MEMORIES: Forty Years of Memories

The price for being cool
My favorite memory of Dick's Drive-In is the time I was walking by the 45th Street location-this would have been about 1974--and this girl in a hot rod was trying to be real cool so she peeled out in reverse to get out of her parking space. Well, there was a curb and two cement posts to protect Dick's sign (from people like her) and her car jumped the curb and the back got stuck on one of the posts so that she couldn't go anywhere. Several people had to come over and get her car off. It was hilarious!

P.S. Having grown up in Seattle I have many friends who have moved away and when they come to visit one of the first things they want to do is go to Dick's! There's nothing else like it. Keep up the good work.
Charles Sliwoski Age: 35

Just a Quick Trip to Dick's From Oregon
My first recollection of Dick's was one summer evening in '55 or '56 when a neighbor lady invited me to go along with her and her kids to Dick's on 45th for a hot fudge sundae. Never having had one before, it sounded like something worth trying. Needless to say, my first sundae was certainly not my last!

It was a very short time later that we all discovered the delicious addiction of Dick's hamburgers and fries and this shameless craving has thrived through the second and third generation-my kids and grandkids. Even when we lived in Oregon, the main attraction of a visit to Seattle was a stop (or two) at Dick's.

Family friends are not immune either. In 1974, on one quick turnaround trip from Portland to Seattle and back, we brought along our best friends, just so they could sample Dick's. We had gone on so long and so rapturously about how good the hamburgers and fries are, they wanted to try the menu for themselves and they definitely agreed. To this day, we and our friends reminisce about that trip, so I would say that is my favorite memory of Dick's.
Mary Jane Mickels Age:52

Dick's is a family affair
Where, oh where to begin. Dick's Drive-In, quite simply put, is like a member of our family.

My friends and I started "hanging out" at Dick's in 1954, yes I said 1954. We were sophomores at Lincoln High School. A nearly 40-year tradition still on going.

I have hurried to Dick's many, many, times after playing basketball, football, fast-pitch softball, and bowling. Just had to have my evening fix of two cheeseburgers, fries, and a large coke. My taste has changed a little over the years though; now I seem to lean more towards Deluxe burgers. But it matters not. ALL burgers are still excellent!!

Over the years, Dick's has become a great place to meet friends, why? Because everyone knew where it was. Just the other day, my brother, Larry, and I met a guy we went to Lincoln with (and we hadn't seen him since then). It's funny, but he said since he moved to Camano Island, each time that he's in the Seattle area, he must stop at Dick's for a burger. Larry and I sure know how that feels, I meet him there (by accident) all of the time.

My sons, 33 and 32, are Dick's "devotees". So are my granddaughters (Jeanne, Jennifer, and Alyssa). And the little one is only 3 years old. Rick, Dianne, and the girls live in Ferndale, Washington, but they stop at Dick's every time that they are here in Seattle. And Tim, Molly, and Alyssa are regular customers too. In fact, Tim Lair worked at Dick's in Lake City for a year or so in 1979.
Leonard Lair Age: 55

Customer Crime Stoppers
My latest memory of Dick's happened just a few short weeks ago at Lake City. My wife, Vivian, our granddaughter Alyssa, and I were eating lunch, when we heard screaming, swearing, yelling, etc. coming from one of your neighboring businessmen. He was chasing a bad guy who had just ripped off an expensive piece of jewelry from Gillis Watch & Clock. He chased this guy through the lot, slowly losing ground. That's when we went into action. We wrapped up our burgers and fries, put them in the console slots, and took off after said bad guy.

Well, we had no luck in finding the guy. We were told later that there was a getaway car waiting for him. Oh well, we tried. After close to 40 years of eating at Dick's Drive-Ins, that was a new experience.

In retrospect, I'm not certain what we would have done if we had caught up with the creep. I guess I could have sat on him till help arrived! Ah yes, just another fun day at Dick's.
Leonard Lair Age: 55

Romance At Dick's: A '56 Ford to an '87 Limo
To make my story short but sweet: My husband and I met at Dick's on 45th in 1959. We were both attending Roosevelt High School at the time. He (my husband) was a good friend of the boy that was dating my girlfriend and we met in the parking lot in a 1956 Ford. We were married on June 30, 1962. To celebrate our 25th anniversary (in 1987) our friends did something memorable. They all knew we met at Dick's, so they had a limo (with two other couples) pick us up, and takes us to 45th, where we all ate dinner out the trunk of the limo. People coming in to eat thought that it was pretty cool and so did all of us. We had the best time and such great memories. To this day, every time we go into Seattle it's straight to Dick's. YUM YUM!
Paul and Sue Braiser Ages: 51

Cheeseburger genetics
My favorite memory of Dick's Drive-In took place over 30 years ago when I was a little boy. Getting to go out to eat back then was a real treat, and my mother would always take me to Dick's if I had to go to the doctor, as a reward. I always ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate shake. In order to make my wonderful meal last as long as possible, I would eat one bun at a time and then the cheeseburger. Yum! Of course my mother would tell me not to eat it that way and threaten to cut me off from Dick's if I didn't eat it properly but I didn't care and she always brought me back.

