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View More3 downtown Olympia shops relocate after facing closure
Three downtown Olympia businesses that faced closure have reopened in new locations or formats: Walrus and Kitten Vintage moved to a larger Fifth Avenue space, Radiance Herbs & Massage shifted across the street, and former Wayside Cafe co-owner Jamelle Parker pivoted to a commissary kitchen distributing vegan food to local stores.
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View MoreDick's Drive-In CEO headlines Thurston Chamber workforce summit
The Thurston County Chamber of Commerce will host its Future of Work Summit on Oct. 14 at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, featuring a keynote by Dick's Drive-In CEO Jasmine Donovan on employee retention and advancement.
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View MoreOlympia's Capitol Way packs a dozen eateries in 1 mile
More than a dozen restaurants, bakeries and market vendors line a mile of Capitol Way from the Capitol Campus to the Olympia Farmers Market, a stretch a new anonymous Oly Arts food column calls downtown's "Restaurant Row."
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View MoreLacey steakhouse adds speakeasy as Olympia Red Lobster closes
Ricardo's Kitchen and Bar in Lacey is mid-renovation to add a Prohibition-era speakeasy and kitchen theater, aiming to reopen in late September. Meanwhile, the Red Lobster on Martin Way East in Olympia closed Aug. 23 after 30 years, with a Chick-fil-A proposed for the site.
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View MoreWingstop opens in west Olympia as Buns of Glory eyes Tumwater drive-thru
Wingstop opened its second Thurston County location in west Olympia on Friday, Aug. 21, Buns of Glory food truck is pursuing a brick-and-mortar drive-thru near Tumwater's proposed Costco development, and a UW architecture student has proposed reusing the historic KGY radio building at the Port of Olympia.
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View MoreOlympia teacher turns kids' outgrown clothes into $70K business
Ali Daugherty, a kindergarten teacher at Griffin School in Olympia, built Evergreen Kids Co. into a children's clothing business generating more than $70,000 in under a year through live auctions on Whatnot.
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View MoreThe Popinjay closing after 49 years as owners retire
Janis and Stephen Dean are winding down The Popinjay, the 49-year-old gift and candy shop at 414 Capitol Way S. in downtown Olympia, with a 50-percent-off retirement sale underway and the possibility a buyer could take over before Christmas.
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View MoreWingstop opening Aug. 21 in west Olympia, bringing 20 jobs
Wingstop will open its second Thurston County location Friday, Aug. 21 at 1620 Cooper Point Road SW in west Olympia, operated by Far West Restaurant Group and expected to employ 15 to 20 workers.
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View MoreFree ScaleUp business training open to Olympia-area owners
The Thurston County EDC's Center for Business & Innovation is offering its ScaleUp advanced training program free to established Olympia-area business owners, led by newly promoted director Ashley Whitley.
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View More2 South Sound breweries blend 130 years of history
Well 80 Brewhouse and Triceratops Brewing released Leotucky Lager on July 31, blending a recreation of Leopold Schmidt's 1896 Olympia Brewing Company recipe with Triceratops' award-winning Pennsyltucky Lager.
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View MoreOlympia Music History Project hosts live interview with K Records' Mariella Luz on Friday
The Olympia Music History Project hosts a free First Friday event on Aug. 7 featuring a live public interview with Mariella Luz, former K Records general manager and co-founder of the Northern venue, at 203 Columbia St. NW in downtown Olympia.
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View More1889 Prime Steakhouse names Joe Rumberger executive chef as downtown Olympia restaurant turns three
1889 Prime Steakhouse in downtown Olympia named Joe Rumberger, former operator of Tumwater's Bar C'est L'eau, as executive chef in July as the Fifth Avenue restaurant celebrates its third anniversary.
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