His restaurant Arista might be closed forever, but Chef Ben Herreid cooks on. Herreid closed his downtown Puyallup restaurant in April, which followed a short closure five months earlier, but this last time was for good. Two local business owners had been looking at opening a restaurant in the former Arista space, with plans to hire Herreid as chef, but that project fell through.

That left Herreid looking for a job. He quickly found one. Herreid began cooking last week at Cafe Vincero, a downtown Tacoma restaurant in the middle of a great neighborhood for dining and nightlife.