You can imagine my surprise, as and adult, taking my family to Dick's Drive-In and watching my youngest daughter eat her cheeseburger just like the ole dad did.
Barrett Chilton

The Dick's craving
When I was a teenager and then in my 20's I liked going to Dick's after a date or evening out. It was always a great place to go on a Friday or Saturday evening. Fun to sit in your car, enjoying your meal (of course), and checking out the cars and other Dick's addicts. Now my husband and I take our children and they are fans also.

I have enjoyed your burgers and fries for as long as I can remember.
I am 41 and was born in Seattle. During my lifetime I have lived out of state (5 years in Wyoming and 2 years in California) and during those times I got cravings for a Dick's burger and fries. When I have visitors from out of town, I take them to Dick's for a taste treat.

As I sit here writing this letter, the urge for a Dick's Deluxe and fries has come over me and I'm afraid I'll have to do something about it. I think it's time to pack the family in the car and go to Dick's.
Thanks for all the memories.
Kathy Knapp Age: 41

Holy Cow! A Magical Cheeseburger
In 1973, I went to your Lake City Dick's for a cheeseburger and fries. What I got was a little more than what I paid for. In 1973 I was ten years old. It was a hot, muggy day. Sweat beaded up across my forehead as I ordered my meal. The girl at the counter handed me the order and I sat down on the curb to eat. When I unwrapped the cheeseburger I was struck with a bolt of light. It filled the sky: looking back over twenty years I do not know if the light shone from the burger or if a light from ABOVE shone down upon my little cheeseburger. Whatever the case, my cheeseburger shone. I quickly re-wrapped the burger and proceeded to go home. Upon reaching my front door I checked to see if the burger still glowed; it did.

You may think me mad for experiencing this. It is true, however. That cheeseburger from Lake City Dick's had been a source of great enlightenment for me ever since. Sitting next to my collection of Time-Life Unsolved Mystery books I have gone on to understand the aura and power of Dick's Special and Dick's Deluxe hamburgers. I have not seen one ever glow like that one from 1973. It sits under a special pyramid power telepathic ray collector, which keeps it aglow. I have amused many girlfriends with it. They seem to think they, too, are receiving messages from beyond.

I don't know what you put in your burgers but whatever went into that burger was one hell of a cow. Kind of like the Holy Cows we hear about in India. Is that what it was, maybe? A holy cow? Anyway thanks for all the burgers and fries and milkshakes you have made. I still go into Dick's and sit down on the curb, waiting, hoping for another day like that one in 1973. If you see me you'll know it's me: birds often land on my head and shoulders. Because of your burgers I have found true meaning by communicating my message to the pigeons in Seattle about the story of Dick's Holy Cow. The birds of Seattle know your drive-ins as the best. We all love your restaurants. Pigeons and people. The birds all wish Dick's the best.
Ed Peterson Age: 29

Long ago, before the Dick's Deluxe, he had a vision
Back then in 1965, I was young and freshly graduated from the University of Hawaii. I came to the "mainland" big city of Seattle to work and then travel on to see the rest of the USA.

In Wallingford district there was a neat triplex for rent with a very kind landlord named Leslie Keene. It provided some nice new friends (other tenants), was close to work at the "U", was close to shopping (Safeway was there on 45th then), and of course, close to fast foods like Winchell's donuts and coffee and of course for the big meal-Dick's Drive-In or what we affectionately nicknamed "El Ricardo's Club 19", yup, burgers were 19 cents each then! We learned real quickly to shop at the Safeway for the condiments like lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, etc. to transform the plain burgers to Deluxe dinners.

Many food memories are associated with that particular Dick's Drive-In! And now many years later: although that young person married that Seattleite who treated her to those memorable "Club 19" dinners now lives far north in Snohomish county, the fun times associated with Dick's Drive-In still call them back to that Original Wallingford Dick's. Somehow there always seems to be some event like the annual Tilth harvest that will have them end up at that Dick's for a quick bite to eat and reminiscing as they drive around the neighborhood and see the latest changes.

Thank goodness some things never change-although prices change with the economy, the food (best fries in town) and fun can still be counted on when you visit Dick's Drive-In.
Joyce Yasui

.…and then a crazed, bald man grabbed the straws!
This is my funniest memory of eating at Dick's Drive-In: A co-worker and I were in line to order some burgers at the Queen Anne restaurant when all of a sudden this crazed bald man reached for the straw holder and proceeded to throw the whole thing on the floor! Straws were all over the floor and covered everyone's feet. Parts of the straw holder were on my co-workers shoes! Everyone looked down the burst out laughing; then all of a sudden the crazed man ran out the door and one of the employees began cleaning up the straws which covered the floor!

