On Thursday morning (Feb. 4th), workers from Seattle-based Western Neon installed a brand spankin’ new neon sign at the soon-to-be-opened Tin Theater in Olde Burien.
Proprietor Dan House was there, along with many of his staff, watching as two workers carefully unloaded the sign from a flatbed truck, hitched it to a crane and hoisted it up into position.
House says that the sign will likely be lit up late this afternoon, so if you’re near the area you might want to drop by and check it out – it’s a classic, new “old looking” neon sign based on the shape and style of the old Burien Beauty Salon sign.
The Tin Theater is still under construction in the spot formerly occupied by the Dan the Sausageman retail store behind what is now The Tin Cellars, with plush chairs and a big screen and assorted audiovisual stuff on order and a projected opening in about two months. Stay tuned to The B-Town Blog for full details.
And if you’re wondering where the classic red “Dan the Sausageman” neon sign has gone, House reassures us that it’s packed away safely in storage.
Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer was on the scene and he took these pics:
Sunday afternoon (Oct. 4th) was a gorgeous fall day, perfect for the first-ever Burien Brat Trot fundraiser race which wound its way through 5K near Olde Burien.
The winners were:
MEN: Alex Frank, 30, Poulsbo, with a time of 17:54.3
WOMEN: Natalie D’Amico (pictured), 23, with a time of 21:38.3
If you recognize Natalie, it’s because she used to work at 909 Coffee & Wine in Olde Burien. She is now a police officer in Redmond.
Here’s a listing of the top 20 finishers:
- Alex Frank, Poulsbo, 30, 17:54.3
- Matt Parker, Burien, 30, 15:55.5
- Shawn Fehr, Bellingham, 27 ,18:39.6
- Team Stretchers, Burien, 18:46.2
- Eric Taylor, Burien, 32 18:56.2
- Ohrt Family, Seahurst, 18:57.4
- Dave Allen, Seattle, 42, 19:26.4
- Jim Mazza, Seattle, 45, 19:29.4
- Westside Baby Racers, 19:42.7
- Jason Cummings, Everett, 38, 20:00.5
- Missing Link, Burien, 20:13.6
- Douglas Cox, Jr., Burien, 33, 20:23.1
- Wayne Frank, Pasco, 57, 20:46.9
- Carl Luer, Kirkland, 51, 20:51.5
- Eugene Partridge, Kent, 58, 20:58.8
- Robert Moore, Auburm 43, 21:06.4
- Paul Steffenson, Seattle, 44, 21:13.6
- Vincent Partridge, SeaTac, 37, 21:27.2
- Brien Marcus, Des Moines, 29, 21:27.2
- Natalie D’Amico, 23, 21:38.3
We’ll be posting more photos later, so be sure to check back…
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On Monday we printed the full schedule for this weekend’s first-ever Burien Brat Trot fundraiser, and now we’ve got something even more important for all of you out there who’d rather crawl from pub to restaurant to dive bar and back again – the official Brat Trot Pub Crawl Guide!
Remember, the Pub Crawl begins at 6pm Saturday night, Oct. 3rd at The Tin Room Bar, and word on the street (from a well-place brat) is that the official $10 participants bibs will sell out quickly.
Here’s the official guide, which you can also download as a PDF here (we suggest printing it, studying it and plotting your course):
Here are the details of the pre-function Pub Crawl:
- 6pm: Starts at The Tin Room, where you’ll pick up an official crawl bib # for just $10 (GET THERE EARLY!).
- You’ll then “crawl” to at least five of the official local stops (see list below) for “crawl drink and food specials.”
- At each you will gather visitation stickers to qualify for a fabulous door prize drawing to be held at The Tin Room at 11pm.
- 11pm: Return to the Tin Room – Burien’s own “Yodeling Dominatrix” Manuela Horn, fresh from her stint on “America’s Got Talent!” will serve as MC. Now if you missed Manuela’s family-friendly yodeling performance at Saturday’s Oktoberfest in Town Square, you’ll be happy to know that her busty, adult alter-ego will make a leather-clad and whip appearance Saturday night at 11pm at The Tin Room near the end of the Pub Crawl!
