Openings: Sinoloan chicken + Yakima boba shop coming to Tri-Cities + New coffee caboose
Pasco’s newest chicken restaurant is dishing up a mix of Sinaloan cuisine and sentimental memories about the dad who cooked for everyone.
Marina Lopez, originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, opened Pollos El Ray at 4525 Road 68, next to T Mobile.
Lopez said she wanted to share the dishes her father lovingly prepared for weddings, quinceañeras and other special occasions.
The menu offers whole, half and quarter chickens, carne asada and a variety of sides, including tortillas, fries, rice, beans and beverages.
Order online at polloselrey.com.
JayDay Cafe & Boba
5216 W Okanogan Place, Suite 130, Kennewick
JayDay Cafe & Boba, a Yakima business, is expanding to the Tri-Cities with a new location near Kamiakin High School.
JayDay, serving coffee, boba, tea and food, is opening in a new retail building built near the Edison Street Food Park.
The shop offers drive-thru as well as inside seating. Its neighbors include the future Kennewick outlet for Spudnut, expected to open this fall.
JayDay is led by Nhu Nguyen.
Pick Me Up Coffee
4301 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick
The Pick Me Up Coffee Co. is now open in south Kennewick’s coffee caboose.
Pick Me Up, which started at Summers Hub, took over the drive-thru coffee stand left vacant when Red Rail moved across the street. Prior to Red Rail, the caboose-style stand was known as MochaMotive.
It was repainted black for Pick Me Up, which is led by Kelly Wellenbrock, Amanda Questad and Samantha Sauceda.
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Canyon Lakes Starbucks reopens
4008 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick
A Starbucks near Canyon Lakes in south Kennewick has reopened after temporarily closing for a $500,000 remodel.
The store, near Home Depot at Highway 395, was remade with less seating, more kitchen space and upgraded mechanical systems. The city issued a certificate of occupancy on Sept. 12.
The Canyon Lakes Starbucks is one of 18 locations in the Tri-Cities.
Tirriddis sparkles in Prosser
2140 B Wine Country Road, Prosser
Tirriddis Sparkling Wines plans a grand opening at its new Prosser tasting room at 3 p.m., Oct. 17.
Tirriddis hours will be 11 a.m.-7 p.m., daily, and will offer $5 glass pour specials and discounts on to-go bottles.
Tirriddis is led by Gabriel Crowell, Matthew Doutney and Andew Gerow, graduates of the Washington State University Tri-Cities Viticulture & Enology program.
Tirridis opened its first tasting room in Prosser in 2022 at the Port of Benton’s Prosser Wine & Food Park.
Go to Tirriddis.com.