I tell that story over and over and it always makes me laugh.
Sandy Chey Age: 30

Those were the good old days
It was the hottest July summer day of the year-94 degrees and I was so thirsty. Stopped by Dick's in Lake City for a cheeseburger and cold Coke, getting the new white, blue, and orange bag I quickly looked at it and read the 40th Anniversary Special and told the cute polite boy that helped me that I remember those days. He said Write a letter! After a few days-weather looked a little cooler-I recalled 1954-58.

Those were the days. I remember just entering Blanchet High School in 1954 and our many weekends at the NE 45th Street Dick's eating 19 cent hamburgers, 11 cent fries. We would go over there after all the school activities and the local dances at the Rec Centers.

Sitting in Jerry's '49 Ford, Patty's Pink '57 Olds, and Dick's '47 Ford, we listened to Rock Around the Clock with Bill Haley and the Comets, Sam Cook, The Platters, and Fats Domino singing Blueberry Hill.

Remember, cars had no tape cassettes, CD's, or stereo players in the 50's. We were just a bunch of happy kids. Didn't have the Seahawks, Mariners, or Sonics to relate to-just friendship.

Being this was one of the first Drive-Ins in the area, we spent many hours cruising NE 45th. The nearest Drive-In was Burgermaster where all the Roosevelt High students hung out. There was quite a rivalry in those days-so we felt very comfortable in Dick's surroundings.

Lots of hours, love, memories and tons of hamburgers and fries, cokes and milkshakes.

I'll never forget the GOOD OLD DAYS 1954-58.

Now that it's 40 years later we still stop by Dick's and say REMEMBER WHEN!!
Colleen K. Gauntt Age: 5

The Great Potato Shortage
I remember every Friday night from the Fall '62 to the fall of '64 piling 4-6 guys into a car (depending who had a driver's license and/or access to their parent's car) going to the Friday night football games and going to the original Dick's on 45th.

The best memory I have of Dick's back then is a full parking lot with three windows, one exclusively for us potato gourmet eaters. Prices were 24 cent cheeseburgers, 19 cent hamburgers, and 11 cents for french fries.

I remember one year that there was a potato shortage and prices for fries went up to 14 cents. We were shocked and outraged as none of us had ever dealt with this inflation before. We talked of a boycott for about 5 seconds but our taste buds knew we would never find hand cut fries anywhere else at either price.

I remember people talking in cars. The cruising that happened on 45th was fun and for show. With the exception of occasional accidental squealing of tires (@50 mph or so), there was no speeding because of the rush hour going from Lincoln High School to the Univ. of Wash. and back.

All in all, a nice time and place to be enjoyed by all. Personally, I am glad to see my favorite all time gourmet restaurant (Richard's of Wallingford) is still open and serving many happy customers.
Don Webb Age: 56

Hey, no sweat, she ate 'em all
Spring of 1972-Senior year at Ballard High School. Eating lunch in the school cafeteria was not something to be seen doing. Whenever someone had a car, we made our way up 15th NW to Dick's on Holman Road. The waiter got to know us girls and after a week or so knew I would order a chocolate shake, cheeseburger and a Deluxe. Being tall and slender and active in cheer leading, I could eat whatever I wanted and not gain weight. I'm sure the waiter thought I was ordering too much because one day he slipped three cheeseburgers in the bag with my Deluxe and watched my reaction as I walked away. I believe we had a good laugh over that. I ate them all too. I don't live in Ballard anymore, but whenever I visit, I pass Dick's and remember the great times there. And more often than not, I will stop in for my favorite cheeseburger and chocolate shake.
Gayle Harris Age: 38

You won't starve if you live next door to Dick's
I really appreciate this opportunity to let you people know how very much Dick's means to me!

I was raised on Capitol Hill in the mid 60's-we lived in an apartment next door from Dick's. My mother was in her early 20's and I was five years old. We had nothing but the state support and would have probably starved in those days had it not been for Dick's.

I've since moved out north and frequent the Lake City Dick's and enjoy telling my five year old son about going to Dick's when I was his age. These days we have enough money as we're a middle class family who owns a hardwood floor company and could eat at Black Angus, but we love and appreciate Dick's Drive-In better!
Fawn Martinez Age: 34

She even did her chores to eat at Dick's
When I was a little girl growing up in the 60's, my mother had her own reward system. Whenever we did some extra chores around the house, Mom would drive us in our old Chevy to the Dick's Drive-In in Lake City. We lived in Kenmore and it seemed like it took forever to get to Dick's (especially when your are thinking about a Dick's burger). Once there, we would get Dick's burgers and french fries. I'll never forget that they were 11 cents and delicious! I still love Dick's and my favorite meal is a Dick's Deluxe, french fries and a chocolate milkshake.

Thanks for making the hamburgers and fries that kids all over Seattle have learned to love. Happy Anniversary and many more!
Kristin Butigan

From Wenatchee with love
I am entering my son-in-law, Dick Parr, in your Memory Contest; he does not know that I did this.