- Dress in traditional German costumes (not just a hat with feather) or come dressed as a beautiful Bratwurst (even better) and you crawl for free (well, actually you’ve paid with your self respect in the case of the brat suit).
- There will be numerous specials from area business worth crawling to, such as:
- La Costa: House Margarita $4; La Costa Nachos $5.25
- Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub: Alaskan Amber $2.50; Mini corned beef sandwiches $1
- The Mark: German Beer specials; Brat & Kraut appetizers; Play “Find the Brat” (in the kraut bowl)
- Vino Bello: $5 wine tastings
- Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub: Happy Hour prices on beer and wine; Brat Sampler
- Bison Creek Pizza & Pub: Bud Light $2; Breadsticks & Garlic Bread $2; Chrome Molly plays (AC/DC tribute band)
- Burien Press: Free espresso shot; Art Open House
- The Hobnobber (!): Budweiser $2; Bag of Chips $1
- 909 Coffee & Wine: $2 Heinekens; $3.50 Drafts; $4.50 House Wine (red and white) Food Special – under $5
- Primo de Osteria: $3 Peroni, $4 grilled Italian sausage
- Door Prizes will be provided by BTB Advertiser Highline Athletic Club and Hey Paison!
For more information, visit the Brat Trot Pub Crawl website here.
In a B-Town Blog exclusive, we’ve just learned from longtime Burien business owner Dan House, proprietor of both The Tin Room Bar and Dan the Sausageman, that he’ll be building a brand new combination movie theater/bar at 923 SW 152nd, in the space where his retail business was located.
The new theater/bar, to be called The Tin Theater, will not only show movies in an intimate setting, it will allow 34 moviegoers to eat and drink at their seats, similar in concept to McMenamins, a combo theater/bar with numerous locations in Portland.
Here’s a scan of the plans, exclusive to The B-Town Blog (click on the image below to see a larger size):
Current plans for The Tin Theater seat 34 people, who will be allowed to eat and drink at their seats. Click on image to see larger size.
Below is a Q & A interview with Dan, who proudly became a father of a baby girl Monday July 6th, and he’s looking for name suggestions (see below):
Q: Why are you building “The Tin Theater”?
A: The same reason why we built the Tin Room, I think Burien needs it badly.
Q: How did you come up with this idea?
A: There is a bar owner in Portland that has done this for awhile and I always like the idea, they are the McMenamin bars, they have about five theaters.
Q: What kind of films will you be showing?
A: We will be showing all kinds of Movies, we may have James Bond week (Martini and a movie), Clint Eastwood week, etc. and I would like to have the Burien Film Festival, maybe have the Highline School District or local people enter short movies.
Q: What will you show as the the first film?
A: First movie I am leaning towards is The Wizard of Oz, for the Tin Man.
Dan House, right, pictured with Ernie Eder, former owner of the Hi-Line Tin Shop.
Q: What will make your theater different from others?
A: The Tin Theatre will be small and intimate, not a monster “get lost in the parking lot” multiplex. You will be able to eat and drink in our lounge-type setting. We are thinking the theater may be for rent so you can invite 45 of your favorite friends to view your best movie or see a screening of your wedding, vacation, graduation etc., or for sporting events, with this you will be able to have your own server/bartender.
Q: What will happen with the Dan the Sausageman shop?
A: In front of the Theater will be a new Dan the Sausageman/Tin Cellars focusing on our wines, sausages and cheese but it will also be the area to hang out and mingle with Chirlee (my mother) and wait for the movie to start.
We will be taking our internet business off site to make room for the Movie Theatre, and we are looking for a location in Burien with warehouse space that we can build our gift boxes from and ship out; we have been around for 21 years and have no plans of stopping.
We just had a baby girl today at 4:04, we need a name, got any ideas?
Please post your baby name ideas (or thoughts on The Tin Theater) in the Comments below and we’ll make sure Dan gets ‘em (our suggestions: a name that can be shortened to “Tin” like Tindal, Tingley, Tinnea, Tinney, Tinsley, etc.).
