Pierce County’s restaurant landscape is shifting this spring, with a wave of new openings spanning sushi, Salvadoran cuisine and Indian pastries, even as two well-known spots prepare to close their doors. From a cult-favorite cake shop landing on Tacoma’s waterfront to an Irish pub serving its last pint, here’s what eaters and drinkers should know.
• The Cat & Rabbitt, the cult-favorite cake shop from pastry chefs Terryn Abbitt and Julia Brown, opened a slice shop May 3 at the Museum of Glass in partnership with new deli Sliced. The Tacoma slice shop serves $12 six-layer slices in takeout boxes. This month’s flavors include Cherry Chip Birthday, Hummingbird, marionberry-grapefruit and vegan chocolate on chocolate.
• Johnny’s Dock has closed again less than a year after reopening at Thea Foss Marina, with majority property owner Roy Kissler saying the tenant fell behind on rent and “just was absolutely running the restaurant into the ground.” Owner Gurinderjit “Gary” Purewal acknowledged sales tanked after the holidays and that rent had been late, telling The News Tribune the landlords “gave us the option to just close the doors” after he invested heavily of his own money…