He was living in the U-District when he asked my daughter to marry him in 1963. He was eating Dick's hamburgers at that time and he still eats them, as well as his whole family including his in-laws. He moved back to Wenatchee and had his family of three boys.

As soon as he comes to Seattle he goes right to Dick's in Lake City and buys Dick's hamburgers for all of us. When he leaves to go home he gets another bag of 10 to 12 burgers to take home. The hamburgers are just as good, just a few seconds in the microwave, and the flavor is just as good.

All of the boys think Dick's burgers are the best too. The boys are Aron (20), David (23), and John (26) and they still want Dick's burgers only when they are here. They have had them all of their lives.
E. Coryelle, for Dick Parr Age: 54

Too cool to be seen with sophomores
During my years at Ballard High School (Sept. 1969 through June 1972) Dick's on Holman Road was the place to be and be seen! Being a sophomore and without a driver's license, I talked to a big brother of one of my friends into driving us to Dick's after the final basketball game of the season. He didn't want to be seen with sophomores either, but agreed to take us if we parked away from everyone. The place was alive with Ballard letterman jackets! We know then and there that as soon as we acquired our driver's licenses, Dick's would be our destination on Friday and Saturday nights.
Gayle Harris Age : 38

The Dick's Deluxe improves eyesight
I witnessed a hit and run accident at the 45th Dick's. Of the 100 people there I was the only guy who saw the car! Later I picked the driver out of a "lineup" photo book. Thanks to the Deluxe that I had ordered.
Dan Dale Age: 25

Penny for your thoughts
My favorite Dick's memory is when Dick's employees helped my disabled friend collect discarded pennies.
Sally Ellison Age: 56

Lunch at Dick's
I grew up in the Northend above Carkeek Park. Graduated from Ingraham High School. The Dick's in Lake City was a very popular place to eat during our lunch period. We all went there even though we weren't supposed to leave campus. Dick's had the best burgers and fries then and still beats the other fast food restaurants. Dick's will always be a place of great memories for me an others that ate there in the 60's.
Dennis Murdock Age: 44

Fond memories of a lost love
I met my wife at this store 15 years ago on August 10. Although she died in an accident, I still like to think of the good times we had together at Dick's.
Larry Bell Age: 54

Waiting till midnight on Friday to have a burger
My first favorite memory was my mother going into the Broadway Dick's in her 1956 Slate Blue Plymouth Plaza and ordering milkshakes, cheeseburgers, and fries for the entire family. And paying 19 cents for the burgers.

My second favorite memory of Dick's is waiting in the Broadway parking lot until midnight on Friday nights, eating fries with ketchup and tartar then buying a cheeseburger after midnight since we could not eat meat on "Fridays".

My third favorite is whenever I really want a real milkshake, I head for Dick's.
Bryce McWalter Age: 43

The best fries I'd ever tasted
My favorite Dick's memory is twenty years ago when I had my first Dick's french fries, the best I'd ever tasted. I always come back for more.
Judy Bierlink Age: 51

Ahh, the smell of those cheeseburgers
When I was five years old we lived behind Dick's on Lake City. Every Saturday afternoon my dad would take me for lunch. I still remember the smell of those cheeseburgers.
Michael Stainbrook Age: 27

An incentive for winning
My favorite Dick's memory is playing little league baseball (1972-74), and every time we won, our coach would treat us to Dick's on Broadway. We would all pile in his car, all twelve of us. He would spend 61 cents on a Dick's Deluxe and a small drink for each of us. In all we won 21 games in 2 years.
Sean Prentice Age: 32

The first Deluxe
My favorite memory of Dick's is when I first ate a Dick's Deluxe.
Carrie Haggerty Age: 18

How to chill out and warm up
My favorite Dick's memory was when I fell in the water at the locks and I had to wear long johns and eat at Dick's.
Neil Gowler Age: 12

Forget the fish and chips
My favorite Dick's memory is walking up to Dick's on 45th, barefoot, with my British friend who was accused of being and American because of his love for Dick's burgers.
Amy Tomlinson

Hangin' with KPLZ and Dick's
Our favorite Dick's memory is being on KPLZ!
Sunnie Lewis & Mel Shivers Ages: 18 & 19

The last place open
Back in the late 1970's, Shelly's Leg under the Alaska Way Viaduct was the disco hot spot in Seattle. My friends and I used to dance there until the place closed. We'd then head to Dick's on 45th for Deluxes, fries, tartar, and Cokes. Nothing else would satisfy our hungry bellies except Dick's.
Patty Gibbs Age: 39

Before you say "I do" get a burger, fries and shake
Twenty-five years ago we went to my wedding rehearsal. After we were done we all went to the 45th Street Dick's for dinner. I think hamburgers were 25 cents each. My husband thinks Dick's hamburgers are the best!
Lana Ruthford Age: 43

D, D and D Nights
I organized a group of fellow UW "grads" to always go to Dick's (QA) before Sonics games. We called it our "Dick's, Dunks, and Dukes" night. However often we would come back to Dick's after the game before going to Duke's.

