Dining: Engine House No. 9 wins beer award; Legendary Doughnuts opening 2 bakeries

ENGINE HOUSE NO. 9 WINS BEER AWARD

Tacoma’s Engine House No. 9 took home five medals and a top designation from the Washington Beer Awards on June 18. The Tacoma restaurant and brewery won the award for mid-size brewery of the year.

The medals it took included a silver for its Don of Time, an American-style pale ale. It won two medals in a single category for brett beers — a gold for its Friendship brett and a bronze for its Nectarberry. In the German sour beers category, its Wild Tacoma Table Sour took home the silver. In the vegetable beer category (yes, there is such a thing), the brewery won a gold for its Rhubarb Wild. It also received a special designation: Best Washington Agricultural Product Inspired Beer for its Blackberry beer.

Other Pierce County brewery winners:

Puyallup River Brewing Co. took a gold medal for its cream ale in the cream ale category and was awarded a bronze for its Springtime Brown Ale in the English dark ale category. It also took a bronze medal for its Mud Mountain Milk Stout.

Gig Harbor’s Wet Coast Brewing Co. was awarded a bronze medal for its Wet Coast Cream Ale and a gold medal for its Sneak Thief Stout in the sweet/cream stouts category. It also won a silver medal for its El Capitan Brown Ale in the coffee and chocolate beer category.

Northwest Brewing Co. in Pacific took gold medals for its Hawk One Lager in the American Lager category and another gold for its double India pale ale. It took a silver for its Three Skulls Blood Orange Wit in the Belgian ale category. It also won a bronze for its Joker Amber Ale in the amber category.

Lakewood-based Ram Restaurant and Brewery took a bronze medal for its Vienna beer in the European amber and dark lagers category. It also won a bronze medal in the porter category.

INDOCHINE TAKES A SHORT SUMMER BREAK

Indochine Asian Dining Lounge in downtown Tacoma has closed for its annual summer break. It closed June 28 and will reopen July 7.

LEGENDARY DOUGHNUTS OPENING DATES ANNOUNCED

Prepare yourself for two doughnut bakery openings from Legendary Doughnuts, the regional bakery with locations in Lake Tapps, Tacoma and Covington. The bakery opened its first doughnut shop, specializing in oversized and fanciful-themed doughnuts, in 2010. This year, it will open two more.

A Federal Way (in King County) location was expected to open this week, but construction delays pushed that out to a July opening. In Frederickson, the Legendary Doughnuts in the Canyon Crossing Shopping Center is expected to open around mid July. More information at legendarydoughnuts.com.

GALLOPING GERTIE’S BIRTHDAY

Galloping Gertie’s turns 64 in July and is having a monthlong party to celebrate that includes special hamburgers sold on souvenir Frisbees. “We’re still galloping as a family-owned restaurant,” said Susan Rothwell, whose mother, Gertie Rice, was the founder of the restaurant that opened in the Tillicum neighborhood in 1952. Fun Gertie’s fact: The restaurant was named after Rice’s interest in race horses, not after the bridge. Find Galloping Gertie’s Bar and Grill at 15417 Union Ave. SW, Lakewood; 253-584-4848.

MOD PIZZA WINS ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

Scott and Ally Svenson, co-founders of Mod Pizza (with locations in Puyallup, Tacoma and the greater Puget Sound area) received the EY (Ernst & Young) Entrepreneur Of The Year award June 17 in the emerging category for the Pacific Northwest. From the company, “The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.” They now move on to the national awards, which will be announced in November.

This story was originally published June 29, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Dining: Engine House No. 9 wins beer award; Legendary Doughnuts opening 2 bakeries."