Olympia butcher set to launch dinners, dog groomer moves and Lacey might get more storage
An idea that was first announced last summer is finally going to happen this month, said Brian McDonald, owner of Delmonico’s Heritage Butcher Shop at 916 Fourth Ave E., which is slightly uptown from Olympia’s downtown.
The six-course, reservation-only dinners are set to begin March 21, he said. The six-course menu, which will change weekly, is being paired with three different wines.
McDonald shared the first menu with The Olympian: The meal begins with Wild Yeast bread served with Olympic peninsula black trumpet butter. Other courses include a pasta dish called Bucatini all’ Amatriciana, followed by Osso Buco porcini and cream polenta.
Reservations can be made through an online service called Tock. Seating begins at 8:15 p.m., he said.
In addition to the butcher shop and dinners, Delmonico’s is also selling wine and has formal wine tastings from 4-7 p.m. Saturdays. The business hired the former manager at the Wine Loft as its executive wine buyer, he said. Not only can customers taste wine, but also hors d’oeuvres such as steak tartar or smoked sausage with whole grain mustard.
Olympia-based Wild Yeast Breads is selling other products at Delmonico’s such as its bialy, which is bagel dough rolled into the shape of a small pizza, then topped with caramelized onions and melted cheese.
The butcher and wine shop is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Other business happenings
The former Pier 1 building in west Olympia could be redeveloped into a space for multiple tenants, according to city of Olympia information.
“We are proposing a change of use from sole tenant retail to medical and dental offices with an inline, quick serve-type food tenant,” the project narrative reads.
A downtown Olympia cocktail lounge called Shiny Prize is being explored, also according to city of Olympia information.
The business has been proposed at 118 Fourth Ave. E.
“Shiny Prize’s retro futuristic decor and menu of 1980s and ‘90s classics contrasts with PNW natural elements to create a familiar, yet stylized, ‘neighborhood bar’ that can be best described as Miami Vice, in Olympia, on a tugboat,” the project narrative reads.
The business office of Shur-Kleen, the chain of car wash operations owned by Lacey Mayor Andy Ryder and business partner Liberty Hetzler, has moved. The office was previously on Selma Street in Lacey, but now it’s at 4224 Pacific Ave. SE. That location is next door to the former site of Howard’s Cleaners.
Grateful Dogs Grooming and Daycamp has moved. It can now be found at 4249 Lacey Blvd. SE, according to its website.
Kalera, a Florida-based business that grows leafy greens indoors, announced that it has secured bridge financing for up to $20 million. A year ago the Orlando-based business said it was going to open an indoor farm in Lacey. A check of the business website shows the “Seattle-area farm” is still under construction.
Representatives of Macritchie Storage Ventures are exploring a 100,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Hawks Prairie in the 8300 block of Quinault Drive Northeast, according to city of Lacey information.
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.
