Guidebook for Tenino

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Guidebook for Tenino

Food Scene

Excellent mexican food. Family owned with old world recipes. Tell it's your first time and you'd like to sample the sauces. You're in for a treat for free. The guacamole is amazing. Cucumber cilantro margarita delightful.
12 locals recommend
Don Juan's Mexican Kitchen
639 Lincoln Ave E
12 locals recommend
Excellent mexican food. Family owned with old world recipes. Tell it's your first time and you'd like to sample the sauces. You're in for a treat for free. The guacamole is amazing. Cucumber cilantro margarita delightful.
Sweet potato fries, awesome burritos, unique tacos...cheap, open till midnight, kombucha cocktails. Our favorite.
13 locals recommend
Quality Burrito
213 4th Ave E
13 locals recommend
Sweet potato fries, awesome burritos, unique tacos...cheap, open till midnight, kombucha cocktails. Our favorite.
Local brewery with amazing food. Open late.
21 locals recommend
Three Magnets Brewing Co.
600 Franklin St SE
21 locals recommend
Local brewery with amazing food. Open late.
Punk music venue, eccentric mix of tea, local beers, homemade gourmet waffles, delicious salads. Another favorite.
7 locals recommend
Obsidian
414 4th Ave E
7 locals recommend
Punk music venue, eccentric mix of tea, local beers, homemade gourmet waffles, delicious salads. Another favorite.
Delicious! Employee owned cooperative. Blackberry sauce goes with everything. Build your own breakfast from a large variety of meat and vegetarian options. Fried Thyme tomatoes can be ordered with most meals. Cali girl and Northwest benedict are faves!
20 locals recommend
New Moon Cooperative Cafe
113 4th Ave W
20 locals recommend
Delicious! Employee owned cooperative. Blackberry sauce goes with everything. Build your own breakfast from a large variety of meat and vegetarian options. Fried Thyme tomatoes can be ordered with most meals. Cali girl and Northwest benedict are faves!

Parks & Nature

Great views, hikes...be high up on the bluff then wind your way down to the sea. Beautiful forests, rose garden, playground for the kids. Clubhouse for your event...
80 locals recommend
Priest Point Park
2600 East Bay Drive Northeast
80 locals recommend
Great views, hikes...be high up on the bluff then wind your way down to the sea. Beautiful forests, rose garden, playground for the kids. Clubhouse for your event...
Natural mounds. How did they get here? Often covered with flowers.
13 locals recommend
Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve
12315 Waddell Creek Rd SW
13 locals recommend
Natural mounds. How did they get here? Often covered with flowers.
Great for a walk along the marina. There's history, art, an old tugboat you can walk through, docks with marine life, a playground for the children, several restaurants, farmers market....
31 locals recommend
Percival Landing
217 Thurston Ave NW
31 locals recommend
Great for a walk along the marina. There's history, art, an old tugboat you can walk through, docks with marine life, a playground for the children, several restaurants, farmers market....
Kayak and canoe rental. Good food. Local beers. Dog friendly. Fresh seafood...
43 locals recommend
Boston Harbor Marina
312 73rd Ave NE
43 locals recommend
Kayak and canoe rental. Good food. Local beers. Dog friendly. Fresh seafood...
The Nisqually River delta meets the ocean here in a massive marsh with raised trails. Popular with birdwatchers, otters...
65 locals recommend
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
100 Brown Farm Rd NE
65 locals recommend
The Nisqually River delta meets the ocean here in a massive marsh with raised trails. Popular with birdwatchers, otters...

Sightseeing

Walk around the lake. Hike up the switchbacks park to the Capitol building, open to the public most days, gorgeous marble....
39 locals recommend
Capitol Lake Park
Water Street Southwest
39 locals recommend
Walk around the lake. Hike up the switchbacks park to the Capitol building, open to the public most days, gorgeous marble....

Essentials

Organic, local produce, baked goods, etc... two locations.
46 locals recommend
Olympia Food Co-op
921 Rogers St NW
46 locals recommend
Organic, local produce, baked goods, etc... two locations.
Organic, local produce, chocolate and baked goods, etc... Two locations
46 locals recommend
Olympia Food Co-op
921 Rogers St NW
46 locals recommend
Organic, local produce, chocolate and baked goods, etc... Two locations
about 12 miles from the house...groceries. There's a safeway kitty-corner.
QFC
4775 Whitman Lane Southeast
about 12 miles from the house...groceries. There's a safeway kitty-corner.
Nearest grocery. Open till 10pm. Some organic.
6 locals recommend
Tenino Market Fresh
669 Lincoln Ave E
6 locals recommend
Nearest grocery. Open till 10pm. Some organic.
Closest pharmacy if you need it.
Heddens Pharmacy
196 Sussex Ave W
Closest pharmacy if you need it.
Public artesian well. Naturally flowing mountain fresh spring water. Fill your water bottle 24/7 and meet people from all walks of life sharing a common resource.
Artesian Well
Public artesian well. Naturally flowing mountain fresh spring water. Fill your water bottle 24/7 and meet people from all walks of life sharing a common resource.

Entertainment & Activities

Wolves. Lots of them. Beautiful.
21 locals recommend
Wolf Haven International
3111 Offut Lake Rd SE
21 locals recommend
Wolves. Lots of them. Beautiful.
Half price Tuesday movies at the mall
13 locals recommend
Century Olympia
625 Black Lake Blvd SW
13 locals recommend
Half price Tuesday movies at the mall
Leather recliners, and a lounge with food and drinks in the lobby
10 locals recommend
Yelm Cinemas
201 Prairie Park Ln SE
10 locals recommend
Leather recliners, and a lounge with food and drinks in the lobby
Go swimming in an old quarry and visit the railway museum. You can ride your bikes there on the trail across the street. Go left. 5 miles each way
6 locals recommend
Quarry Pool
Thurston County Rails-To-Trails
6 locals recommend
Go swimming in an old quarry and visit the railway museum. You can ride your bikes there on the trail across the street. Go left. 5 miles each way
Great fun for the kids! Lots of places to explore, things to do, highly interactive...
67 locals recommend
Hands On Children's Museum
414 Jefferson St NE
67 locals recommend
Great fun for the kids! Lots of places to explore, things to do, highly interactive...

Drinks & Nightlife

Perhaps the only dance floor in Olympia with dance music. Everyone is welcome.
7 locals recommend
Jake's on fourth
311 4th Ave E
7 locals recommend
Perhaps the only dance floor in Olympia with dance music. Everyone is welcome.
Great food, pool hall, music sometimes, movies...Wednesday is burger beer and movie night.
22 locals recommend
McMenamins Olympic Club
112 N Tower Ave
22 locals recommend
Great food, pool hall, music sometimes, movies...Wednesday is burger beer and movie night.
Sometimes music, but amazing huge variety of beers. Not as many as the Taproom in Percival landing, but a larger selection on tap.
6 locals recommend
Eastside Club Tavern
410 4th Ave E
6 locals recommend
Sometimes music, but amazing huge variety of beers. Not as many as the Taproom in Percival landing, but a larger selection on tap.
1,000 bottles of beer on the wall, take one down pass it around....I don't know how many but lots. More types of beers and on a rotating selection than anywhere i've ever seen in Oly. Across from Percival Landing.
19 locals recommend
Oly Taproom
312 Columbia St NW
19 locals recommend
1,000 bottles of beer on the wall, take one down pass it around....I don't know how many but lots. More types of beers and on a rotating selection than anywhere i've ever seen in Oly. Across from Percival Landing.