The Grit City Podcast

GCP: Side Piece Kitchen

February 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins

bangin’ biscuits, biscuit tips, carillo, chef mentor, coaster questions, customer experience, dank af cheesecake, dante hernandez, frisco freeze, grassroots advertisement, hailey hernandez, happy birthday, kickstarter, late-night food options, pickle cheesecake, quality products, restaurant design, restaurant knock-offs, side piece kitchen, tacoma

It’s finally happening!! Owners Hailey Hernandez, Dante Hernandez, and Sous Chef Ivan Carillo from Side Piece Kitchen sit down with the guys to talk food, how the place came to be, future plans, and much more!! Side Piece Kitchen specializes in Bangin’ Biscuits & Dank AF Cheesecake.

GCP: Urban Wildlife with Suzanne Akerman

February 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins

animal conservation, animal drive-by, caster questions, cat calendar, charcuterie boards, drinking for conservation, elephant & sea lion, gcp cats, horse riding, lunchables, mushroom on frog, opossum pronunciation, ostrich sighting, parthenogenesis, point defiance zoo & aquarium, proctor polar bear crawl, suzanne akerman, swimming lessons, wild burros, wild wonders outdoor theater, zoo snooze

Friend of the podcast, Suzanne Akerman, is in the house, giving us the scoop on her wild adventures and spreading the word about the upcoming Proctor Polar Bear Crawl!

GCP: Saturday Night Grit

February 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins

affordable housing tension, apple vision pros, bridge parking, california, cpr training, earthquake, exercise bike, gcp grit-fit, grand opening, heineken, howdy bagels re-opening, jeff, live listening party, lunar theories, lunar wave, narrows bridge stroll, parking challenges, scott topics, slightly furry beverage company, tacoma, underwater tunnels, virginia, vr integration

This week the crew gets together to discuss getting fit, urban exploring, Narrows Bridge adventures, Tacoma news, and Scott Topics!

GCP: Friday Night Hangout - Tools and Adult Coloring Books

February 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins

apple fritter toasting, bloody horror movies, community love, community volunteering, cosmic bottles, fix it night, gcp adult coloring book, jeffs capades, live hangout, magic the gathering, magic the gathering issues, pacific grill closure, patreons, peaks and pints competition, podcast life, scott topics, sliders launch, tacoma food scene, tacoma tool library, wizards poker

This time Brogan joins the conversation, they chat about Tacoma Tool Library, business openings and closures post-COVID, Jeff’s Capades, Scott Topics, the happs at Cosmic Bottles, and a ton more!

GCP: Sunday Sermon - Local Happenings, Food, and Drama

January 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins

animal antics, armed robberies, backyard wildlife, best of washington drama, blood bowl game, buddy's chicken and waffles, capybara alligator hangouts, community changes, community vibes, critter encounters, cyberpunk dystopia, diy hacks, fruit roll ups, galactic druid treats, hangover stories, odd otter updates, opossum facts, pickle shots, podcast life, police chases, raccoon posse, rubik's cube mastery, side piece kitchen, social media marketing, spokane night life, summer plans, tacompton files podcast, wall painting tips

This time the crew talks Tacoma businesses, social media drama, Putt Stuff, Tacompton Files Podcast, animal antics, and much, much, more!

GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Hamburger Wars and Conventions

January 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins

90s bands, burger battles, burger ranch, concerts, crypticon, devil doll, music, norwescon, radiskull, shockwave, skateworld, the question

This time the guys share the sad news of Skateworld Tacoma's closure, Crypticon, burger battles, concerts, and much more!

GCP: Saturday Night Grit - VR Fitness, Palm Springs, and Prison Pen Pals

January 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins

buddies chicken and waffles, caged inmates website, community loss, community support, five nights at freddy's, gcp anniversary, gcp journey, gcp reflections, hockey game thrills, howdy bagel memories, love after lockup, mini golf joy, motion sickness prevention, overkill lounge opening, palm springs adventure, palm springs escape, pen pals, podcast life, prison pen pal chronicles, saturday night grit, side piece kitchen collab, virtual fitness, virtual reality adventures, vr putt stuff

Brogan joins this Saturday Night Grit conversation, they discuss Love After Lockup, virtual fitness, the crew's plan to visit Palm Springs, GCP over the years and the recent sad loss of the community.

GCP: Sunday Sermon - Otters, Sports, and Missed Connections

January 10th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins

art, boxing, home depot white guy, missed connections, new year's eve, olympics, otters, small business, sports, unleashed

On this episode, the guys talk about the Tacoma business closures and new ones opening, the rocking New Year's Eve party, Erik chats about sports, and they close out discussing Missed Connections.

GCP: New Years Eve 2023

January 3rd, 2024 | 56 mins 51 secs

new year's eve, putt stuff, rusty, tacompton files, union club

This off-the-cuff episode celebrates the beginning of the New Year, reflecting on 2023, and plans for 2024. You'll also catch hints of karaoke performances.

GCP: Galactic Druid Treats

December 27th, 2023 | 43 mins 22 secs

candies, desserts, entrepreneur, farmers market, freeze-dried, galactic druid treats, owner, roy, small business, treats

Roy from Galactic Druid Treats joins the guys for this episode. Galactic Druid Treats takes some of the most popular candies & desserts around and freeze-dries them, turning them into incredibly light, crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth treats. Check out their website for the candies and treats they currently have for sale or reach out to them to find out what farmers market or event they’ll be at next.

GCP: House Of Cannabis

December 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 18 mins

cannabis, cannabis shop, entrepreneur, founder, house of cannabis, kevin heiderich, owner, small business, tonasket, twisp

Kevin Heiderich, co-owner and co-founder of House of Cannabis, sits down with the guys to talk all things cannabis. House of Cannabis has three locations around the state, Tacoma, Twisp, and Tonasket. Follow them on their socials below and stay tuned, there are plans for a fourth shop to open in the near future!

GCP: Slightly Furry

December 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins

beer, cider, cosmic bottles, furries, martini, slightly furry, small business, spork

Spork and Martini, owners of Slightly Furry, sit down with the guys to talk about the business and the delicious ciders they make.

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