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Engine House Number 9
Overall: Awesome!    Score: 81.3 / 100
611 North Pine Street
Tacoma, WA 98406
United States
(253) 272-3435
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Listed Since: November 1997
Last Updated: November 2002
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E( has an excellent combination of House and guest brews. If you can't find what you are looking for here then you should just go home and drink your "Bud". Menu selection is good. Have never had a bad meal at he old firehouse. Will be back as long as they are open.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from michael michael, port orchard, WA
(04/08/2008)
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The bartenders can be very rude here, I will not go back because a few of them have been very mean on more than one occasion.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review tacoma, WA
(11/05/2007)
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Great Good Great Awesome! Great
Had a good steak cooked exactly as requested. Had an IPA which was a little watery. The smoked porter was wonderful though and totally made up for the watery IPA. Try the black bean soup with the steak it was also very good. Very friendly atmosphere and good looking staff;)

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Tacoma, WA
(11/03/2006)
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Great Great Great Great Great
Stopped in on a Sunday afternoon for a pint and a light lunch. Had the IPA, nice balance, very good. My wife and I shared a halibut sandwich which was good (the fries were great). Cool building, lots of old firehouse decor.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Monte Monte, Morris County, NJ
(07/27/2006)
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Great Awesome! Great Great Great
This place has it all going on.Great old building.Lots of firefighting memorobilia to occupy the mind.The menu is fairly extensive for a brewpub.There's a full bar, a big cooler filled with a large assortment of bottled beer and twenty tap handles at the ready, ten of which are house brews.Tried the Rowdy Dick Amber to start with. It was good enough to order a second while waiting for my food order. Had the Reuben with fries.Very tasty.Finished of my visit with the Roasted Porter which was equally tasty. All the other reviews seem to cover how good this establishment is. The only thing I might add is don't be a dumb ass tourist like me and walk up from downtown. Jump on the #1 bus and save yourself some serious hill climbing. Your feet will thank you.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from J. King J. King, Campbell, CA
(04/18/2006)
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Great Great Awesome! Great Awesome!
E9 is located just off of a funky section of 6th Ave. It is also conviently located near Jazzbones Nightclub where many different styles of bands, both local and natiional, come to play. The atmosphere is pub casual as it is located inside an old firehouse and the owners kept the brass pole, stable doors, etc. to decorate the interior (like the use of ladders for the track lighting). The food is awesome! Appetizers such as the Breasts of Fire (tender chicken breasts in a spicy creamy chipotle sauce), Diodes (thin crust pizza with garlic, butter, and parmesan cheese)are fantastic! The food is quite good too, as varied as burgers or chili (different kind every month) and more gourmet fare (Salmon ceasar salad or thai pasta). The beers selection is adequate and some of their own brews ROCK! Service is generally good, although it can be spotty. They also offer free popcorn and those ubiquitous trivia bar games. A popular hangout for at least 2 of the Universities.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Shoshona Shoshona, Tacoma, WA
(02/28/2006)
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Awesome! Awesome! Great So So Great
Stopped in with inlaws the night after Christmas '05. Not greeted, and ulitmately service was slow, but the beer and beer selection make up for lack of tight service. I had some Dick's Winter Warmer, a cask-conditioned non-house brew, it was tasty and perfect accompanyment to the cold, drizzly NW weather. Washed the beer down with a great burger. The place was fairly busy, and the TVs somewhat loud, but overall a great place and I'll be back whenever I'm in the area.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Mark Mark, Laredo, TX
(01/07/2006)
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Great Awesome! N/A Awesome! Awesome!
I didn't know about this place till the people at Harmon told me to check it out. Just great. The old fire House is so cool and the variety of beer--in additon to their own--is wonderful. The 4 alarm stout and the outrageously bitte were very good. As was the Enginehouse porter. The bartender was very friendly. Other beers on tap (or in bottle) of note were: Fish Tale, Red Sea, Pyramid, Hales, Pike Widmer, Skullsplitter, Red Tail, Redhook. This place is a little out of the way but well worth the search. Go when you have time to set and enjoy. I was there in the afternoon and found the place not crowded.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Bill Laubert Bill Laubert, North Hornell, NY
(08/02/2004)
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This review will summarize two visits over the last three months.

E9 has about 20 or so taps, of which about eight are there own brews. Oddly enough, on my visit today (7/31), they had four fall/winter ale selections.

To their credit, E9 has tried to do a few Belgian styles. Unfortunatley they fall short. Their Saison lacked the floral nose expected of the style. It tasted more like a Tripel or a stronger Belgian golden ale. Not bad, but not a saison. And their Belgian wit was very pedestrain. It had a very slight citrus taste, but otherwise was rather insipid. Finally, the Oatmeal Stout, while the best of those I tried, was also disappointig. It started with a nice chocolate nose, but lacked the lucious creamy complexity of my favorite Oatmeal Stouts (Samuel Smith's, Boundary Bay in Bellingham, WA and Four Peaks in Tempe, AZ).

Both times I went for lunch and had the turket cranberry sandwich and the French Dip. Both were okay, but nothing to write home about. They give you the option of fires or a salad. They have a tasty honey mustard salad dressing -- I believe it had caraway seeds in it.

WTH

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from WT WT, Seattle, WA
(07/31/2004)
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The food was good, my burger seemed a little dry. The drinks were great (had a mai tai). The restaurant is loud, but not too bad. Lots of games & fun. The service was great.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Tacoma, WA
(06/12/2004)
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Awesome! Awesome! Good Great Great
I really liked the setting of a histoic fure station. Beer was great. IPA was immensely hoppy. Imperial Pale Ale less so. Fish & Chips were excellant. Meatball sandwich was so-so. It just confirmed my opinion that one should never order a meatball sandwich west of Buffalo.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Bob Morseburg Bob Morseburg, Seattle, WA
(03/15/2004)
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Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Great Awesome!
This is one of our favorite places - we drive from Kent just to go here.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Kent, WA
(01/30/2004)
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Awesome! Awesome! Great Awesome! Great
If you loke a variety of beers the beer club, with 47 differnt beers to drink, is one to try.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Peter Thatcher Peter Thatcher, Poulsbo, WA
(04/08/2003)
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Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Wow alot of hot men in this joint

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Aaron Aaron, Anchorage, AK
(12/27/2002)
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Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Great beer selection (bud light) and good looking men all for me

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Aaron Aaron, Anchorage, AK
(12/27/2002)
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Great Awesome! N/A Great Great
Very impressive on-premise and off-premise beer selections. Definite uniqueness as far as atmosphere. Haven't tried the food yet, but looking forward to it. Aiming to sample all 47 available beer selections to become an Engine House No.9 Beer Club honoree!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from David Perl David Perl, Colorado Springs, CO
(12/21/2002)
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Awesome! Awesome! Great Great Awesome!
worth the stop!great beer,especially i.p.a brewed in pacific northwest style,nice and hoppy.the place itself is on national historic registry which is cool.cant wait to stop in again!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from tim hardin tim hardin, seaside, OR
(11/25/2002)
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Great