Gig Harbor is a cute little town on the sound, just across the bridge from Tacoma. Lots of shops and wonderful art galleries, antique's. There is a great place, the Tides Tavern, for brews and local fare, great fish and chips. Also a terrific Italian place, Il Lucano, the owners are from Italy and Japan, the night we went the wife was there and chatted up my brother (who is fluent in Japanese) for hours, like old friends, it was great and so was the food! You can cross the Fox Island Bridge and visit the Fox Island Museum. My cousin is the historian there, my family is from there. Go on a ferry excursion around the sound. Beautiful country, I would love to retire up there someday...Oregon coast is spectacular too..
Willowpondgj said:
Gig Harbor is a cute little town on the sound, just across the bridge from Tacoma. Lots of shops and wonderful art galleries, antique's. There is a great place, the Tides Tavern, for brews and local fare, great fish and chips. Also a terrific Italian place, Il Lucano, the owners are from Italy and Japan, the night we went the wife was there and chatted up my brother (who is fluent in Japanese) for hours, like old friends, it was great and so was the food! You can cross the Fox Island Bridge and visit the Fox Island Museum. My cousin is the historian there, my family is from there. Go on a ferry excursion around the sound. Beautiful country, I would love to retire up there someday...Oregon coast is spectacular too.
YOU!
The owner of the Tides is an heir to the Stanley Tools fortune. The first place I ever had a bleu cheese burger, now they are everywhere. That in itself makes it a great place.
My old stomping grounds, lived in Gig Harbor, worked in Gig Harbor, and my aunt is the Town Clerk there. My grandmother turns 90 in Sept in Gig Harbor.
I thought we only had San Diego in common WP! Sunshine is from Bremerton, fyi. The very same "Sunshine the Breakfast Queen" on this forum. We used to scuba dive off Fox Island. Paddled all around in a canoe as well. We built our home in Port Orchard and from there moved to Virginia.
FYI Maddie, Gig Harbor will remind you of The Cape.
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