Outside of downtown, the city of Yakima offers a plethora of shopping, dining and entertainment options. The Yakima Valley Museum, 2105 Tieton Drive, boasts an expansive collection of local history, a garden of vintage neon signs and an old-fashioned soda fountain. It also plays hosts to summer concerts and the Yakima Folklife...
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Farm country, canyon country, wide-open-blue-sky country — that’s what you get when you head out to Yakima’s West Valley neighborhood. Coming up in July, family fun is free at the annual Cherry Days Festival at Barrett Orchards...
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Yakima’s West Valley neighborhood offers a combination of town and country. Cowiche Canyon, north of Summitview Road, has a couple of easily accessible trails for hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. It’s...
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Warning: This restaurant write-up will not include any puns, all too common in the name of Thai restaurants. This writer will instead focus on the natural goodness of Thai food as prepared by Yakima’s New Thai restaurant,...
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A hot dog at the Rec Room Bar and Grill is the kind of food that makes one glad to have taste buds, not just a stomach. The hot dog, as a culinary genre, is usually very good or very bad. Only hot dogs fresh off the grill at a...
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I don’t like surprises, especially where I dine. Don’t change the hours. Don’t tinker with the ambiance, and don’t even think about changing the menu. At least, that’s what I used to think — until...
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I’m just going to cut to the chase: The Toasted Pesto Chicken Sandwich at Ballesteri’s is one of the best things I have ever tasted. And, at the risk of sounding egotistical, I’ve eaten a lot of amazing food in a lot...
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5607 Tieton Dr., Suite 106, Yakima The plain white walls of this restaurant won’t win any interior design awards, but the restaurant makes its case in the kitchen by cooking tasty food items such as carne asada, adobada tacos and...
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The Festival of Flowers in West Valley has turned into an event with a strong community feel over the years. “You can eat, you can shop, you can get creatively inspired,” says Amy Peters, coordinator of the 2011...
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