Lacey icon appears to have a future, more coffee shops coming and a bulgogi spot opens
A Lacey building that was home to the department store Sears for decades appears to have a future, according to city of Lacey information.
Representatives of Mattis Partners, a Seattle-based commercial real estate company, met with Lacey officials in March to get feedback on expanding the building for a new tenant.
Mattis proposes to add 8,200 square feet to the nearly 80,000-square-foot building at 651 Sleater-Kinney Road SE, and then to “re-tenant” the property, although the new tenant was not named.
Sears, which opened in 1966, the same year that Lacey became an incorporated community, closed in early 2020.
Other business happenings
The region’s coffee options continue to expand. A business calling itself Capital Grounds is coming to the Views on Fifth development in downtown Olympia, and Gravity Coffee Co., which got its start in Tacoma, is underway with a new site in Olympia at 3520 Pacific Ave. SE.
A new coffee business also has opened in Shelton called Fat Cat Coffee Shop. It can be found at 401 W. Railroad Ave.
Looking for a meal, rather than coffee? How about a Korean barbecue bowl restaurant?
There’s a new one called Bulgogi Hustle, which opened at 5718 Pacific Ave. SE in Lacey. The hours are 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, according to the website.
Menu offerings include the bulgogi bowl, which is made with marinated meat, steamed white rice, Korean yellow curry, sweet potato noodles and lettuce. Bulgogi literally means “fire meat,” and is made of either beef or pork grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top griddle.
Budd Bay Cafe, the longtime waterfront seafood restaurant, is serving breakfasts again, the business announced. Breakfast service resumed April 6; it opens at 8 a.m.
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 16, 2021 at 5:45 AM.