The Olde Burien Street Party took over an entire two blocks of SW 152nd from Noon-midnight today, and here are some of the highlights via photos:
Here’s Burien City Councilmember Gordon Shaw getting dunked in the Kiwanis/Discover Burien dunk tank:
Here’s Burien legend Dean Parkins gettin’ splashed:
And Burien Arts Association Executive Director Erin Williamson proves that she’ll “do anything” to promote arts in B-Town:
Despite her wishes to be dunked into a working blender, Emerald City Smoothie’s Janel Stoneback had to settle for the regular tank:
Burien’s own The Cheeters Brass Band wowed the crowd with their unique big band sound:
We guess nobody wanted to. Perhaps it was the heat?
How many firefighters does it take to fill a dunk tank?
How many firefighters does it take to fill the kiddie’s pool?
Wow, what an amazing turnout last night for the first-ever B-Town “Blog Party”!
In the life of every party, there’s a point where things turn into a par-tay, and tonight we would wager to say that happened right around 6:37pm when suddenly the place got packed to the point where we thought “uh oh.”
Thanks to everyone who came out (our best guesstimate was 50-60 or so), squeezed into The Tin Room Bar, managed to meet us, greet us and put up with our cozy little back corner presentation by the restrooms (note to self: next time get a better P.A. System, one you can hear from more than 6 feet away).
We’d especially like to thank all the sponsors for the evening, who generously donated somewhere way north of $700 worth of Door Prizes, which we managed to actually give away despite wanting to hoard them all ourselves.
Don’t forget that, despite all the giveaway hoopla, we made a major Advertising announcement last night – the B-Town Bargain Blurb, which allows anyone to promote their business on the BTB for just $50 per month!
And now, a gracious tip of the B-Town Blog hat to our kind and wonderful sponsors:
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Optimark Eye Care
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The Tin Room Bar
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Poggi Bonsi Cucina
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909 Coffee & Wine
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The Mark Restaurant
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Vino Bello Wine Bar
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Emerald City Smoothies
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CMTI West Promotional Agency
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Burien Little Theatre
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El Dorado West Retirement
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Page 2 Books 10% Discount Coupons 15706 First Ave South Burien, WA 98148 (206) 248-724 |
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Burien Honda
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Highline Times
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Evergreen Eye Care
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Burien Arts Association
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Normady Escrow
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Again, much thanks to everyone who supported this great event, either via donation or by just showing up!
Here we are at the Tin Room, having a great time, but wondering where the heck YOU are.
From just minutes ago, a photo of CMTI Promotional Agency’s Lee Kaplanian sticking her hand into Spike and drawing out a prize winner’s name:
The countdown continues to the first-ever B-Town Blog Party, happening at The Tin Room Bar in Olde Burien this coming Tuesday night, June 10th!
Festivities begin at 6pm, and so far we’ve got over $300 worth of Door Prizes we’ll be giving away courtesy of the following local businesses:
- The Tin Room Bar: $5 gift certificates to the first 20 attendees
- Poggi Bonsi Cucina: $25 gift certificate
- Emerald City Smoothie: Eight $5 drink certificates
- 909 Coffee and Wine: $25 gift certificate
- Vino Bello Wine Bar wine tasting for four
- Two tickets to Burien Little Theatre
- Two $25 gift certificates to The Mark Restaurant
- One $100 gift certificate to Optimark Eye Care
- $50 jacket from CMTI West Promotional Agency
- $30 Gardening Gift Basket from El Dorado West
- Discount Coupons for Page 2 Books
- More coming soon!
Also, here are some things that’ll be happening at the event:
- We will unveil a brand new, low-cost Advertising opportunity that will make it easy and affordable for anyone to advertise on Burien’s only daily-updated website!
- We will be doing Live Blogging from the event, broadcast live on an LCD monitor where you can watch us in action!
- We will be videotaping guests who want to be on camera, so be sure to think of something clever to say or do (you may end up on the Blog right then and there!).
We look forward to seeing y’all there!
