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Temple of the Bean To Rise Again (20. March 2007, 10:37 by Derek Young) ~ Drinking Beautiful Coffee

Whoa… the flashbacks. The Spew is reporting that a coffee shop will be reopening in the old Temple of the Bean space. In case you don’t know where that is, it’s the little shack of a space above Supernova at Division and I Street next to Burger Bar and the gas station. I used to walk a couple miles to drink coffee in that place… back in the early nineties. Crazy memories.

Link to The Spew

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Ditto. Up late on a Saturday night … a couple hours watching improv, then walking over for coffee … but I guess you’re not supposed to sleep during college …

1 | Posted by tacomachickadee | Mar 20, 10:42 AM

This place ruled.

It was small and funky and kept getting broken into. However, the area has changed alot since then.

Can’t beat the location. The Stadium District seems to be at the forefront of new life in Tacoma.

2 | Posted by Erik | Mar 20, 11:40 AM

Yep… I did the ‘watch improv, then go to temple of the bean’ two step many, many saturday nights. I’d often stop in sometimes after going to shows in seattle – always really interesting people there.

3 | Posted by marc w. | Mar 20, 01:12 PM

And Marc doesn’t even like coffee.

4 | Posted by Erik S | Mar 20, 02:26 PM

Do any of you remember Buzz City? I watched a couple of bands in there… before it closed and became the Subway.

5 | Posted by Derek | Mar 20, 02:50 PM

Yes, I remember Buzz City.
It really does seem like there were more live concerts (at least in the indie rock vein) in, oh, 1993 than there are now. And that ain’t right.

And who can forget Mother Records, right underneath TotB, before they moved over to the Merlino bldg.

True, erik s. I hate coffee, and hung out in the coffee shop anyway. It was cool, it was open late, and you didn’t need to be 21.

6 | Posted by marc w. | Mar 20, 03:11 PM

woah. After performing a few improv (ala sketch comedy) sets, or possibly before, that was the closest place to TLT for coffee.

Be nice to have a small place back on that part of town especially after Grandfields grew into a condo project.

7 | Posted by NEAL | Mar 20, 03:17 PM

way off-topic:
Am I crazy or did there used to be a Taco Del Mar where Margaret’s is now (9th & St Helens)?

8 | Posted by morgan | Mar 20, 03:52 PM

It was a PLANET BURRITO !

(I think.)

9 | Posted by Laura | Mar 20, 04:05 PM

Well, they used to be the same company … ahh, I remember the baby days of Taco del Mar, then Planet Burrito, then Tacoma del Mar again …

10 | Posted by tacomachickadee | Mar 20, 04:32 PM

But back to the main topic, if this new place is anything like what was … kind of a tiny, late-night cross between Shakabrah and Black Water … that would be phenomenal. It’s nice to have late-night, multi-age options that don’t require you to or assume you should be dancing or karaoke-ing. I know I appreciated such a spot before I was old enough for the bars, and I have a feeling I still would …