drive in type private industry fast food founded wallingford seattle washington 1954 founders dick spady h. warren ghormley dr. b. o. a. thomas headquarters seattle number of locations 6 key people jim spady ceo products hamburgers fries shakes sodas and ice cream . website www.ddir.com dick s drive in or simply dick s is a fast food restaurant chain in the seattle washington area . contents 1 history 2 in popular culture 3 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit dick s original location in wallingford on a summer night . 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 . 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 . 1 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. 2 all but the queen anne location are without customer seating . the queen anne location has indoor tables and no drive in . 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 . 3 4 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 . 5 in 2013 dick s drive in was voted the most life changing burger joint in america in an esquire.com poll . 6 in popular culture edit 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 . 7 locations edit wallingford capitol hill crown hill lake city lower queen anne edmonds washington opened on october 20 2011 bellevue washington now closed there is also a dick s hamburgers restaurant in spokane . 8 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 edit mcnerthey casey 2010 08 31 . dick s drive in to open new location . seattle post intelligencer business journal . seattle . retrieved 2010 08 31 . a new dick s drive in is coming to edmonds . dick s media room press releases . 2010 10 15 . retrieved 2010 10 15 . kelly leslie 2008 05 23 . the trick at dick s hold the cheese on a deluxe burger . seattle pi . retrieved 2009 11 30 . spady richard ; o connor kathleen l. 2012 . spady john ed . dick spady a life of visions and values . pp. 39 42 . isbn 0615496407 . spady richard ; o connor kathleen l. 2012 . spady john ed . dick spady a life of visions and values . pp. 43 44 . isbn 0615496407 . secrets of the most life changing burger joint . esquire magazine . retrieved 14 april 2013 . macklemore films video at iconic seattle hamburger venue dick s hamburgers . yelp . retrieved 20 january 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to dick s drive in . official website seattlewiki dick s drive in restaurants v t e fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the united states chicken chains coffeehouse chains pizza chains hamburgers a & w back yard big boy burger king carl s jr. checkers rally s cook out fatburger five guys freddy s fuddruckers the habit hardee s in n out jack in the box johnny rockets krystal mcdonald s roy rogers shake shack smashburger sonic steak n shake wayback wendy s whataburger white castle asian l & l hawaiian barbecue manchu wok panda express pei wei asian diner pick up stix sarku baked goods au bon pain auntie anne s bruegger s cinnabon corner bakery cafe dunkin donuts einstein bros. great american cookies honey dew donuts krispy kreme mrs. fields nestl toll house panera bread pretzelmaker pretzel time shipley do nuts tim hortons t.j. cinnamons wetzel s winchell s beverages argo tea biggby coffee caribou coffee bean & tea leaf coffee beanery dunn bros gloria jean s jamba juice juice it up orange julius peet s planet smoothie robeks seattle s best coffee smoothie king starbucks teavana tropical smoothie cafe tully s frozen desserts baskin robbins ben & jerry s braum s bruster s carvel cold stone culver s dairy queen dippin dots fosters freeze friendly s golden spoon graeter s h agen dazs handel s kiwi yogurt maggiemoo s marble slab menchie s pinkberry red mango rita s sweet frog tastee freez tcby tropical sno tutti frutti yogen fr z yogurtland hot dogs hot dog on a stick nathan s famous portillo s wienerschnitzel mexican style tex mex baja fresh cafe rio chipotle del taco el pollo loco freebirds green red burrito moe s pancheros qdoba rubio s taco bell taco bueno taco cabana taco del mar taco john s taco mayo taco time wahoo s fish taco noodles fazoli s noodles & company sandwiches arby s atlanta bread blimpie capriotti s charley s cos cousins d angelo daphne s erbert & gerbert s firehouse subs great wraps jason s jerry s subs jersey mike s jimmy john s lenny s sub mcalister s deli miami subs mr. hero newk s eatery penn station port of subs pdq potbelly quiznos rax runza sandella s schlotzsky s steak escape subway togo s tubby s tudor s biscuit world which wich seafood arthur treacher s captain d s h. salt esquire ivar s long john silver s skippers seafood & chowder house defunct bresler s ice cream brigham s burger chef carrols d lites druther s henry s hamburgers hot n now hot sam pretzels naugles red barn sandy s zantigo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dick % 27s drive in & oldid 739612119 categories fast food hamburger restaurantsculture of seattlefast food chains of the united statescompanies based in seattlerestaurants in seattledrive in restaurantsregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 1954hidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 19 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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