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This week ... What: DeRosa's fish taco de-virginization Where: Mazatlan Restaurant, downtown Puyallup When: During happy hour Happy hour days: Monday-Thursday Happy hour times: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. - close All day happy hour: Sundays Happy hour located: In the bar Was I happy: Oh, you betcha! For more than an hour: HELL. YES. For the
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This week ... Place: Thai Restaurant in Fife Type of food served: Thai Language spoken: Thai Orders written in: Thai Country the employees are all from: Thailand What they're not: Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Hungarian Not on the menu: Spaghetti, burgers, hummus Most popular dish: House Fried Rice Across the street: BJ's Bingo What I immediately wanted to go do: Play
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THIS WEEK >>> Place: Alfred's Cafe and Bubble Room Originally named: Bill & Ted's Restaurant, Cafe and Tavern (1930s) Adopted current name: Late 1950s Daytime bartender: Scott Wright Evening bartender: Kali Happy hour: 4-7 p.m. Open for: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Bubbles seen: Only in our beer Beers consumed: Two each Parking lot: Resembles a pack of sardines Why is the bar
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This week ... Place: Warthog Barbeque Pit Established: 1999 Location: Fife Founder: Gary Kurashima Closed for deep cleaning: Christmastime Curtains: Black ruffles with chili peppers Stuffed dead animals: 30 Sweet tea: Yes Built: Inside the Kingdome Previously: Log cabin model home Seating: Indoor and outdoor Capacity: 50-100 guests Catering: Yes Music: Country Number of Thin Mints I ate while writing this: 8 To read the full
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This week ... Person: Aja PoundHometown: TacomaCareer: EstheticianMarital status: SingleLongest relationship: 3.5 yearsWhy they broke up: Not in loveHopeless romantic: No, realistWhat she's looking for in a man: Honesty, sense of humor, not in a clubWhat she is: Easy going, caring, socialAre her parents reading this: YesWould I have mentioned her
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THERE WILL BE NO EVENT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR'S HUNT WILL BE MASSIVE >>> Admittedly, I am the least competitive person I know. There was even that one time in 7th grade when Jill Swanford bet me I couldn't French kiss Kurt Adler in public for more than 30 seconds.
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This week ... Place: Mi Chalateca Pupuseria Visited: Sunday at noon Partner in crime: Anne Anderle, Weekly Volcano intern Time spent: 2.33 hours Most offensive menu item: Dog penis. Just kidding. Food plates on our table: Approximately eight Space left on the table: Four square inches Biggest mistake: Not wearing elastic waistbands Mutual weight gained: 6 pounds, 14 ounces Event
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This week ... Place: Dorky's Bar Arcade Open since: Sept. 28, 2010 Owners: Les Voros-Bond and Caroline Dennewith Cost of all games: 25 cents What I just lied about: Newer pinball games are actually 50 cents Total pinball machines: 11 Most popular game: TMNT Percentage of readers who will know what TMNT stands for: 87% Oldest games: Space Invaders
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This week ... Place: Puyallup's Organic Comfort Food Cafe Items on menu: Somewhere between 30 and 300, more toward 30 Times I made the server come back to table: 13 Times I had showered that day: Zero Server slightly victimized by my presence: Of course Kid's menu: Yes Alcohol: No Parking: Street Available seats: About 40 Hot men eating healthy:
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This week ... Thing: My short-lived career at 99 Bottles Term of employment: One month (seasonal) Times I fucked up the register: Three Customers I pissed off: None! (I think.) Who I irritated the most: Craig Adamowski Work BFF: Dennis Best Types of beer at 99 Bottles: Over 1000 Shelves I dusted: 35 Bottles and Glassware I cleaned: 1,426 Cuts
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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO DRINK >>> Local business owners have made the mistake of giving me their private cell numbers before. Chris Keil of 1022 South is not the first. As soon as I caught wind of 1022 South's epic breakthrough into high-class journalism with The New York Times
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This week ... Thing: Community Produce Co-owners: Jason Barker and Deanna Riley Location: Doyle's and King's Books shared parking lot Open: Daily Been open for business: Five weeks Distributor: Snow Valley (Seattle) Weather: COLD Shelter provided by: 10-by-10 tent Walls: None Heat: None Layers of warm clothing worn by Barker: Five Did I feel like tailgating under the tent?: Yes Did Jason Barker
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IT'S LIKE CRAIGSLIST, ONLY YOU WONT BE MURDERED >>> You can find Jason Barker parked outside next to Doyle's Public House, in the parking lot. No, he hasn't been 86'd (that I know of); he's trying to start up Community Produce - which, as it sounds, would be local produce distribution
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SELLER OF LOCAL STUFF, HATER OF CAPITALIZATION >>> It's no secret that in order to associate the name "Steph DeRosa" with the term "journalism" you must do so in a very sarcastic manner - but this time I had some legitimate investigative journalism to partake in: sweet pea had welcomed a
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This week ... THING: Sabrina T. Scale of Menchie's Frozen Yogurt STATS: 18 inches square, 20-pound capacity, 6 inch height COST OF FROZEN YOGURT: 23 cents per ounce LARGEST YOGURT CUP EVER MEASURED: Four pounds ALTERNATIVE USES: Bookend, Doorstop, Weapon (if thrown correctly) FATHER: Richter Scale BROTHER: D-Minor Scale WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AS: A pharmaceutical scale WOULD
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This week ... Place: Forza Coffee - Puyallup Opened: Dec. 8, 2006 Nickname: P-Town Forza Staff: 13 peeps, average age 21, average height 5 feet 9 inches Franchise owners: Bryan Reynolds and family Drive-thru: No Store sales ranking: #1 out of 25 total stores Most drinks made by one employee in one hour: 174 Busiest day of the year:
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This week ... THING: Louie G's Pizzeria "Little Italy" Pizza Challenge STATS: 28-inch pizza, three topping minimum. Starts at $39.95. You eat it - you win CREATOR: Louie G. CHALLENGE ATTEMPTS: 170 CHALLENGE COMPLETIONS: A big fat ZERO TIME LIMIT: One hour MOST COMMON EXPRESSION UPON FIRST SIGHT: Oh, shit! MAXIMUM AMMOUNT OF CHALLENGE TEAM MEMBERS: Two PRIZES: T-Shirt,
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This week ... Thing: Spartacus T. Ladle of Infinite Soups Stats: 13-inch handle, stainless steel, 6-ounce bowl Washed: Daily Scoops Per Hour (SPH): +/- 200 Weight: 0.42 ounces Alternative uses: back-scratching, spanking, weapon Nickname: Spartacus Nickname in the '70s: Spoonflower Favorite Song: "The Underdog" by Spoon Would come back in another life as: Vichyssoise Regrets: "Not being in that Soundgarden video" Annoyances:
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This week ... Person: Aaron Tumale, dough-tosser at The Rock Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits Stats: 23, Male, Filipino/Japanese/Hawaiian, single Reads: Room Full of Mirrors, comics, Harry Potter Drink/Smoke: Yes/Yes Movie: Pulp Fiction Marriage: What? One night stands: No comment Boxers or briefs: Boxers Tattoos: No Local music: Matt Coughlin When I ran into Aaron Tumale as he was tossing dough
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SPENDING A FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MUD >>> Bandito Betty and I braved the big-breasted and scantily-clad masses in order to report back to you exactly how rockin' Bret Michaels might or might not still be after all his years of bodily abuse. After waiting in an obscenely long line to