Ah, those "D, D, and D" nights!

A lot has changed over the past 20 years for Phil. Nowadays it's more like diapers, dirty dishes, and an "occasional" Dick's burger with his dame! However, one thing will never change, our desire to keep coming back for more Dick's!!
Phil Boudwin Age: 37

A Wedding Night at Dick's
We spent our wedding night at Dick's. We never had a chance to touch the food at our reception. So we stopped at Dick's on our way to the hotel-two Deluxes, two cheeseburgers and fries. It was a great way to end a perfect day!
Maureen & Adam Gavin Ages: 33 & 33

After the big games
Coming to Dick's after high school football games and meeting girls from the other high schools.
Brad Reynolds Age: 40

When burgers were 29 cents at Dick's and still great!
Jack Melill Age: 62

The service is great, everyone friendly, food great, the price is terrific, been coming since 1978.
Barbara Vance Age: 55

Early 60's soccer team and baseball team would eat after games and coach would buy entire team burgers, fries and cokes for less than $20.00.
Bill Sylvester Age: 41

There is no competition
19 cent burgers, 21 cent malts. Loved it all these years. Double deckers Yum! There is no competition.
D. Grondal Age: 74

My orange Dick's T-shirt.
C. Savage Age: 27

It just doesn't get any better than this, does it?
The soon to be released CD of the Viceroys early music years includes some liner notes written by yours truly. In the process of dredging up memories of our dance jobs in the Seattle area in the late fifties/early sixties, I remembered the following: "We were a hard working local rock group, usually every Friday and Saturday night (particularly after "Granny's Pad" hit the charts in the greater Northwest). The day of the great Columbus Day Storm of 1962, we had a dance job in Cle Elum. We arrived amid 80mph winds and fallen trees. But the dancers decided to stay home out of harm's way. Not only didn't we get paid for the gig, the great blow of '62 knocked down so many trees between Cle Elum and Seattle, it took five hours to get back home. Thank God Dick's in the U-District was open to serve cheeseburgers and shakes to a group of hungry road warriors.

The Viceroys used to eat at Dicks' with regularity. It's interesting to note that in those days, we didn't think much of the fare Big Mac offered. Our choice late night was Dick's. A Dick's Deluxe and a chocolate shake helped me bounce back after midnight after a long night of hammering out tunes. Thirty years (or so) later "Granny's Pad" is still being aired on the radio and Dick's is still serving up great burgers. It just doesn't get any better than this, does it? Hope we can both keep on cookin' for another forty years.
Al Berry Age: 51

Getting kissed in your parking lot!
Harry Chriest Age: 28

Eating at Dick's with an exchange student from France. Showing him how to chow properly.
Mike Smith Age: 23

Having ice cream in the middle of the night here in Seattle on 45th this summer.
Gerald Newton Age: 54

Fries for the pigeons and ice cream for her
My dad owned Crown Hill Cemetery for many years (my cousin owns it now). Dicks' is right down the road and on Saturdays I would go with my dad to help him in the afternoon; as a treat he would take me to Dick's for fries for the pigeons and rocky road ice cream cones! My dad has been gone 6 years now but I still go to Dick's.
Terri Pickering Age: 34

First visit to Dick's
The only memory I have is today 9-3-93, my very first visit. I saw it featured on Evening Magazine. Thanks for the memory!
Karen Brodhecker Age: 32

Dancing at Dick's
Dancing at Dick's after Roosevelt High beat Blanchet in the State Championship.
Matt Hill Age: 23

Dick's Via Overnight Mail
I ate at Dick's EVERY DAY the summer of 1982-June 15 to September 15th.

My buddy, attending Georgetown, needed a "Dick's Run" so bad, that he called my roommate and I and we overnight mailed him a Deluxe, cheese, fries, and shake and he ate them!
Jeff Knapp Age: 33

The Lake City Parade
I was in the Lake City Parade with the All-City Band. It was hot. When we finished I went to Dick's to enjoy a cold drink and a hamburger.
Dom Zook Age: 16

Nineteen cent burgers with mom.
Kelly Hockett Age: 39

In my high school days we all hung out there. I miss it.
Annette Kothe Age: 43

What sounds good right now?
My friend Katie and I were at her house and I asked her "What sounds good right now?" She said "What?" I said, "Dick's!"
Ayantu Bedada Age: 14

What drive-in window?
On a dare from a friend I drove my '57 Chevy hot rod all the way up to the "drive in window" (literally) at the Dick's on Holman Road in 1967.
Dale Anderson Age: 43

Dick's Weight Loss Diet
Having all four wisdom teeth out in high school and living on Dick's milkshakes for one week! My parents filled the freezer! I still managed to lose eleven pounds!
Susan Korbonits Age: 39

