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Industry
  
Fast food

Website
  
www.ddir.com/

Number of locations
  
6

Key people
  
Jim Spady (CEO)

Founder
  
Dick Spady

Type of business
  
Private

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Founders
  
Dick Spady, H. Warren Ghormley, Dr. B. O. A. Thomas

Products
  
Hamburgers, fries, shakes, sodas, and ice cream.

Founded
  
1954, Wallingford, Seattle, Washington, United States

Headquarters
  
Seattle, Washington, United States

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Dick's Drive-In, or simply Dick's, is a fast-food restaurant chain in the Seattle, Washington area.

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History

Founders Dick Spady, H. Warren Ghormley, and Dr. B. O. A. Thomas opened the first Dick's in 1954 in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood, on N.E. 45th Street. In 1955, a second Dick's was opened in Seattle's Capitol Hill district. This was followed by a third in 1960 in the Crown Hill neighborhood, a 4th in 1963 in Lake City, a fifth in Queen Anne in 1974.

The simple menu has changed little over time. It features fast-food staples such as hamburgers, hand-cut french fries, and individually made milkshakes. Dick's is particularly well known for the "Dick's Deluxe," which includes lettuce, mayonnaise, and chopped pickles. No substitutions are allowed and all burgers are cooked to well done; the only available omissions are the Deluxe without cheese or fries without salt.

For several years Dick's has offered best-in-industry employee benefits such as a matched 401(k), 100% employer-paid medical insurance, and a $22,000 college tuition scholarship after six months of work.

In 2013, Dick's Drive-In was voted "the most life-changing burger joint in America" in an Esquire.com poll.

In September 2010, it was announced that Dick's was planning on opening a new sixth location in the Seattle area and that an online poll on their website would determine the new location. After a few weeks of polling, the area north of Seattle won the right for a new Dick's Drive-In. On October 15, 2010, Dick's officials announced the new location to be in Edmonds on the corner of Hwy 99 and 220th St. All but the Queen Anne location are without customer seating. The Queen Anne location has indoor tables and no drive-in.

In 2017, Dick's launched another poll to determine its sixth location, either located on the Eastside or in South King County.

  • Seattle rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot identifies the Capitol Hill location of Dick's in his song, Posse on Broadway.
  • In the 2009 romantic comedy Love Happens, actress Jennifer Aniston can be seen holding a Dick's bag. The film was set in Seattle.
  • In The Presidents of the United States of America's song "Little Indian Princess", the Seattle natives mention wanting to "spend my loose change on a fist-sized ice cream cone at Dick's."
  • In 2013, Seattle hiphop artist Macklemore filmed portions of a music video for his song "White Walls" at Dick's Drive-In.

    • Locations

  • Wallingford (opened on January 28, 1954)
  • Capitol Hill (opened in 1956)
  • Crown Hill (opened in 1957)
  • Lake City (opened in 1963)
  • Lower Queen Anne (opened in 1974)
  • Edmonds, Washington (opened on October 20, 2011)
  • Bellevue, Washington (opened in 1965; closed in 1974)

    • There is also a Dick's Hamburgers restaurant in Spokane. Although this is a drive-in, operated in much the same manner as the five drive-in locations of the Seattle chain (and with a larger menu), it is not affiliated with Dick's Drive-In.

    References

    Dick's Drive-In Wikipedia
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