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Zip’s is the place to go when you need fast and cheap and filling food served with a side of nostalgia
We asked readers on Facebook to share their best or favorite Zip’s memories. Here’s what some had to say.
Amanda Riedinger I LOVE my Zip’s! I lived in CdA as a kid and we would walk or bike to Zip’s on Sherman for milkshakes and fries. I’d save my allowance to get a bacon cheeseburger. I’ve always loved how messy they are. We moved to Richland when I was 12 and the one on Lee became a favorite lunch hang out in high school. My husband is from California and had to take me to In and Out when went to visit the first time. Not as good as Zip’s.
Holly Hamblen My boyfriend moved up to Spokane from California and was introduced to Zip’s. He literally would get a Wrangler every Thursday; he was obsessed. Now we live and California, and when we come back to visit family Zip’s is our first stop on the way from the airport!
Kristina Parkin I have special memories with both my dad and my husband at Zip’s. The best one involves them both. I grew up near the Zip’s on Regal in Lincoln Heights. I loved it when my dad would treat me and my siblings to Zip’s. We often ordered Papa Joes and fries with that great tartar sauce. For a special occasion, my dad would take us down to get Hurricanes. Reeses or Oreo? It was a tough decision. In 2005, my parents moved to Phoenix, a land without Zip’s. About five years ago, my dad came to visit. I was dating a guy he had never met. It was important to me for my dad, whom I love dearly, to get to know this guy I was growing to love. They decided to get together for lunch after church and have a talk. Where did they go? Zip’s of course! On my way home, I drove past that same wonderful old Zip’s on Regal. I saw my dad sitting there with my boyfriend and wondered nervously about their impressions of each other. I also hoped they would save me some fries. Well, many Papa Joes and chocolate malts later, I’m happily married to that guy, and we live close to the Zip’s near Whitworth. I love it when he now treats me to Zip’s!
Cynthia McFall Villines We moved here 12 years ago, and as we were moving into our new home the previous owner was still moving out. It was awkward for everyone as we tried to stay out of each others’ way. I could tell it was difficult for her, but it was so exciting for us. The previous owner announced she was going to grab dinner and kindly offered to pick some up for us as well from a place called Zip’s. We had never heard of it, so we told her to bring us “whatever sounds good,” and she quickly returned with buckets of fries, burgers and chicken for the kids. We all sat in the kitchen and enjoyed a meal our first meal in our new home, and her last meal in the home she raised her family in. It was bittersweet for her, but such a lovely way to start our new life in Spokane and our love of our new local burger place Zip’s!
Trent Reedy When my wife and I moved from Iowa to Spokane, we did not know our way around town, had never heard of Zip’s, and did not understand http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/ there was more than one Zip’s location. We therefore became frustrated, thinking we had somehow turned around or had driven in a circle, because darn it, there we were back at that Zip’s place again!
Angela Reinhardt Hands down best tartar sauce on the planet. Burgers are great, too. We always stop by when we are in town!
Laurel Stookey Poffenroth Back in the day, in the ’60s and ’70s, we would be downtown toolin’ Riverside and, at the end of the night, we would stop by Zip’s on Division by GU and get a loaded cheeseburger. So much fun.
Patrick M. Cunningham Worked at Zip’s for four years in the mid ’80s. Still love their fries and tartar sauce.
Heather Bradbury Spring Closest fast food place within “lunch time” distance from Ferris in the early ’90s.
Monica Wales I attended Ferris High School in 1993, and at that time the school had an open campus so students were allowed to eat off campus. Eating lunch at Zip’s on Regal was a real treat. I got one of my first jobs at Zip’s at Fairwood, where I became good friends with one of the cooks and ended up inviting him to senior prom. Later, I rented a one bedroom apartment near the Zip’s on Division near Gonzaga. I worked at this Zip’s for a while before being asked to help open the newly remodeled East Francis Zip’s. I was assistant manager at that Zip’s for a couple years. I met many amazing people who worked at Zip’s and who were regular customers. I enjoyed recognizing people’s car through the drive thru camera and asking customers if they’d like “their normal order.” Zip’s remains one of my favorite fast food restaurants. I still remember the ingredients for burgers and vaguely recall how to make the highly coveted tartar sauce by the 5 gallon bucket full!
