Local Restaurants & Dining
A restaurant (/ˈrɛstərənt/ or /ˈrɛstərɒnt/; French: [ʀɛs.to.ʁɑ̃] (
listen)) is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with an open account. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services, and some only offer take-out and delivery. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-pricedfamily restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. In Western countries, most mid- to high-range restaurants serve alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine. Some restaurants serve all the major meals, such as breakfast,lunch, and dinner (e.g., major fast food chains, diners, hotel restaurants, and airport restaurants). Other restaurants may only serve a single meal (e.g., a pancake house may only serve breakfast) or they may serve two meals (e.g., lunch and dinner).
MGTLocal USA Restaurants…Check out the local restaurants MGTLocal USA has to offer. At MGTLocal USA, we partner with the local restaurants to bring you the information you want & need. Do you love Italian food but can’t find that perfect restaurant with the best Italian dish? MGTLocal USA’s Restaurant & Dining Section allows only the best restaurants to sponsor this section. With the help of MGTLocal USA our restaurants section sponsors offer great coupons and specials 24 hours a day. Whether you are looking for Chinese, Italian, American, Japanese, Buffets, or Find Dining, MGTLocal USA has what you are looking for. And if we don’t, please help us out with your suggestions. At MGTLocal USA, we pride ourselves on being the best for local information and exposure. Most of our restaurants have printable COUPONS on the sub-pages of this section. If you are passionate about food and love trying new restaurants, MGT Local USA Restaurants & Dining has the newest and hottest local restaurants in the community.
MGTLocal USA’s Dining & Restaurants section is one of the most highly trafficked pages in the local community site. Restaurants are one of the top ten industries to be searched on the internet. And, here at MGTLocal USA, the restaurants and dining section is a top priority for visibility and accessibility. This is a prime example of the efficiency of concentrated and collaborated local search.
These restaurants know and understand the searches consumers are producing and that MGTLocal has created a unique venue for these sponsors to advertise their great brand of foods and beverages. You will find everything from Chinese, to Italian, to traditional American Cuisine. You can even find the newest restaurants for sushi or barbecue. The sponsors of this restaurants section have all contributed to the informative content pages and many have coupons which you may print right at your home computer. If you mention you found them on the MGTLocal USA dining and restaurants section, you may even find yourself enjoying some other discount as well. Of course, it depends on the restaurant and if they have elected to be part of the discount program for members of the MGTLocal USA site. Either way, we are sure you will be able to satisfy your search for the perfect restaurant. Cheers.
Lake Tapps
Lake Tapps is a reservoir in Pierce County, Washington. It was created in 1983 by Puget Sound Energy and operated for hydroelectric power until it ceased power production in 2004. In December 2009 PSE sold the lake to the Cascade Water Alliance, a municipal corporation whose members are five cities (Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond, and Tukwila) and two water districts (Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District, and the Skyway Water and Sewer District). Cascade provides water to almost 350,000 residents and more than 20,000 businesses. It plans to eventually use Lake Tapps as a municipal water supply source.
Cascade has signed an agreement with the Lake Tapps homeowners that guarantees full recreational lake levels throughout the summer. It has also signed an agreement with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians to ensure instream flows for fish. The four cities that surround the lake, Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley and Sumner, worked with Cascade to ensure their future water needs will be met for about 50 years. Cascade is the operator of Lake Tapps.
Lake Tapps is about 4.5 square miles (12 km2) in surface area and has about 45 miles (72 km) of shoreline. The local terrain is such that the shape of the shoreline is very complex, with many inlets, peninsulas, and islands. Before the reservoir was created there were several smaller lakes, including one called Lake Tapps. The reservoir is held in place by a series of dikes. The lake is also known to hold many fish including carp, smallmouth bass, perch, and tiger musky.
A diversion dam on the White River, near Buckley, routes water into a flume which empties into the east side of Lake Tapps. On the west side of the lake, water had originally been routed to the Dieringer Powerhouse to generate hydroelectricity, after which the water was returned to the White River, about 20 miles (32 km) downstream from the diversion dam. Although there is currently no power generation, the water is diverted and returned to the river through the former hydropower infrastructure. The level of the lake is lowered from October to April for maintenance and repairs, flood control purposes and aquatic plant management.