[please note that you'll be responsible for your own beverages, food and other costs – but you won't have to pay for our company...]
WHAT: B-Town Blog’s 1st “Blog Party”
WHEN: Tuesday, June 10th from 6pm+
WHERE: The Tin Room Bar, 923 SW 152nd Street in Olde Burien
WHY: ‘Cuz we can, should, and will.
Every year, thousands of poor, sad, lonely dogs are abandoned and neglected.
This Father’s Day, why not help a needy dog out and make Dad happy at the same time by adopting a very unique canine named Spike:
http://www.b-townblog.com/wp-content/media/DTSM_Spike-HI2_320x240.flvGo to Dan The Sausageman’s website and order now, and you’ll receive a FREE 9-Ounce Summer Sausage!
CREDITS:
- Written/Directed by Scott Schaefer
- Voiceover by Henry Dardenne
We’re only one week away from our first-ever B-Town Blog Party, which will take place at The Tin Room Bar in Olde Burien next Tuesday June 10th!
If you haven’t already been invited, please consider this posting your official invitation!
Things kick off at 6pm, and this event is aimed at:
- All our local Readers
- Advertisers
- Dignitaries
- Others who happen to have nuthin’ going on next Tuesday night
Some things that will happen at the party:
- We will unveil a brand new, low-cost Advertising opportunity that will make it easy and affordable for anyone to advertise on Burien’s only daily-updated website!
- We will be giving away Door Prizes all night, courtesy several local businesses, including:
- The Tin Room Bar: $5 gift certificates to the first 20 attendees
- Poggi Bonsi Cucina: $25 gift certificate
- Emerald City Smoothie: free drink certificates
- 909 Coffee and Wine: $25 gift certificate
- More to be announced soon!
- We will be doing Live Blogging from the event, including an LCD monitor where you can watch us in action!
- We will be videotaping guests who want to be on camera, so be sure to think of something clever to say or do (you may end up on the Blog right then and there!).
We look forward to meeting y’all there!
[please note that you'll be responsible for your own beverages, food and other costs – but you won't have to pay for our company...]
WHAT: B-Town Blog’s 1st “Blog Party”
WHEN: Tuesday, June 10th from 6pm+
WHERE: The Tin Room Bar, 923 SW 152nd Street in Olde Burien
WHY: ‘Cuz we can, should, and will.
Just got word from Dan the Sausageman that last night’s “Relay For Life” Cancer fundraiser at The Tin Room Bar raised $295 bucks.
Not bad for a Monday night – way to go all you generous B-Town drinkers!
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Tonight (Monday, April 28), from around 3pm until closing, Dan the Sausageman is holding a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s Highline Relay for Life at the Tin Room, located at 923 SW 152nd Street in Olde Burien.
Dan will donate a percentage of the entire day’s proceeds towards the local fight against cancer.
Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature event, is a fun-filled overnight experience designed to bring together those who have been touched by cancer. At Relay, people from within the community gather to celebrate survivors, remember those lost to cancer, and to fight back against this disease. Relay participants help raise money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society in its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health issue.
During Relay For Life events, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. The events are held overnight to represent the fact that cancer never sleeps. Through the survivors’ lap and the luminaria ceremony, we honor the people who have faced cancer first hand, and we remember those who have been lost to this disease.
But, Relay isn’t about taking laps — it’s about coming together in the fight against cancer. It’s a time to remember those lost to this disease and celebrate those who have survived. It’s a place where people connect with others, share the cancer experience, and find comfort and solace. And it’s an opportunity to build hope for a future where cancer no longer threatens the lives of the people we love.
As volunteers and donors, your efforts support research, education, advocacy, and services that allow the American Cancer Society to offer help and hope to people across the country when they need it most. By joining together at Relay, we celebrate life, friendship, and an opportunity to work to defeat cancer for future generations.
Sign up today to become a part of the Relay For Life effort in your community, and you too can fight back against cancer.
As both survivors and relatives of cancer victims, we here at the B-Town Blog raise a pint to those taking part in this fine fundraiser.
More info available at www.highlinerelay.org or here.
