Food & Wine

Dining alfresco. Many Tri-Cities restaurants reopen with outdoor seating

By Allison Stormo

July 8, 2020 5:00 AM

Tri-Cities restaurants are once again open for sit-down dining, as long as the table are outside.

Eatery owners have been scrambling to make adjustments after three months of being allowed to offer only takeout and delivery options.

Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman approved a modified Phase 1 for Benton and Franklin counties that includes restaurant outdoor seating at 50 percent of its outside capacity.

And city officials are also hurrying to find a way to allow more eateries to take advantage of the modified opening rules.

On Monday, the Pasco City Council approved a plan allowing restaurants to expand their outdoor seating by using up to 50 percent of their off-street parking next to their buildings for additional seating, with the exception of handicapped parking.

The Kennewick and Richland city councils are considering similar measures at their meetings Tuesday night.

The Dugout Bar & Grill’s patio is now open in Kennewick, Richland and Pasco.

Here are some of the restaurants in Tri-Cities already open for customers to dine out on a patio or deck:

KoKo’s Bartini

Koko’s Bartini, 4309 W. 27th Place, Suite 100 in the Cynergy Centre Building, is marking its July 7 reopening with Taco Tuesday specials. The patio is open 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 3 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Happy hour 3 to 6 p.m. Call: 509-820-3655; kokosbartini.com; Facebook

Stick + Stone Neapolitan Wood-Fired Pizza

Stick + Stone, 3027 Duportail St. in Richland, is taking reservations only for their outside seating. Four time slots are available at noon, 2:30 p.m. 5 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Call: 509-627-2450; stickandstonepizza.com; Facebook

The Rock Wood Fired Pizza

Rock Wood Fired Pizza, 4862 W. Hildebreand Blvd. in Kennewick. Open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Call: 509-221-1137. Patio open daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. therockwfp.com; Facebook

RF McDougall’s

RF McDougall’s, 1705 Columbia Park Trail in Richland, is reopening for the first time since it shutdown in March during the COVID pandmeic with its outside patio. Hours will be noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays. Call: 509-735-6418. rfmcdougalls.net; Facebook

Proof Gastropub

Proof Gastropub, 924 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Suite 310 in Kennewick, is taking reservations for its patio. The retaurant will have five seating areas that will seat two to four people. Reservations are being taken for 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Call: 509-820-3321. proofgastropub.com; Facebook

J. Bookwalter Wines and its restaurant Fiction at 984 Tulip Lane in Richland are now among Tri-Cities take out options.

J Bookwalter Wines and Fiction Restaurant

J Bookwalter Wines, 894 Tulip Lane in Richland, outside seating open with reservations for groups no larger than five people. Open noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Call: 509-627-5000, Ext. 1. bookwalterwines.com; Facebook

Here are some other restaurants with outdoor dining in Tri-Cities:

▪ Pacific Pasta & Grill Restaurant, 7911 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick. Patio hours unclear. 509-783-7847. pacificpastaandgrill.com; Facebook

▪ Drumheller’s Food and Drink, 530 Columbia Point Drive, Richland. The restaurant at The Lodge at Columbia Point is working on reopening plans. 509-578-1591. lodgeatcolumbiapoint.com; Facebook

▪ Anthony’s at Columbia Point, 550 Columbia Point Drive, Richland. Reservations recommended. Call: 509-946-3474. anthonys.com, Facebook

▪ Kimo’s Sportsbar & Brewpub, 2696 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Richland. Call: 509-783-5747. kimosrmbc.com, Facebook

▪ Sage Brewing Company, 8425 Chapel Hill Blvd., Suite B102, Pasco. New patio seating in works. Call: 509-316-4035. sagebrewing.beer, Facebook

Sage Brewing Company at 8425 Chapel Hill Blvd in Pasco. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald

▪ Sterling’s Restaurant - On the River, 890 George Washington Way, Richland. Call: 509-943-1588. sterlingsfamous.com, Facebook

▪ Hops N Drops, 4898 W. Hildebrand Boulevard at Southridge, Kennewick, and 2675 Queensgate Drive, Richland.

▪ Dugout Bar & Grill, 7111 Burden Blvd., Pasco 509-547-6614; 99 Lee Boulevard, Richland 509-943-9789; 4810 Hildebrand Blvd., at Southridge in Kennewick, 509-221-1875.

▪ 3 Eyed Fish Kitchen + Bar, 1970 Keene Road, Richland. Call: 509-682-3255. 3eyedfishwinebar.com, Facebook

▪ LU LU Craft Bar + Kitchen, 606 Columbia Point Crive, Richland. Call: 709-713-7880. lulucraftbar.com

Allison Stormo

Tri-City Herald

509-492-2277

Allison Stormo has been an editor, writer and designer at newspapers throughout the Pacific Northwest for more than 20 years. She is a former Tri-City Herald news editor, and recently returned to the newsroom.