A Tri-Cities favorite restaurant reopens a year after fire + Movie star touts local wine
Nearly a year after a kitchen fire forced a popular Tri-Cities restaurant to shut down, they’re back up and running and customers are clamoring to show their support.
Double Dragon Restaurant quietly reopened last week, and already customers are lined up to get a taste of their old favorites. The popular Chinese restaurant was forced to shut down after a passersby spotted the restaurant on fire in the middle of the night in early December.
Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the kitchen area, but damage seemed to be extensive.
Owner Lisa Chen posted on social media that they had missed their loyal customers and were happy to be open once again. Just a few days later she posted that they were looking to expand.
Ron and Lisa Chen opened the restaurant in 1999, and it was voted Tri-Cities’ favorite Asian restaurant as part of the Tri-City Herald’s People’s Choice Award in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Their new hours are 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. They’re at 3107 W. Clearwater Ave.
Tagaris Winery
Richland’s Tagaris Winery got a boost thanks to one of its high profile partners.
Movie star Cameron Diaz was recently on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to talk about her recent work and her new organic wine label, Avaline.
Avaline is produced by Tagaris, which currently operates more than 1,200 acres of vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA (American Viticulture Area). They have a tasting room in Richland, and Avaline is available at grocery stores nationwide and online.
Diaz talked about their unique labeling choices, which tells customers exactly what the wine tastes like.
The tasting room at 844 Tulip Lane, is open Tuesday from noon to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from noon to 10 p.m.
Broadmoor Commercial
A developer is preparing to begin grading for two commercial buildings in Pasco that will serve as strip mall-style mixed-use buildings.
Broadmoor Commercial Center LLC is building the strip mall near the intersection of Road 92 and Majesta Lane, just down the street from the Broadmoor Park shopping center.
The two-story buildings will come in at a combined 42,000 square feet, featuring commercial office space on the bottom and “manager’s apartments” on top.
This story was originally published September 21, 2022 at 10:13 AM.
