A long-delayed oyster bar and restaurant in Purdy could be back on track again after the Gig Harbor City Council changed its rules on sewer and water connections outside city limits.
Minterbrook Oyster Co. had hoped to open Laguna’s last summer, but couldn’t get city approval for an increased sewer connection.
Gig Harbor already provides sewer service to the Purdy area. But the proposed restaurant would require a higher level of service than the former office building currently at the site.
Application denied last year
The city denied the company’s application for sewer service in June 2025, on the grounds that the ordinance in place at the time did not allow the city to increase water and sewer service outside the city’s limits, except under specific circumstances…