Q: What just opened at the Port of Everett waterfront?
A: Tapped Public House opened March 2, 2026 at Waterfront Place Restaurant Row, bringing craft beer, Pacific Northwest cuisine, and the largest open-air rooftop deck on the Snohomish County waterfront.

Restaurant Row Is Filling Up: Tapped Public House Opens at Port of Everett Waterfront Place

We have been watching the Restaurant Row building at the Port of Everett Waterfront Place take shape for months, and on March 2nd, the second tenant officially swung open its doors. Tapped Public House held a ribbon cutting that drew more than 100 people to the waterfront, and if the buzz that evening was any indication, this spot is going to be a fixture on Everett’s dining scene all summer long.

The new Tapped location sits on the second floor of the Restaurant Row building at Waterfront Place — the same building that houses Rustic Cork Wine Bar and Menchie’s at the Marina at street level. Walk upstairs and you find yourself looking out through floor-to-ceiling windows at Port of Everett Marina and Possession Sound. On warmer days, roll-up garage doors open the space completely to the outside. And then there is the rooftop deck — reportedly the largest open-air waterfront rooftop deck in Snohomish County.

What Is Tapped Public House?

If you have not been to one of the other three Tapped locations in Camano Island, Mill Creek, or Mukilteo, here is the short version: it is a craft beer-focused public house that takes its food seriously. The Everett location continues that tradition with a scratch kitchen turning out Pacific Northwest-inspired dishes, alongside craft beer, cider, wine, and other beverages curated for the setting. The vibe is casual enough for a post-hike beer and refined enough for a date night.

The Everett outpost is the brand’s fourth location, and based on what we are hearing, the Port of Everett waterfront may be its most dramatic backdrop yet. The combination of marina views, the rooftop experience, and the proximity to other Waterfront Place destinations makes this a natural anchor tenant for what the Port has been building out along Restaurant Row.

The Bigger Picture: Restaurant Row Is Taking Shape

Tapped Public House did not open in a vacuum. It is part of a deliberate buildout that the Port of Everett has been executing along its Waterfront Place mixed-use development — a 65-acre, 1.5-million-square-foot project that represents years of planning and investment. The Port has been methodically filling the Restaurant Row building, and the pieces are coming together.

Rustic Cork Wine Bar was the first tenant announced for Restaurant Row, establishing the wine-and-small-plates anchor. Menchie’s at the Marina adds the dessert and family-friendly dimension. And Tapped Public House brings the craft beer and full-menu draw that pulls a broader dinner crowd. Together, these three tenants cover a meaningful amount of the dining occasion spectrum without competing directly with each other.

But there is still one major opening left. The Port of Everett has publicly confirmed it is searching for a flagship dining tenant to occupy the final available parcel along Restaurant Row — specifically, the Port is seeking a high-end steakhouse or experiential dining concept to anchor the waterfront dining scene. That search is ongoing as of April 2026, and whoever lands that lease will be walking into an increasingly established dining corridor with built-in foot traffic from the marina and the surrounding Waterfront Place amenities.

Getting There and Getting Around

Tapped Public House is located at the Port of Everett Waterfront Place, in the Craftsman District of the development. If you have not been out to Waterfront Place recently, this spring is a good time to make the trip. The Port has also been expanding its free waterfront shuttle service, now rebranded as the Trawley, with plans for year-round operation and expanded capacity coming this season. Parking is available in the Port’s two-hour free zones, and the Trawley provides a free loop connecting the key Waterfront Place destinations.

We stopped by the area recently and the energy is noticeably different from even a year ago. The marina is full, the Restaurant Row building looks sharp, and having actual functioning restaurants with people dining in them changes how the whole development feels. It is starting to look like the vision the Port has been pitching for years.

What We Are Watching Next

The flagship dining search is still open: the Port is actively looking for a high-end steakhouse or experiential dining operator for the final Restaurant Row parcel. This is the capstone tenant that would complete the Restaurant Row vision.

S3 Maritime also recently opened its Port of Everett facility at 1205 Craftsman Way, Suite 107 in the Craftsman District in early March. It brings over 2,600 square feet of marine repair, refit, and technical services to the port — another piece of the commercial ecosystem the Port has been assembling alongside the dining and retail tenants.

And the Trawley expansion is coming: the Port plans year-round service with added capacity this spring. For visitors who want to park once and explore the whole waterfront without moving their car, the Trawley makes Waterfront Place significantly more accessible.

Why This Matters for Downtown Everett

A single restaurant opening is not a transformation. But the sequence of openings at Waterfront Place over the past 18 months — viewed together — tells a story of a major public-private development actually delivering on its promises. The early phases involved infrastructure, marina expansion, and capital projects that do not generate foot traffic. Now, in early 2026, we are watching the public-facing layer of the project come alive: dining, retail, marine services, the shuttle. These are the elements that turn a development project into a destination.

Tapped Public House and its rooftop deck opening in March is not the headline of the Waterfront Place story — it is one more confirmed chapter. The question we are watching: who lands the flagship steakhouse parcel, and when?