WELCOME ZARA >>>

This morning Tacoma Chamber Executive Tom Pierson, Community and Economic Development Director Ryan Petty, Zara Mediterranean Cuisine General Manager Chip Venzone and others cheered on Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland as she welcomed Eastern Mediterranean cuisine to the corner of 15th and Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma by slicing a red ribbon with giant scissors.

Zara Mediterranean Cuisine will open this Friday.

Weekly Volcano food critic Jennifer Johnson attended Zara's private celebration Tuesday. Johnson offers her impressions here.