Kayla LaFrance My grandpa LaFrance and I shared many meals at the Zip’s on Sprague and Sullivan. As a kid at Greenacres Elementary, I knew that a half day at school meant lunch at Zip’s with Grandpa. I’d skip lunch on purpose and as soon as I rolled off the bus early grandpa would ask, “Have you eaten yet?” I’d say no, and off we’d go. I miss those meals with him but cherish the memories of time spent there. Now that I live in Houston, Zip’s has become a type of Mecca. First stop and last stop every time I visit home.
Karli Ann Ingersoll Oh my gosh! ALL the memories. We used to go to Zip’s so much when I was a kid. My dad’s family live in Deer Park, and we would often go to the Zip’s there with my grandparents who have long ago passed away. My favorite was dipping my cheeseburger in a chocolate milkshake.
Bethany D. Hyndman When we lived overseas and came home to visit we’d often stop at Zip’s to pick up an order of fries with tartar sauce on our way into town from the airport. Nevermind the jet lag, we must have fries. Zip’s is also where I learned a key principle of a happy marriage from my parents: When your spouse says, “I don’t want fries; I’ll just have a few of yours,” you should always get the tub. On Memorial Day weekend my young daughters and I visit family graves in Chewelah and Colville with my mom and grandma. Between the two cemeteries, we stop at the Chewelah Zip’s where the fish is especially good to get our spirits back up.
Katie Ball My favorite Zip’s memory is of my dad, Earl Whittaker, backing through the drive thru after a particularly difficult day with his two daughters. He wanted to cheer us up and make us laugh, so he backed through the drive up window at the location at Maple and Francis. I remember getting my milkshake from a chuckling (albeit confused) server, and my dad laughing the whole way home about the entire incident. Great end to a hard day!
Michelle Vue I’ve been going to Zip’s since I was a kid! My husband and I went there when we were dating. We had friends who worked there. I live overseas now, but every summer, we have to hit up Zip’s for Papa Joes, corndogs and, of course, fries!
Michal Davey Alegria My daughter’s husband is from England. When he was in the States for the first time a few years ago, I asked him what his favorite Spokane restaurant was. It was, and still is, Zip’s. When they fly in, it’s usually a late flight. But we always head straight from the airport to the Airway Heights Zip’s.
The drive in is often the first stop after landing at GEG.
Before going home to see Mom, there’s coming home to those crinkle cut fries with that tartar sauce, the Papa Joe burger with a slice of ham or even better the Buster with both ham and bacon, and extra thick “cream pie” milkshakes topped with whipped cream and blended with graham cracker bits.
The tartar sauce is so legendary around these parts that customers buy it by the tub to take home.
In the Inland Northwest, there’s Mom’s home cooking, and there’s Zip’s.
Zip’s is synonymous with fast and cheap and local. That’s one of the best parts about it. Zip’s is a Spokane area institution, an Inland Northwest cultural icon and tradition.
“In Spokane, it’s what you grew up with,” said Dennis Kelly, who owns five of the approximately 40 Zip’s locations in the Inland Northwest. In the ’60s, ’70s Cheap cost femcare online Order and ’80s, he said, “It was really just us and a few other drive ins.
“Just that we’ve survived this long something that predates McDonald’s that’s probably the largest part of the story. That we could still thrive in this larger global market is unusual.”
Zip’s is to the Inland Northwest what In and Out Burger is to Southern California albeit on a smaller scale. Both brands started within five years and a couple of states of each other have kind of a cult following. After wheels touch down at LAX, a trip to one of the two closest In and Out Burgers is often in order just like making a beeline for Zip’s after landing at GEG.
“Isn’t that remarkable?” Kelly said. But, it’s certainly not unusual. In fact, “We hear that all the time.”
Zip tripZip’s was founded by Robert “Zip” Zuber in Kennewick, in 1953 two years before McDonald’s and five years after In and Out. The motto was “Thrift and Swift.”
Today, McDonald’s has more than 36,000 stores in more than 100 countries and In and Out has 325 locations in six states. Zip’s exclusively remains an Inland Northwest phenomenon.
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