A stop on the Tacoma-Lynnwood run
Coming home from Tacoma, when I was about 4 or 5, it was traditional in my family to stop at Dick's for a burger on the Tacoma/ Lynnwood Trek. We did it weekly-it meant that I was visiting my parents for the weekend or going to stay at grandma's for the week while my parents worked.
Jean Christensen Age: 44

I wish I worked at Dick's
11 cent french fries. Never worked at Dick's; would like to. I've been a loyal customer since my father would bring the family, 1954. We come from West Seattle.
Joseph E. Butler, III Age: 46

Hopefully, he does the driving now
My most memorable romantic memory of Dick's is the night Lynn Perry and Doyle Losse were waiting for me and Linda McKinney in Doyle's '56 Chevy at the Dick's on 45th. Lynn knew I was interested in him through Doyle and one of my other girlfriends. I was trying to be "cool" and back my '50 Chevy up the hill into a parking spot and I hit the cement block a little too fast and bounced forward. I was really embarrassed but tried not to show it. He walked up to my car and said "Hello Cheryle," so I guess he didn't notice or didn't are that I couldn't drive. The rest is history. We will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary Nov. 1, 1993. We still go to our favorite burger place-Dick's!
Cheryle Day-Perry Age: 43

Great cheap food.
Mike Jehnson Age: 24

Just get your food and move on
There was a drunk guy being extremely rude to people and I spoke up and said "Hey! Just get your food and move on." And he mumbled something but actually "moved on". I felt good. I was at Dick's on 45th.
Andy C. Scollard Age: 24

Nobody thought Dick's would last forty years
When I was young and living in Berkeley California in 1954 I heard of Dick's Drive-In. At that time Dick's was the only fast food restaurant I knew about. My favorite memory of Dick's was when me and Ed Lorah used to go to Dick's for shakes. I remember Ed's favorite was a chocolate shake; me I like the chocolate too. But I like the other things at Dick's, like the Dick's Deluxe, ice cream and fries. There was one thing about Dick's; it always found a good location. What do you think? Forty years? Nobody thought that Dick's would last long when it started. But I'm sure glad it did.
Jack Diamond Age: 47

The Firm Coneheads Free Willy
My friends and I came to Dick's after a long night of doing what most youth do on a Friday. I had just taken a meaty bite of my tantalizing Dick's cheeseburger and was staring out of the window when I began to choke and spat out my glorious bite of that Dick's cheeseburger. This tragic event was caused by my laughter that sprang from the marquee outside.

It read: "The Firm Coneheads Free Willy"

But to end on a good note. After the humorous situation subsided I was able to finish my most wonderful outstanding, most cheese cheeseburger that only "Dick's" could create. Thank the Lord our God.
Adam Babboni Age: 20

A light on and a hot meal waiting
My favorite Dick's memory? Trying to find the Queen Anne restroom and then finding it. It was great, like a break in the night. There's always a light on and a hot meal of the old favorite at tasty Dick's. My home away from home where the food's hot and the workers are smiling. As one fellow put it, "There's really no place like it in the whole town." Dick's: where friendliness is happiness.
Victor Harding

The Grinches That Almost Stole Christmas
1978, Christmas time. You had a Christmas tree set up for decoration with presents under it. My girlfriend and I ran out with a few presents, hopped in our van only to find out that they were empty, then an employee ran out to get us. The joke was on us.
Molly Sutes Age: 30

When I went to Ballard High School (class of '78) we would all pile in the VW Bug and come here for lunch, mmmmm!
Trisha Voigt Age: 33

Lining up at noon with all the other CEO's
In 1967, my friend Tommy Bright came to Seattle to play music with the band he was in at the San Francisco Sound Club. During the year he was here working at the club before it closed. He discovered Dick's on Broadway. After the demise of the club, Tommy moved to San Francisco. Every so often someone who knew Tommy would show up on the door step to stay for a few days and the first place they wanted to go was Dick's on Broadway to experience the french fries they heard Tommy rave about. Today Tommy is the head CEO of a corporation in Houston Texas but you can bet when he comes up here he still eats at Dick's on Broadway.
Jan Christensen Age: 44

Singing on their knees in Queen Anne
During my senior year at Mercer Island High School we went to Dick's on Queen Anne for our Big Sis Lil' Bro night.

