Although the lunch rush had slowed, customers still lined up inside the Antique Sandwich Co. near Point Defiance Park in Tacoma last week and settled into antique chairs.
This year will mark 53 years the Herridge family has served soups, pies, coffee, salads, quiches and sandwiches (with or without sprouts) at 5102 N. Pearl St. Although many assume the restaurant is in the city of Ruston, the owners confirmed last week that their side of the block is technically Tacoma.
You’ve likely driven past the building, which sports a beautiful blue mural of a woman enjoying a cup of coffee on its facade, and on the side, another elaborate mural of two Indigenous mermaids surrounded by sea life, painted by local artist Mary Mann. Down the block, picnic tables on an open lawn advertise “The Antique Sandwich Co. Garden of Eatin’.”…