Food on Pacific Ave.

For those of you that live in Tacoma, do you ever wonder why there aren't more diners around here? I'm a big fan of Knapps and The Harvester, but why isn't there anything like this downtown? There is good food downtown, but it's prissy, upscale and not comforting. Sometimes a guy needs a good burger and a milkshake. Or a pile of pancakes and coffee that's strong as hell. If Grit City is so gritty, where do all of the gritty non-banker types go downtown?