We dressed them up and put makeup all over their faces. We brought them some burgers and after dinner we made them sing on their knees, "we love you seniors." Everyone in Dick's heard. It was great!
Erin Burke Age: 18

A Deluxe Geo kiss
I was in the back seat of my friend's Geo Storm. I was kissing my girlfriend and we got hungry so we came in and my buddy who owned the Geo and his (our) buddy (no relation) bought us each 2 delicious Dick's Deluxe burgers.
Justin Eduder Age: 19

John Keister Eats At Dick's
Running into John Keister (Almost Live) at the Queen Anne Dick's. This place is blessed! Gut burgers are hip!
Ali Fijino Age: 41

The tartar sauce!
Susan Moskalaski Age: 23

The awesome burgers!
Mike Doble Age: 24

Necking in the drive-in on Broadway.
Roger Youns Age: 47

My whole wedding party chowing down on Specials and shakes.
David Quinn

Hi sailor
In 1959 I was stationed at Pier 91 and leaving the ship we would come to Dick's and buy 5 cheeseburgers each and shakes and have a good time. Well, I still eat at Dick's. It is 1993 and I love it.
Rowland W. Smith Age: 51

Burger baby
In 1964 I was expecting our first child after 11 years of marriage. On Monday, March 16, 1964, we went to the dump with our business garbage and then on to my now weekly doctor appointment. We had our usual burgers, fries, and shakes. When the doctor examined me he asked, "Is your bag packed? If so, go to the hospital; you've started labor." At 11:45 that night our son was born and every year on his birthday (he's now 29) he has to hear the story of our Day at Dick's.
Bernice Olson Age: 58

Nineteen cent burgers.
Randy Leonard Age: 35

Love that orange drink
Non-carbonated orange drink, burger and fries at Capitol Hill Dick's since 1957.
Rockwell Hammond Age: 40

After the opera
My father sang in the Seattle Opera Chorus, so when I was younger (12-13) I would go to the opera with mom. After every performance we would stop at Dick's. My mom would always get a peppermint stick hot fudge sundae. I would vary from butter brickle or maple nut with butterscotch or hot fudge. My dad would get a rootbeer float.
Rachel Bjork Age: 21

Going to Dicks in my bathing suit and towel.
Demri Lerner Age: 16

My husband proposed to me here.
Mary Shimizu Age: 31

Sharing a chocolate shake with old friends.
When I saw my ex-boyfriend with my ex-best friend, and I dumped chocolate shake all over them.
Cary Mooney Age: 21

I thought I scored!
When I had to get a bunch of orders for my friends. I had to order 8 cheeseburgers, and 4 Specials, and 6 rootbeer floats. I was charged only $8.63. So I thought I scored, but when I got home I found I had 8 cheeseburgers, 4 Specials, and 6 tartar sauces.

Alice Cooper eats at Dick's
My favorite memory of Dick's was meeting Alice Cooper. He was stopping for a visit while on tour in Seattle. We shook his hand and got autographs. He is a nice, neat guy. I'll never forget it.
Gary Good Age: 43

Nothing like a milkshake to cure a chill
My favorite Dick's memory happened the year my husband persuaded me to take beginning sailing lessons at Shilshole Marina. I had been apprehensive about learning to sail, but the first class day came and I survived. I came away from the marina that afternoon quite chilled and a little queasy. I knew the only drink that would make me feel all better was a Dick's chocolate shake!
Shirley G. Arnold Age: 38

The reincarnation of a french fry
It was 1968, Sunday about 2pm as we were riding in the back seat of my Aunt Jo's brown Rambler. (My Aunt's real name was Elenor, after Elenor Roosevelt but no one called her that because she thought the name was too old fashion.)

As my brother, cousin and myself all rode toward Capitol Hill to Dick's on Broadway in Seattle, one could smell those fabulous french fries a block away. I always thought that if I could have only one food on a desert island it would have to be Dick's fries. Well, what do you expect of a ten year old?

After sitting in church, this ten year old was ready for two of those 33 cent hamburgers, 17 cent fries and a chocolate shake made by hand.

The usual daily fight between my younger brother and myself had been underway for ten minutes while my cousin cheered on the winner, when my Aunt interrupted with a stern eye and the food. The Sunday fights had come to a close for now.

Intermission. All is quiet as the four of us eat. As I reach for my last Dick's fry a miracle happens. My Aunt reaches back and gives me an extra bag of fries and says, "Kraig, you must have been a french fry in another life because I have never seen a kid eat Dick's fries the way you can!" I just laughed.

As that old brown Rambler pulled out of the driveway into Broadway street, I thought, "I wonder if mom ate Dick's fries while she was pregnant with me? This will be investigated when I get home. Another perfect Sunday at Dick's."
Kraig Dunham Age: 35

The luckiest kid in school
On January 28, 1954 I was a student at Interlake Grade School. David Ghormely was my classmate and we were in fifth grade. Since David's father was a partner in Dick's our entire class walked to the restaurant and were treated to cokes and fries. We all thought David was so lucky.

I recently found my sixth grade class picture from Interlake (now Wallingford Center) and was able to remember some of the names of students.
Joyce (Kates) Sundin

He'd never been hungrier
I was 19 at the time. She wore nothing under her black leather vest except soft tan skin. She had long red hair and a '63 Corvette-red, to match her hair, she said! We'd met 4 years prior at her home studio where my mother had enrolled me in piano lessons. She'd introduced me to all the best things in life: scales, Bach, Chopin, and now this.

