More Stores Announced for Gig Harbor Uptown Center
Yesterday’s edition of The Peninsula Gateway announced a few more stores for Gig Harbor’s Uptown Center located on Pt. Fosdick Dr. Guys, this mall seems to be tailored to the women, with stores such as Chico’s, Coldwater Creek, Bloom Denim, Aveda, and J. Jill. Bloom Denim is currently located on Gig Harbor’s Finholm District on the waterfront. My wife took me in there last month, showed me their jeans for $200+, and I felt awkward in my $12.98 jeans from Costco.
My wife is anticipating the opening of Ann Taylor, which is set to open in February. There are a few places for men in the Uptown Center, as well. Adam and Eve is a clothing store that will carry men’s clothing, but unless they have the $12.98 jeans, I can’t imagine I’ll buy much there. I will be shopping at a few of the other stores, however. Panera Bread looks like a great spot for lunch, Jamba Juice will be a nice spot for the occasional smoothie, everybody can find something at Border’s Bookstore, though I’ll probably still prefer the smaller, privately owned bookstores such as No Dearth of Books.
My top two picks for the Uptown Center are the huge new movie theater set to open in March, and the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream store also set to open in March. I’m not sure if Ben & Jerry’s can compete with Animal Crackers and Kelly’s Diner, though. I prefer the smaller, local shops…somehow the ice cream tastes better. The Pt. Fosdick/Olympic Drive corner will now have Ben & Jerry’s, Dairy Queen, and Baskin Robbins.
Also set to open in the Uptown Center is an AT&T store, Hush Baby, and our “mystery restaurant.” I’m thinking that The Cheesecake Factory is out, as The Gateway reported a “Seattle-based Italian restaurant” is in the works. Apparently there is one other open spot for a restaurant, with 3 possibilities, so who knows? Regardless, this area is sure to see an increase in traffic, which has many residents upset, but I believe that a movie theater and restaurants are long over due in our area.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Seattle based Italian resturant? My guess is Cuchina Cuchina. (probably not spelled correctly:))
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I didn’t realize they were Seattle based…good possibility.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I’m gonna have to disagree and say that I don’t think Cheesecake Factory is out. They are def. Seattle based and they do serve many varities of Pizza’s and Pasta’s. Also, the Cheesecake Factory was planning to build at the Tacoma Mall and decided to back out at the last minute. So, we will see.
February 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I’m hoping it’s Pallino. It’s a great Italian restaurant founded by a former Starbucks executive. I’ve been to their locations in University Village and at Seatac Airport.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Pallino IS great and would be better than Cuchina…A great Italian restaurant is lacking here. Also a good East Indian place would probably do well…
March 1st, 2008 at 12:35 am
It’s not Cucina Cucina…they have have closed or sold all of their locations. The Tacoma Mall Cucina was sold awhile ago to a Redmond restaurantier who has already changed the menu and is soon to change the name of the restaurant. We need a Red Robin in Gig Harbor as well as many other restuarnts - it’s such a nice place but void of enough good restuarants to serve the population!
March 4th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I hope it is not the Cheesecake Factory - they are too mass market. Their menu is huge and none of the items are good, probably because they have too many!
March 9th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I think a covered mini mall with open aired restaurants would be great including an REI sports store too.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Great Italian restaraunts? Clearly, you people have yet to try Johnny Corinos… though that’s all the way up north and extremely far from Seattle, so I doubt they’d have one here.
Cheesecake Factory is still possible; they do serve some Italian-based foods like pastas and pizzas, as someone else had said. However, we won’t know the verdict until we see the evidence ourselves. Besides, for all we know it may have been a trick to fool us all and we’ll end up with P.F. Changs! (I’m joking; we have Harbor Monsoon for Chinese food as it is.)
March 19th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
If your after Italian food in the Harbor, then wake up and follow the aroma to great, authentic, Italian, food at Terracciano’s on Judson across from the post office in down town GH. Folks need to learn what Italian food really is before they start wishing for it. I can assure you that it is not the Cheesecake Factory, Cucina, Cucina, or the Spaghetti Factory. This is just one Italian Harborites opinion.
March 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’d heard it was P.F. Chang’s but they are not Seattle based. I think Arizona? I’ve heard some stores have backed out or have been put on hold. Anyone else heard anything?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
The new Italian restaurant will be Fondi. http://www.Fondi.com They have their sign up in the window.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I’ve seen that…check out this link for more info.
http://gigharborundressed.neighborhoodsundressed.com/2008/03/07/gig-harbors-newest-restaurant-is/