Gig Harbor's Favorite Bagel Shop Is Moving Away From the Water for Room, and the Wine Bar Is Moving Toward It

On a busy morning at B's Bagels on Uddenberg Lane, the nine tables inside fill up first. After that the shop hands out a mat, and customers eat on the grass nearby. That mat sums up the problem for a small business near downtown Gig Harbor. The foot traffic is there and the space is not.

Between this fall and next spring, three local favorites are rearranging themselves around that problem. A business that needs more kitchen and more seats is heading up the hill to 56th Street. A business that needs people walking past its door is heading down to Harborview Drive. A taproom that wanted to stay put found a new owner to keep it going.

The bagel shop outgrew its corner a month after opening

B's Bagels opened on Uddenberg Lane in 2023, a few blocks from the downtown waterfront and next door to a gym. Gig Harbor Now reported that the shop was too small almost right away. Owner Brittany Erwin said it "basically outgrew its current space a month after opening." Erwin bought the former O'Looney's Pub on 56th Street. She plans to make it the shop's permanent home by spring 2027 and will keep Uddenberg Lane open until then. O'Looney's closed in May.

The numbers show why she moved:

The shop already makes about 800 bagels a day on weekdays and about 1,000 on weekends. With the bigger kitchen, Erwin plans to sell wholesale to coffee shops and stores nearby. She also expects to sell at the Waterfront Farmers Market in summer, something she has wanted to do for a long time but couldn't make enough bagels for at Uddenberg Lane. The move up the hill should bring her bagels back down to the waterfront on market days.

Erwin also explained why she didn't stay downtown. "I wanted downtown, but there's so little space and what's available is to rent and the prices are outrageous," she told Gig Harbor Now. "This is a better long-term plan for us." She said the 56th Street site has "a lot of synergy," and people can walk over from the homes and apartments around it. Some people were upset about the move away from downtown, she said, though most have been happy for the shop. Her answer to the rest was simple: "It's only four minutes away, so it's not really that bad."

One habit to keep in mind before you go. The shop is closed Mondays, so Tuesday is its busiest day.

The wine bar is moving downtown for the foot traffic

Gig Harbor Wine Co. needs the opposite of what B's Bagels needs. Robin Egeland and her husband opened their tasting room on Kimball Drive in 2024. Now they are moving the wine bar to 3202 Harborview Drive, according to Gig Harbor Now's October report. The new space is next door to gather Gig Harbor and across Harborview from Dolly Mama.

Egeland told the paper what they are paying for:

"We're excited about being in a more walkable location where people can stop in while spending the afternoon downtown before heading to dinner, or while enjoying everything the waterfront has to offer."

On Harborview, the people walking to dinner pass right by the door. Erwin found downtown too tight for a bagel kitchen, but for a glass of wine before dinner, being on the waterfront street is the whole point.

The move is not finished yet. The Egelands are waiting on city permits for work on the new space, including some plumbing issues. "We don't have a firm opening date just yet," Egeland said in early October. "We're hopeful that we'll be able to open by the end of the year, but for now, our timeline is still TBD."

The cider taproom stayed put by getting a new owner

The third change is happening on 57th Street Court, around the corner from where B's Bagels is headed. The Locust Cider taproom sits next to the Inn at Gig Harbor. Jason and Rebecca Spears opened it in 2021. In late 2025, Locust closed its taprooms in Seattle, Spokane and Woodinville and said keeping the Gig Harbor one open was a priority.

In September, the taproom was sold to Arthur Rodenhauser, who runs Joysticks at The Outlet Collection in Auburn. The Spears will keep making the cider, which is sold in stores in Washington and 12 other states. Jason Spears described the sale in the same terms of cost and space that run through all three moves. "The economics of running a restaurant or bar have changed so significantly, from wages and other costs, that it didn't make sense anymore," he told Gig Harbor Now. "That said, as a Gig Harbor resident, I wanted to keep this space alive for the community."

Regulars should find most of what they know still there. Here is what has been announced:

• The name: It will become Harbor Hideout "in time," according to a statement on Locust Cider's website.
• The format: The arcade, games and live music are staying. Rodenhauser said the plan is to continue "creating a neighborhood hangout spot."
• The taps: Locust Cider plus other brands, as well as beer.
• The kitchen: Food will come from Joysticks, which in Auburn pairs food with an arcade, collectibles and mini golf.

By spring, a bagel shop with 144 permitted seats and a games-and-cider spot will be operating within a short walk of each other near 56th Street. Erwin is counting on neighbors walking over. The taproom's new owner is building around the same kind of neighborhood crowd.

When each change lands

Here is the order, as currently planned, for anyone keeping their routine up to date:

1. Now: The 57th Street Court taproom is under Rodenhauser's ownership as of September. The Harbor Hideout name will come later.
2. Through winter: B's Bagels keeps serving on Uddenberg Lane, mat and all.
3. End of 2026, hoped for but not promised: Gig Harbor Wine Co. opens at 3202 Harborview Drive once permits and renovations are done.
4. Spring 2027: B's Bagels moves into the former O'Looney's on 56th Street.
5. The summer market months after the move: B's bagels at the Waterfront Farmers Market, if the bigger kitchen goes as planned.

Getting to 56th Street during the 38th Avenue work

The new bagel location sits at one end of the city's biggest road project right now. The 38th Avenue Improvement Project Phase 2 started sewer construction on Aug. 17 with a rolling closure on 38th Avenue between Hunt Street and 56th Street. The city says it will upgrade the corridor's safety and stormwater management, and that traffic disruptions will continue through 2027.

The closure doesn't advance in a straight line. In an Oct. 12 traffic alert, the city said the work zone would "hopscotch" back to a section between 62nd Street Court NW and 62nd Street NW. While that section is closed, 38th Avenue is shut to all motor vehicles, and drivers reach the area south of the closure only through 56th Street. The speed limit in and around the work zone is 20 mph. Waits can reach 15 minutes while the contractor moves the excavator and lays steel plates on the road. The sewer trench is more than 20 feet deep, and the city says the schedule depends on weather and on what crews find in the ground.

The city's target for finishing the sewer installation is early December, weather and site conditions permitting. The closure moves section by section, and the city posts an updated map each time, so check the project page before driving 38th Avenue on a weekday morning. If the target holds, the sewer work will be done months before B's Bagels opens on 56th Street. The rest of the corridor work runs into 2027.

Miriam Battson, CEO of the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce, told Gig Harbor Now that every purchase and visit helps the local economy, "whether they are downtown, Uptown, Gig Harbor North or elsewhere in greater Gig Harbor." By next spring, that list includes a new address for the wine bar on Harborview Drive and a new one for the bagel shop on 56th Street.

If you're wondering how these changes might affect a home near 56th Street or near the water, Serving The Sound follows Gig Harbor one block at a time. Request a free home valuation, and Anne will walk you through what is changing around your address.