Whiskey Creek Steakhouse

What happened after

Closed for good in Aug 2016 after 27 years under owners Pat and Karan Ziarnik (who had retired in Nov 2013).

Closure date on record: 2016-08

What happened on the show

Robert Irvine took on Whiskey Creek Steakhouse, a steakhouse in Keyport, during the fifth season, run by Pat and Karan Ziarnik. The durable record holds few specifics of the Whiskey Creek Steakhouse visit, and Wikipedia gives this Keyport episode no summary. We describe only the method Irvine ran at Whiskey Creek Steakhouse: tasting the steaks, inspecting the Keyport kitchen, challenging the Ziarniks, then a two-day overhaul of the Keyport room on a tight budget. Rather than fabricate a Whiskey Creek Steakhouse scene, we admit the Keyport record kept no dish, quote, or design detail. What survives as fact for Whiskey Creek Steakhouse is the format and the Keyport setting, with nothing invented added. The Ziarniks and their years at the helm are the anchors, and the Keyport steakhouse's long survival before closing shapes the aftermath.

After the cameras left

Whiskey Creek held on for years before closing for good in August 2016, ending a twenty-seven-year run. Owners Pat and Karan Ziarnik had retired in November 2013, and the steakhouse continued for a stretch afterward before shutting down. The Kitsap Sun, the local paper, covered the closing, which puts it at high confidence. A steakhouse that lasted well past its television rescue eventually gave way, with a pizzeria reported to be coming to the Keyport site.