Late Saturday night, Michael Goronkin, the local owner of Zeeks Pizza in downtown Tacoma, removed the existing signage and replaced it with a sign of his own.
Though the decor hasn’t much changed, and the pizza oven remains a core element of the kitchen, Mikey’s Public House and Frog Bar officially debuted at 1702 Pacific Ave. on Sunday, Feb. 1.
The rebrand means that the Seattle-based chain has, at least for now, ended its run in Pierce County. Founded by Tom Vial and Doug McClure after a Pizza Hut-infused Montana ski trip, Zeeks started as a single Queen Anne restaurant in 1993. The company’s website lists 17 other locations in Puget Sound…