The smell of age – yellowing paper, musty wood cabinets and a hint of granny’s attic – that’s what I equate with an antique mall. It’s the scent of the hunt – the smell of fortifying a collection of Dukes of Hazzard lunch boxes, mid-century furniture or marcasite brooches. When I walk into an antique mall and I smell baking cookies and freshly pulled espresso – well, that’s just odd. Yet that’s just what greeted my sniffer at two Tacoma antique malls. In this installment of my “hidden gems” series, I’ll walk you through two hidden sandwich cafes that also …

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