We stopped by the other day to say Hi to B-Town Blog friend and Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub. We enjoy the company of the proprietors, but honestly, we just can’t resist the food!
Bison Creek Pizza & Pub originated in West Seattle in 1975 and expanded to Burien in 1977. The West Seattle location is no longer in operation, but the Burien restaurant and pub continues to this day.
New owners Shauna and Ryan Rumel purchased Bison Creek Pizza on September 15, 2008, and have seen business increase due to their hard work even as the economy has seen a dramatic downturn.
Shauna met her husband Ryan at the Art Institute of Seattle where she studied video and film production and Ryan studied graphic design.
They started dating at school and they both graduated in 2001. Then Cupid shot his arrow and they were married in 2004.
Shauna was working in the financial field and Ryan worked in construction. When they both could see that the housing market was going to collapse, they decided to start their own business.
The couple often came to Bison Creek Pizza while they were dating and would drive up from Renton even after they were married because, as Shauna says, “It’s pizza that you crave!”
They noticed a listing for Bison Creek Pizza in 2008 and purchased it.
“It was meant to be,” they told us.
Shauna says “One of the things that sets us apart from other restaurants is that we offer wheat- and gluten-free pizzas, and even wheat- and gluten-free beer!”
Owners Shauna and Ryan Rumel of Bison Creek Pizza.
“If you have allergies to wheat and gluten, just ask and we will make a special pizza just for you,” she says.
Between 11am and 2pm Monday through Friday, Bison Creek offers a wonderful all-you-can-eat buffet with a salad bar, soup and fantastic pizza!
In addition to pizza, the menu includes appetizers, calzones, a variety of salads, pasta dishes, hot sandwiches and a “Lil’ Bandits” Kids Menu.
Who the heck serves Root Beer Floats anymore? Well, Bison Creek does! Just ask.
On weekends Bison Creek Pizza offers live music featuring some of Seattle’s top bands.
Asked what advice Shauna and Ryan have for folks thinking of starting up their own business, they say “Have patience and go for it. We’re here and we’re happy!”
While eating or enjoying the atmosphere at Bison Creek, ask them about the 100-year old wooden back bar. It’s an 1890’s Brunswick model and was shipped in two pieces from the Bison Creek Dude Ranch in Montana to the Burien location in the early 1990’s.
Click on their ad on this page to read a fascinating history of the Bison Creek Pizza & Pub Burien location.
Better yet, stop by in person and try some of the best pizza you will ever have!
Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd Street
Burien, WA 98166
Phone 206-244-8825
Restaurant Hours:
- Monday – Friday 11am to 10pm
- Saturday 11am to 10pm
- Sunday 11am to 9pm
Website: www.BisonCreekPizza.com
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| Oct ’08 |
| 11 |
| 12:00 pm |
Burien’s historic Bison Creek Pizza has been remodeled, and will re-open this Saturday as Bison Creek Pizza & Pub!
The grand re-opening starts at Noon and goes until 2am.
One reason we’re all over this is that we love the history of the place. The building that houses Bison Creek once served as the “Burien Theater” and showed movies from 1957 and continued until the 1970s when the now-gone Lewis and Clark Theaters were built. According to some sources, the theater was popular for its Saturday triple features of low-budget monster movies, Jerry Lewis double features and the classic Beach Party series.
Great old newspaper ad for 'Big Bob's Pipe Dream.'
After the projector lights faded for the last time, it became home to a very unique restaurant called “Big Bob’s Pipe Dream” which had a large 1918 Wurlitzer organ that was moved from Seattle’s Coliseum Theatre (now Banana Republic). The Coliseum was owned by the Bullitt family, who owned KING-TV (disclosure: the Publisher/Editor of the B-Town Blog got his first media “gig” at KING-TV’s “Almost Live!” in 1985, and was proud to say he worked there when an elderly Dorothy Bullitt still ran the place). The story goes that one day the Bullitt sisters decided to sell the pipe organ, and “Bob,” who was a TV technician for KING-TV, was interested. The sisters offered it to him, but he thought he couldn’t afford it. Their reply was, “Would a dollar be too much?”
New booths have been installed and the old ceiling has been removed, exposing the original roof beams.
So this KING-TV tech guy buys a big ol’ pipe organ for a buck from the Bullitt sisters and moves it to Burien! The pipe organ allegedly ended up being sold to a man in Oregon, who used parts to build another one.
And now, the former-movie-theater-turned-pipe-organ-joint-turned-pizza-joint is starting anew as a remodeled pizza-pub-joint.
Bison Creek will now have “pub hours” on both Friday and Saturday nights – starting this Sat. Oct. 11th from 10pm-2am (21 and older only), with live music!
The new owners are inviting everyone to come down for the grand re-opening this Saturday starting at Noon until 2am, so get down there, show your support and tell ‘em the B-Town Blog sent ya!
Bison Creek is located at 630 SW 153rd Street (map below).
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| Jul ’08 |
| 25 |
| 1:00 pm |
James Park, Dan Tamburelli and Janel Stoneback of Burien’s Emerald City Smoothie are opening their second store this Friday, at the remodeled Southcenter in Tukwila.
From Janel’s press release:
Please come join us this Friday for the grand opening of Emerald City Smoothie Westfield Southcenter.
James Park, Dan Tamburelli and myself have worked very hard and it has paid off.
The new store is near completion and opens on FRIDAY JULY 25TH, 2008 to the public.
The store is beautiful and in a primo location thanks to Tim Webers hard work.
We are in the brand new entrance, the only store as you walk in on the right side.
When you look down from the third floor you can see our store shine.
The mall itself has imported beautiful marble and tile, with lots of gorgeous artwork built into the design of the building.
Come see us – we will be there all weekend and would love your support!
So get on down there, and if you see Janel, be sure to mention what a great job she did getting dunked at the Olde Burien Street Party:
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