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🚗 The New SR 167 Expressway Is Open. Here’s What Drivers Should Know

🥤 Intentions Juice Bar Has Closed—but Its Story May Continue

🌶️ Tacoma Restaurants Are Bringing the Heat—and Students Built the Stage

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The first two miles of the new SR 167 Expressway opened Sunday, connecting Interstate 5 in Fife with SR 509 near the Port of Tacoma. Drivers can access the highway at I-5, 54th Avenue East and SR 509, giving commuters and freight traffic a new alternative to local surface streets.

The new section will remain free until tolling begins in December, when Good To Go! customers will pay $1 each way. It is only the first portion of a planned six-mile expressway: The remaining connection between I-5 and the existing SR 167 in Puyallup is expected to open in 2029.

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Intentions Juice & Smoothie Bar has closed after nearly six years on South Tacoma Way—but this may not be the end of the business. Founder Marquita Evans says two prospective buyers have expressed interest in acquiring the operation and property, although no deal has been completed.

Intentions offered more than juices, smoothies and bowls. It became a gathering place for wellness conversations, workshops, local art and community events. With more daytime activity in the neighborhood than when the shop opened in 2020, could a new owner give the familiar storefront another life?

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Tacoma restaurants including Katsu Burger, Lobster Shop, STINK, Tibbitts @ Fern Hill and Urban Elk are preparing for a downtown chili competition this Saturday. A separate cornbread competition adds another wildcard, alongside a DJ, silent auction, beer garden and voting by the people doing the tasting.

The South Sound Showdown is also the culmination of an eight-week business accelerator in which six local students helped design, market and produce the entire event. They recruited participants, pursued sponsors and worked through the real-world challenges of building something people would pay to attend.

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