Just in Time for Happy Hour
3:00pm on a Friday and what better to do than contemplate where the crew should go for the end of the week Happy Hour. If you’re looking for something new, the folks at The Office Bar & Grill have opened their doors for business. They’ve taken over the space last used by the Merende and from our brief glance in the door this afternoon, it looks to be a nice set up. Free Wi-Fi appears to be on the list and I saw what appeared to be a digital jukebox on the back wall.
You can find them at 813 Pacific Ave next door to Paddy Coynes or online here.
20 comments
E Erik B. August 6, 2010
Welcome to the neighborhood!
E Elizabeth Burris August 6, 2010
How about naming some other new places?
Side Bar Bistro corner of Tacoma Ave South and 11th.
Great happy hour $5 pizzas and more.
C crenshaw sepulveda August 6, 2010
I hope this time is the charm for this location. I will check it out.
D debivans August 6, 2010
I tried to get a coffee at the Side Bar Bistro. They said they weren’t doing the coffee part, but the bar was open. There was no one in the place. I wasn’t interested in an “adult beverage”. There was an entire espresso set up just sitting there. Oh well, I know where I CAN get a coffee. Maybe Side Bar can get some of the folks hanging outside the library across the street to patronize the bar. Hopefully they stock fortified wine.
V Voice of the Voiceless August 7, 2010
With a name like, “The Office” I would give some uniques names to food items with a more political spin and decor.
For example you could have the “Big Mike Lonegran” 3 slices of fried spam on white bread with brown gravy – open face and the “Little Joe Lengran” just 1 slice of fried spam – open face.
the “Lundquist” a long hearty irish/english style beef and provolone hoagie.
the “Mello” A Yummy vegan delight with sprouts, field roast, onions, ‘hold the mayo on my mello’ and spring mix lettuce on a spelt, gluten free bun.
the “Julie Anderson” a cheese lover’s delight with 8 kinds of cheese on toasted wheat.
the “Bill Evans” corned beef and Fortina cheese on jewish rye bread.
the “Connie Ladenburg” pastrami – lots and lots and lots of pastrami.
the “Boe” 5 layers of roast beef over 2 layers of cheddar cheese on a smooth topped onion roll.
F Florence August 8, 2010
A sandwich is too layered and complicated for Marty, so “The Campbell” could be a 7-11 reheated corndog with five cent proceeds going toward mentoring programs.
S Steeno253 August 8, 2010
I work next door at Paddys and have popped my head in there a couple of times to yuck it up with the staff and to snatch up a togo menu. I have yet to dine there but the menu looks interesting. I love the mac n cheese bites at the Ale House so I was excited to see that on the list of starters.
The owner and staff seem very fresh and eager. I look forward to my first visit…Oh, AND they have chicken wings! Sweet.
S SlimJim August 8, 2010
Ironic to name a sandwich after Mark Lindquist… someone just gave me the anarchist flier which suggests that Mark is a “necrophiliac cannibal”… so maybe he’ll be eating us.
The flier given to me came from Shakabrah. Aparrently there are dozens and dozens of them printed and floating around town. Quite an amusing read.
S SlimJim August 9, 2010
The full title of the flier is:
“Why Mark Lindquist is a Terrible Person (and Possibly a Necrophiliac Cannibal”.
Has anyone else seen/read it?
B brent August 9, 2010
Worst nachos in Tacoma!!!!
It is a bar but ends up trying to be bistro with the food.
I wish them luck!!!
But they have to redo their menu. The wings were tiny, nachos (eeekkk!), poppers (great), sliders (ok, paddys next door destroys them taste wise)P Pegsterdtown August 9, 2010
@ SlimJim Why would you even take the time to talk about this kind of trash being passed around. This is a VERY sick and disturbed individual that needs help very badly.
The topic at hand on the Office, I plan on going to HH today and will give it a whirl. Fresh and eager staff is what alot of places in Tacoma lack these days. More forthcoming….
S Steeno253 August 9, 2010
Brent- Thanks for showing Paddy’s some love! Slainte!!!
Pegster- I look forward to doin happy hour with u today!
S Slim Jim August 9, 2010
@ Pegsterdtown
Are you saying I’m the sick person because I asked if others saw the flier (I wasn’t promoting it), or are you saying the person who wrote it is sick (it’s an Anarchist publication) or are you saying Mark Linquist is sick (suggesting what was written is true)?
T Thea Foss's Hairy Cyclops August 9, 2010
Fresh and eager staff? I don’t know how fresh and eager a person who waits tables in Tacoma, Washington for their rent check money can be. You have to understand that somewhere in the big hang over gland between their ears that controls movement and thunk processes there is squishy dendrite that thinks “is this as good as it’s going to get for me”. I used to tip heavily around Tacoma out of pure altruism.
P Pegsterdtown August 10, 2010
@ SlimJim I was saying that the piece of filth that was passed around should not even be mentioned.
The topic at hand I did go to the Office the food needs some more work and some more seasoning…….(in the kitchen) the waitstaff was GREAT HOLLA Michelle. I will give it another try. I did enjoy the Pino Grigio.
P Pesky Vector #2 August 10, 2010
At first I found it odd that there were so few varieties of red wine on the menu (all three wineries from California, I believe) and when I asked for waiter for his recommendation of a red he said they had “Cabs and Chardonney” (he meant Merlot). However, he had actually tasted the house wine to recommend and it was surprisingly good! Made me want to go back and sample the other (few).
P Pesky Vector #2 August 10, 2010
I should also have mentioned: both soups are made from scratch daily. Although I agree with Pegster that the squash soup could have used more seasoning, it wasn’t bad, and the tomato basil was wonderful.
C crenshaw sepulveda August 10, 2010
Do they have that new wine for men with prostate trouble, Pino More?
L lostinlosangeles August 11, 2010
HAHA pino more.
Slainte!!!
L lostinlosangeles August 11, 2010
“Hey, wine tasting is a serious thing…
..and it makes you want to dress like a member of Prince and The Revolution”