By Greg McCorkle

To celebrate his service franchise moving to a new location in downtown Burien, CEO of Home Task Network Jerrod Sessler organized a community event to celebrate local restaurants with the alliterative title of Burien Bites. “We wanted to give something to the community” said Sessler.

Sessler, who has lived in Burien for forty years explained, “We moved our business to this location on 152nd which was Georgetown Jewelers for fifty years and we thought we should do a grand opening but honestly who would come to an opening for a business? We’re not a retail business, we’re just an office and we thought we should do something for the community. Burien has a lot of great restaurants so let’s see if we can make something of that. We came up with ‘Burien Bites”, and this would give us something to do very year instead of a onetime shot. Burien Bites is intended to be an annual event where we can celebrate the great food and the great purveyors that are in Burien, bring the community together for an evening of walking around and trying different food. My vision is for us to be in the community, part of the community, to bless the community, to reach out to the community and bring everybody together. And that’s why we created “Burien Bites."

Sessler was kind enough to send the Highline Times the results from the event.

"Thank you again for your support of Burien Bites. Below is the information related to the results of the Bite, the mobile "Rate A Restaurant" app and the individuals who won dinner for a year.

The winning restaurant will receive:
a) Honor of hosting the Burien Bites trophy at their establishment until we begin promotions for the next Burien Bites event.
b) $250 in free fresh, organic produce from Freggies.com
c) Bragging rights!

The winning individuals receive:
a) Dinner for a year at the participating restaurants. Part of the entry fee for the restaurants was providing gift certificates for meals. The winner gets to enjoy a meal at one of the participating restaurants each month for the next 12 months.

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS:
(Note: We committed to one winner but also drew names until we also had a winner that was in attendance at the after party).

Lynn Beardslee
Maria Sykes

RESTAURANT WINNER & TOP 5:

TOP SPOT:
909 Coffee & Wine
Serving: Ceviche, Roasted Peach Salad & Braised Oxtail with Oyster Mushroom and Fresh Pasta!

RUNNER UP:
Osteria da Primo
Serving: Brick Oven Pizza, Fresh Salad and Limoncello or Orangecello Liquors

THIRD:
Captain G's Ottoman Kitchen

FOURTH:
Tin Room Bar & Grill

FIFTH:
Elliott Bay Brew House & Pub

BEST FEEDBACK QUOTES FROM "RATE A RESTAURANT" MOBILE APP:
"The food was pure art." (comment about: 909 Coffee & Wine)
"I would eat my arm if it was covered in that sauce" (comment about: Captain G's Ottoman Kitchen)
"Macaroni cheese was awesome, even though the company was a little annoying" (comment about: Bison Creek Pizza)
"Holy Taco, that was good." (comment about: Tin Room Bar & Grill)

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