Over the past two weeks, more than 1,080 votes were securely recorded to reveal the 2020 slate for Best of Burien 2020 – and now the wait is over! Discover Burien is honored to reveal the winners in the categories of Educator of the Year, Best Bloody Mary, Volunteer of the Year, Business Leader of the Year, Public Servant of the Year, Employer of the Year, Best Customer Service, Best Restaurant, and the Jeff Kearney Award.

Best of Burien 2020 Winners
Educator of the Year – Sarah Ullmer, Highline High School
Best Bloody Mary – The Point
Volunteer of the Year – Jean Boyd
Business Leader of the Year – Danny House, The Tin Room Bar & Theatre, Burien Pizzeria (co-owner), Dan the Sausage Man

Public Servant of the Year – Burien Police Officer Mark Hayden

Employer of the Year – The Point

Best Customer Service – Frankie’s B-Town Bistro

Best Restaurant – Frankie’s B-Town Bistro

Jeff Kearney Award – Doug Query, Team Clean Sweep

Discover Burien will present the honorees with their plaques during the Best of Burien Awards, Dinner & Auction on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Burien Community Center (14700 6th Ave SW).

Single tickets are $40 for Discover Burien members or $50 for non-members. For tables of eight, prices are $280 for members or $320 for non-members. Please purchase your tickets online via discoverburien.org/best-of-burien. Member and non-member rates are available. Proceeds from the event support Discover Burien, a nonprofit service organization dedicated to economic development and community engagement in Burien.

For more information visit: www.discoverburien.org, email assistant@discoverburien.org or call (206) 433-2882.

Methodology

At the end of the nominations timeline, finalists were chosen for the final public vote. A link for the final vote was provided via Discover Burien’swebsite, mailing list and social media. Discover Burien invited the community to help recognize deserving individuals and businesses by participating once per day per valid IP address.