Last September, 21-year-old Dominique Dizon had dinner at her aunt’s house — and the visit proved more consequential than most typical family get-togethers.
Around-the-table conversations about a dream Dizon had — opening a smoothie shop that nodded to the style of LA’s café culture — ended up morphing, within eight months, into an official enterprise: Belly Smoothie Co.
“I knew we had something special (when) I would tell people about it and they didn’t ask, ‘Why are you doing this?’” Dizon said of her Tacoma business recently. “I have gotten great feedback, and everyone has been super supportive.”…