New restaurants across the Tri-Cities are opening their doors this summer, offering food from breakfast selections to diner and Mexican fare. 

Angel’s Family Restaurant 

Just off of the busy intersection of Road 68 and Burden Boulevard in Pasco, Angel’s Family Restaurant has set up shop in a modern, two-story space. 

The restaurant is somewhat of a successor to Angel’s Cafe at 2532 N. Fourth Ave., near the Tri-Cities Airport. Angel and Carmen Pena started the cafe in 2019, when they had been looking for a kitchen for their meal prep business and decided the space was the perfect setup for a restaurant. 

Angel Pena had over 15 years of experience cooking in restaurants when he opened the cafe, which weathered the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as the Fourth Avenue building is getting older, he’s been on the lookout for another place to set up shop. 

“Everything pointed to this spot,” he said of the restaurant at 6902 Rodeo Drive, Suite 103, which opened June 23. 

The original cafe isn’t closing down just yet, but the new location is one Pena is committing to for the long haul as they’ve signed a 10-year lease. 

The restaurant has room to seat 86 people between the first and second floor, 50 more than the cafe can fit, he said. The menu features breakfast favorites customers might recognize from the cafe, like waffles and eggs Benedict, while also expanding the menu to dish up steaks and burgers for dinner, alongside cocktails. 

Pena said that about half of the new location’s customers have followed them from the cafe, and for others, the restaurant is completely new. It’s open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, closing at 8 p.m. Sundays, and dinner starts at 3 p.m.

Go to: instagram.com/angelsfamilyrestaurant509. 

Biscuit

In Richland, a new breakfast and lunch restaurant aims to be the go-to for the commuter crowd. Open at 5 a.m. in the mornings off George Washington Way, Biscuit is primed to catch northbound Hanford and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory traffic. 

As the name suggests, the restaurant plans to serve up biscuits, along with coffee and comfort foods like mac and cheese, tater tots, and breakfast and lunch sandwiches. The focus is on being approachable and offering quality over quantity, said Bri Arnone, chief marketing officer for Table & Co., the hospitality group that runs the restaurant. She said it’s the group’s first restaurant venture in Washington, and some of the members of the ownership group are based in the Tri-Cities. 

Renovations at 1086 George Washington Way have been underway for a few months, transforming the space into a restaurant with a rustic, farmhouse-style interior. “We really wanted it to feel kind of like you go to your grandma’s house and fresh-baked biscuits come out of the oven,” Arnone said. 

The restaurant’s official opening is scheduled for July 20. 

Biscuit will be open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The business is bringing on about 30 employees. 

The space was formerly occupied by Amarilis Meat Market II, and it’s just a couple of suites down from where Flavor Joy Hot Soup Bowls, a new hot pot restaurant, set up shop a few months ago. 

Go to: facebook.com/biscuit.richland. 

Metztli Cocina Bar

Not far from Biscuit, new life has sprung up at 255 Williams Blvd. in Richland. For nearly 15 years, the building was home to Fat Olives, then Public House 255 set up shop there in 2025. 

The building has been empty since the end of 2025, when Public House 255 closed due to financial difficulties. Now, it’s a Mexican restaurant. 

Metztli Cocina Bar is Jesus Luna’s first restaurant as an owner. It’s also his first time in the Tri-Cities, after spending years working in the restaurant industry in South Dakota and Montana. Along with his business partner, Azael Purata, Luna has been in the Tri-Cities for just a few months, setting up the new endeavor. 

He’d heard from others in the industry that the Tri-Cities was a good place to launch a restaurant, and Luna liked what he saw of the area. Once he had the opportunity, he moved quickly, securing a five-year lease and getting Metztli ready to open. Not too many building improvements were needed, Luna said, mainly bringing in kitchen equipment and repainting. 

The restaurant opened July 5, and Luna said that the menu focuses on flavors from the Puebla area of Mexico, while also providing plenty of favorites like enchiladas, chimichangas and seafood. They’ll also serve up margaritas with fresh lime juice, salsas made with chili peppers from the Puebla region and have a tableside guacamole cart where the popular dip is made in front of the customers. 

The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 

Luna said he wants to focus on customer service, and if the restaurant is successful, he hopes to open a second location in the Tri-Cities. 

“We like to be here,” he said. 

Luna said the name Metztli comes from the word for moon in Nahuatl, an indigenous Mexican language. It’s also a connection to his own last name. 

Find them on Facebook.

Other new eateries

Other restaurants that have opened their doors this year include:

• Endive, a local cafe that moved from West Richland to Richland near Howard Amon Park that’s serving up food with international flair.
• The Bradley by Chef Jessie, a French restaurant concept in Richland from the couple behind the popular Ciao Trattoria and Imbibe in Pasco.
• Kuki Izakaya, a new upscale and modern K-pub and izakaya style restaurant at Kennewick’s Vista Field.
• Brunch Bliss & Bubbles, a brunch spot featuring mimosa flights, a menu with Mexican flavors and bright pink and flowery decor in Kennewick.