RON SWARNER: GRITTYSHOOT â€" LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN TACOMA >>>

Spending Labor Day weekend enjoying the sights, sounds, tastes and smells from our own backyard:

Top of Tacoma Bar & Cafe
3529 Mckinley Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.1502

Nachos: $8.50

Too often cheap pub grub means soggy nachos, cold fries, messy wings and other boring fried food. Not so at the Top of Tacoma â€" especially the nachos.  Served on a large baking sheet, it's as if co-owner Jamie Kay Newton makes the ultimate nacho on each chip then merges them.

The nachos arrive loaded with pepperjack and cheddar cheeses, red and green onions, tons of black olives, and jalapenos, served with fresh homemade salsa, chipotle-cilantro sour cream, with the options of adding pulled spicy barbecue chicken or seasoned ground beef. It's difficult for two people to polish off.

Bonus: Beside grabbing a taste of Top of Tacoma's co-owner Jason J Jones' favorite tequila â€" Corralejo resposado â€" the Weekly Volcano is the Top's first Twitter follower.

LINK: Top of Tacoma's new Web site