Tensions are running high between the North End’s Bigfoot Pizza and Bar and neighbors in the area after the two clashed over noise complaints and late-night activity outside the business.
Bigfoot Pizza and Bar, previously known as Sammy’s Pizza, has served pizza to residents of an otherwise sleepy corner of the North End for years. Residents of the area have been upset lately with what they described as increased noise and late-night activity that began in January when Bigfoot began hosting karaoke nights more frequently.
The tenor of the conversation changed after reports of a “shots fired” incident in the early hours of Feb. 28 at 13th and North I Street – around the corner from the restaurant. Tacoma Police Department Sgt. John Correa said the department received seven different calls reporting the sound of gunshots, and though officers didn’t make contact with any suspects on the scene, they did find four shell casings on the street…