{"id":1526,"date":"2009-11-07T06:36:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2009-11-07T06:36:01","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T14:36:01","slug":"spokane-wa-zips-drive-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=1526","title":{"rendered":"Spokane, WA – Zip’s Drive In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around for 50+ years, with more than 25 locations in Washington and Idaho, I drove across the street from D. Lish to Zip’s<\/a>, to see what the “also ran” was like. Zip’s has a more complete menu that D Lish, expanded to fish and chicken beyond the burgers. They crow about the fish being “cut and breaded” daily and house-made tartar sauce.<\/p>\n

Hey, they have tater tots! Zip’s immediately goes up a dozen points on my imaginary scale. I order a cheeseburger and tots, and the food was cooked while I waited. A frozen patty, seasoned on the griddle, and deep fried tots.<\/p>\n

The burger was nothing special, lotsa ketchup like McD’s cancels any other flavor but it was no more or less special than D Lish. The tots were pretty fine, but I watched him take them out of the fryer and dump them directly into the bag, with no interim stop at a warming tray for seasoning. They MAY have been a little al dente, but I was just tasting, not eating. I was an “eater” until a visit to a doctor a couple weeks ago, now I am a “taster.” Not so fun.<\/p>\n

This exterior photo is from the Zip’s web site. Map shows numberous Spokane locations of Zip’s.<\/p>\n