Tacoma has a lot of things going for it, but a restaurant inside a genuine 1907 firehouse might just be the most unexpectedly wonderful one.
E9 Firehouse & Gastropub sits at 621 South Oakes Street, and it’s exactly the kind of place that makes you feel like you stumbled onto something special.
Let’s start with the building, because the building is the whole opening act.
This red brick structure has been standing in Tacoma’s Stadium District since 1907, which means it was already old when your grandparents were young…