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A Victorian-style tearoom in Tacoma, the Olive Branch Café and Tea Room, permanently shuttered its doors on Friday ahead of plans to demolish the Freighthouse Square for a new Link Light Rail station.
“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Olive Branch Café & Tea Room will be closing its doors,” The Olive Branch Café and Tea Room stated on its website. “This space has been far more than a café. It has been a gathering place, a refuge, a meeting spot for friends, neighbors, and strangers who quickly became family.”
Tacoma tea room latest to leave Freighthouse Square
The Olive Branch Café and Tea Room has been housed inside Tacoma’s Freighhouse Square for more than a decade since it opened in 2015…