Tired of cooking? 3 Tri-Cities eateries offer options to kick yourself out of the kitchen
After being cooped up for weeks during the coronavirus outbreak, Tri-Citians may be looking for a break from cooking.
These grab-and-go options offer a tasty new choice for your dinner table if you’re getting tired of your other go-to dishes.
Authentic Puerto Rican
At Boricua’s, the chefs do all your prep work.
The authentic Puerto Rican food vendor that operates out of the Pasco Specialty Kitchen at 110 S. Fourth St. is marking its first anniversary.
Gavriel Rivera, 33, and Luis Figueroa, 35, started the eatery as a way to make a little side money. Now amid the coronavirus pandemic, hungry customers can have a home-cooked meal without the work.
All of Boricua’s dishes are prepared in family-size proportions. Pre-orders are required for a quick pickup at the Pasco Specialty Kitchen’s takeout window, then take them home to bake, reheat or fry. Dishes start at $10.
Boricua’s posts their current offerings on its Facebook page.
Some of their dishes include pastelon (plaintain lasagna), yucca fritta (cassava fries), sofrito (a base sauce of herbs and spices), tostones (fried crispy plantains) or empanadas (filled pastry). And for dessert there’s limber — a Puerto Rican-style ice cream.
To order, call or text Boricua’s at 509-212- 7645.
Canned cocktails and more
If you want to try to mimic a fun night out of the house, swing by The Bradley in Richland for a cocktail or a “Quarantine Dinner” — or both.
A relative newcomer to the restaurant scene, The Bradley opened its doors in July 2018 at 404 Bradley Blvd. Suite 106. It features tapas with a twist, shared plates and large plates — it now offers its custom handcrafted cocktails in a can.
The restaurant added the ability to can while adapting operations to social distancing rules.
After an initial offering of a few drinks, the Bradley expanded to more than a half-dozen canned cocktails including a grapefruit mojito, cucumber gimlet, Rosemary’s Daughter (rosemary lemon vodka drink) or Five Points (bourbon sour).
The $12 cans have two servings.
While picking up a nightcap to go, customers can place an order food online from a steadfast selection of options from their regular menu or rotating daily promotions posted on their Facebook page including an occasionally featured Quarantine Dinner.
The elegant $50 meal that serves two includes a main dish, sides and a complementary bottle of chef’s choice white or red wine. Options have included items such as steelhead, sirloin and beef bourguignon.
Feed whole family
Feeding a crowd is easy at Pacific Pasta and Grill in Kennewick.
While restaurants are closed to diners, this eatery at 7911 W. Grandridge Blvd. is offering family meal packs that are designed to fill up a whole family. In addition, their regular menu also still is available, which has gluten-free options, as well as a kids menu.
Customers buying the family pack can choose from a selection of favorite pasta dishes including mac and cheese, spaghetti, basil pesto or Southwest chipotle.
For $22 customers will receive a dinner that will feed up to four people and $42 will feed up to eight. A protein choice is extra. Each meal also includes six breadsticks and a choice of four non-alcoholic beverages.
Their new boxed lunches also offer a midday break and include include pasta salad, chips, cookies and a beverage.
To order for take out and car side pickup, call 509-783-7847 or find them for delivery on Uber Eats.