Tumwater Craft District progresses, bakery gets new name, bagel-maker eyes first home
Heritage Distilling of Gig Harbor and Ninkasi Brewing of Eugene, Oregon, are both expected to occupy space at the Tumwater Craft District, a new destination off Capitol Boulevard that is already being used by South Puget Sound Community College for its brewing and distilling program.
Heritage Distilling, perhaps best known for its brown sugar bourbon, expected to move in last year but because of the pandemic that was put on hold. Now, they are aiming for the first week of June, said Hannah Hanley, chief marketing officer.
Heritage also is in partnership with the Chehalis Tribe at Talking Cedar in Grand Mound. The move to Tumwater is significant because once Heritage is set up there, the majority of Heritage Distilling production will take place in Thurston County, Hanley said.
The Tumwater location will include a Heritage tasting room and retail space, according to a news release.
Ninkasi has pushed back its plans as well.
“We are excited to be planning on being a part of the Craft District in Tumwater,” spokeswoman Kiley Gwynn said in an email. “As you know, COVID has put a wrinkle in many plans, and our new projected timeline is to open in the spring of 2022.”
City of Tumwater spokeswoman Ann Cook said Ninkasi is set to occupy the “market building” at the district, although construction of that building was delayed by the pandemic. Construction is tentatively set to resume this summer, she said.
The market building will house restaurants, coffee, specialty food and other retail businesses.
Construction of an amphitheater at the site is also tentatively set for this summer.
Other business happenings
Olympia Coffee Roasting Co., known for its flagship store on Fourth Avenue across from Olympia City Hall, has expanded to Tacoma and Seattle. It also now owns a bakery in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, and the coffee roaster has decided to change its name, the business announced.
Previously known as Le Reve Bakery — a bakery that was Olympia Coffee’s first wholesale partner — it is now called Moonrise Bakery. Olympia Coffee took over the business last July.
“After many discussions, we are moving forward with Moonrise Bakery, a name that takes its inspiration from our croissants and the gentle rising of our pastries while baking,” Olympia Coffee announced in a news release.
The baked goods, which focus on traditional, French-influenced lamination, including kouign amann, twice-baked almond croissants and pain au chocolat, can be found at all Olympia Coffee locations.
Adam Dealan-de, owner of Adam’s Bagels in Olympia, says he may have found his first storefront. It’s the former Hawley’s Gelato location in downtown Olympia, across from the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on Washington Street.
Hawley’s previously moved to Capital Mall.
Dealan-de is a longtime bagel-maker, but his business is only a year old, he said. He makes his bagels at an area kitchen, then he either delivers the bagels or meets customers at Lions Park in Olympia for pick up.
He praised the layout of the downtown location because he can hand roll, boil and bake his bagels and sell them through a window to customers. The new storefront could open this summer, he said.
One of the bagels that Dealan-de makes is a nettle bagel, using dried and ground up nettles that give the bagel a light herb flavor, he said.
Dealan-de is raising money on gofundme for business equipment, but also plans to use Kickstarter to help with his move, he said.
If you know of a retailer, restaurant, coffee shop or other business that is opening, closing, expanding, remodeling, or changing its focus, send an email to reporter Rolf Boone at rboone@theolympian.com.
This story was originally published April 30, 2021 at 5:45 AM with the headline "Tumwater Craft District progresses, bakery gets new name, bagel-maker eyes first home."
