Zara Mediterranean Cuisine is Tacoma’s newest restaurant. Located in Downtown Tacoma on 15th & Pacific across from my very favorite place, Pacific Grill, Zara is like nothing else we have ever had downtown! They open this Thursday, August 18th.
Since early this winter we have been hearing that something new was going to take over the old Sea Grill. I was never really into Sea Grill- the restaurant was expensive and usually empty- but they had a very cool round bar with a view of the city. After looking over the menu it looks like Zara has solved the boring restaurant portion of the problem. At the opening they had samples of everything and I didn’t keep very good track of what I tried. I’m a fairly unadventurous eater, sadly, but even I found myself tasting all kinds of new things. From appetizery delights like pita bread slathered in baba ghanoush to the greek bruschetta and the heavenly baklava- there are lots of tasty spicey and delicious things you can’t get anywhere else in town. Happy hour hasn’t started yet, so we’ll have to see how realistic those tasty treats become for my pocket book, but I’m optimistic.
The funnest part about Zara Mediterranean Cuisine is definitely the Belly Dancers. They were super pretty and fun and dressed VERY fancy. They even came over and danced with the fellows at my table:
These were seriously some of the prettiest funnest belly dancers I’ve ever seen and they even changed outfits. Very very fun.
Of course they busted out belly dancers on the first night, but supposedly they’re going to be keeping them around to perform 3 times per night on Fridays and Saturdays. That adds a totally fun and unique element that seems like it would be good for birthdays and out of towners.
Overall, from the things I tried and the things I saw Zara Mediterranean Cuisine looks like it will be a really fun addition to Downtown.
Here are the deets:
- Website: http://www.zaracuisine.com
- Email: info@zaracuisine.com
- Phone: (253) 572-1222
- Zara Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday – Saturday: 11:00am – 3:00pm, Sunday Brunch: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Dinner: Monday – Thursday: 5:00pm – 10:00pm, Friday – Saturday: 5:00pm – 11:00pm, Sunday: 2:00pm – 8:00pm. (no happy hour on Sunday! boooo)
