole while crossing illegally on street. Just don’t sue the City, OK?
A altered chords September 18, 2008
Why don’t the parks have potholes?
Speicial interst group.
C crenshaw sepulveda September 18, 2008
Maybe if we find that one of our pot holes are bottomless we can have a tourist attraction like they have in Ellensburg with “Mel’s Hole”.
J John Sherman September 18, 2008
@6 Concerned about parks; naturally call your government provider of parks. Since different governances have different public responsibilities results; for example, a quote from within a City document:
“The Metropolitan Park District [(MPD)] is a separate government, with its own taxing authority and its own elected officials. While the City [of Tacoma] has provided financial assistance to the MPD in the past, it is increasingly difficult to do so and is not appropriate as a long-term funding mechanism.” (alteration in original) (citation omitted).
So, it-just-follows, parks and street maintenance are to separate governments specific issues for oversight, funding sources, and providing publics benefit results. Enjoy your MPD parks and well maintained street within the City of Tacoma.