Kennewick Real Estate Blog

We haven’t done of these in a while, so let’s get caught up on some recent Kennewick business news.

• New York Richie’s is a new pizza parlor that’s now open at 5011 W. Clearwater Avenue. The restaurant serves New York-style pizza and sandwiches, Philly cheese steaks (as a Philly native, I’ll be able to judge the authenticity), and a couple pasta dishes.
• Sandstone Creamery is now open at 104 West First Avenue in Kennewick. The ice cream parlor is a sister business to Sandstone Cafe, an eatery that offers breakfast and lunch.
• Rainier Patents now has an office at 7025 W. Grandridge Blvd., Suite A, in Kennewick. The company helps tech sector companies protect their intellectual property.
• Meadhow Hills Veterinary Center opened a new clinic at 3711 Plaza Way in South Kennewick a couple months ago. MHVC does great work with all kinds of pets — we’ve been taking our dog to their Richland location for more than a year now.

As always, if you have any Kennewick business news to share with us and our readers, please contact us!

Hey folks, this is just a heads up about a new page we’ve added on the blog:

Kennewick Coupons

If you’re shopping in Kennewick, or going out to eat, be sure to check that page to see what local merchants are offering deals and discounts. You can move the map around, zoom in, zoom out, you name it. Enjoy!

If you don’t watch KEPR-TV news, you may have missed this from Friday’s newscast: Gold’s Gym will be taking over the Hastings facility in Kennewick after the new year. And not only that, but Gold’s also some pretty big plans. Check this out:

Gold’s is moving into the Hastings building in the shopping center off of highway 395. Hastings’ lease ends December 31 and construction on the gym will start soon after. In addition to weights and cardio machines, the floor plan calls for a pool, racquetball court, spin class rooms and a kid zone to name a few amenities.

The plan should also bring between 200 and 300 jobs. Part of that is for gym employees and the other part are for local construction sub-contractors.

Sounds like a nice facility they’re putting in, and Gold’s people say it should be open by June or July.

Here’s a quick look at some of the latest Kennewick business news we’ve heard.

• Mean Bean Espresso is now open for business at 5718 Clearwater Avenue. It’s a drive-thru coffee stop that’s open seven days a week from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm.
• Cupcakes Bakery and Deli is now open at 308 W. Kennewick Avenue, and the entire McGee family gives the cupcakes two thumbs up. (Is that 8 thumbs up, then?) We had the Red Velvet and (I think) Vanilla cupcakes not too long ago, and they were goooood!
• Forever and a day … Wedding Services recently moved to downtown Kennewick, specifically to 124 W. Kennewick Avenue. The office is open from 9-3 Monday through Thursday.

If you know of any Kennewick business news we should be sharing, please do contact us.

Never in my life have I seen more bodies crammed into a convenience store. This photo is just a portion of the crowd at the 7-11 store in Kennewick at about 4:00 this afternoon.

Today, of course, was July 11 — 7/11 — and stores everywhere celebrated with free 7.11 oz. Slurpees. On a nearly 100-degree day, who are we to pass up an offer like that? (BTW, try the banana-flavored Slurpee if you can. Really good. That was my freebie. I also bought a bigger Coca-Cola-flavored Slurpee, too. Yummer-yumm.)

The Kennewick was proudly displaying a banner outside in honor of its status as the number one Slurpee-selling store in the world. There’s been some debate about this (see the comments in our old blog post, for example) because the fine folks in Winnipeg also lay claim to being the Slurpee capital of the world. As it turns out, this article from the Winnipeg Free Press a couple days ago explains it nicely:

• Winnipeg sells the most Slurpee cups per store, and they’ve had that distinction for 10 years now.
• The Kennewick 7-11 sells more Slurpees per day than any store in the world.

So, really, both Winnipeg and Kennewick can lay claim to being the Slurpee Capital of the World. It’s all about how you measure it.

[where: 7th & Ely, Kennewick, WA 99336]