She was taking me home one evening so I wouldn't have to take the bus; we were cruising down Broadway not far from Dick's. Stopped at a traffic light, she turned to me, removed her Ray-bans and raised her eyebrows suggestively and said, "Hungry?" "I've never been hungrier," I breathed, leaning in close enough to smell her perfume.

She smoothly maneuvered her sleek machine into Dick's parking lot. "Let me handle this. I know what you want," she said, pressing her body against mine to reach behind me and lock the door. She came back with 2 Specials and took me home.
Montana Petersen Age: 26

Magic Milk
I remember the first time I ever came to Dick's. Dad and I had come in to discuss our network marketing plans over a big thirst glass of frosty cold milk. When we had finished with our warm-up encouragement session, one of the workers came by to give us a simple word of affirmation. After that, the whole day was a breeze. The flowers seemed brighter, and my wife Betty and I didn't even have to take a "time-out" after arguing about funding concerns for our founding organization, "Up With People". Because of a small work of positive affirming love, I was enabled to feel a small spark of warmth in my heart. And it was all because of Dick's

Restaurant. Thanks guys; you're swell!! With love and encouragement and as always, take care.
Jim Age: 38

Fries for breakfast
My first introduction to Dick's; A huge day in my young life. Scholarship auditions in the music department at the university. First day in the big city facing a panel of professors in an empty auditorium. On this day hinged my future collegiate aspirations.

I was up early, 7:00am in the practice room, building up a fever of dysfunctional anxiety. My hands were sweating, the instrument kept slipping out of my fingers and my stomach was a roiling pit of nerves. When I was about to put my instrument down and run for my life, my friend bounced in with breakfast: fries from Dick's.
Anonymous

Hanging out in the parking lot and eating great food at reasonable prices!
Virginia L. Bing Age: 44

The real meal of champions
After we finished playing basketball every Wednesday at the IMA we would stop by Dick's for a dozen cheeseburgers and then stop and pick up the cheapest bottle of champagne we could find. It was the real meal of champions.
Worth Norton Age: 35

Mom "peeling rubber" in her '57 Olds
When I was a toddler, my mom used to take us to Dick's in her '57 Olds. My brothers would throw fries on the hood until a small flock of pigeons would gather and my four brothers would shout "Mom, lay rubber." She would often peel out of Dick's and the birds would make a great getaway while my brothers cheered. I cannot ever remember not eating Dick's great classic food. The first thing I wanted when I got out of surgery was you guessed it: cheeseburger, fries and a coke. I love you Dick's. Happy 40th, please move to Lynnwood!
Janette Lake Age: 38

Great shakes.
Anne Martin Age: 4

The things 3-year olds will remember
My very first Dick's cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate shake when I was 3 years old at the Broadway Dick's (1957) in my older brother's convertible! Definitely a great memory!!
Jeanine Casper Age: 39

Sleepwalking to Dick's
When I was 7 years old I woke up in the middle of the night and walked down to Dick's with my penny collection and bought an ice cream cone. While I was in my nightgown. I guess I've always been a bit different. The guy at the register gave me an extra scoop for free. It was chocolate.
Emily Reeder Age: 16

Here comes a burger when you need it most
Last winter (1992-93) I was homeless. I had no money, no food, and not a whole lot of hope. I was walking by the Dick's in Queen Anne when an employee recognized me because I used to eat there all the time. He must have noticed that I was "down in the dumps" because he told me to wait. He ran inside and brought out a Dick's Special or maybe it was a Deluxe, anyway he said that he hopes it will help. I was very pleased. That was a very kind gesture.

I do not see him there anymore, but now that I have a home, money and good life, I would wish one day to return the favor.
Greg Woodruff Age: 19

The secret language of Dick's
My favorite Dick's memories are not all a single memory or occasion. Rather, they are the phrases that I could say to anyone living in Seattle and that person knew I meant Dick's. I never even had to use Dick's in the sentence.

For example, if I said to a friend "I really need a special!" They would without a doubt say "Okay, I'll meet you at Dick's on 45th."

It could be midnight and I could say to a date of mine, "Oh, I could really go for two cheese, a fry, and a ketchup." Invariably, my date might respond with a phrase like "Oh no, let's wait until 1am when it's not high school hour at Dick's anymore."

I could be with any group of Seattle friends starting a weekend road trip and just say, "Lets start the road trip!!" They would usually respond with a resounding "Okay, better go to Dick's on Queen Anne on the way out of town." There certainly exists a secret Dick's language that all Seattleites know.
Michael J. Lockhart Age: 30

Hanging out at Broadway.
Dave Hasson Age: 56

Where do you park a road grader at Dick's?
I remember the night we borrowed the road grader from the I-5 construction crew at 85th NE and the new I-5 freeway. We proceeded to drive it to Dick's on 45th, pulled into your parking lot and each ordered 4 of the Best Cheeseburgers on Earth. This is when they were only 19 cents each! Maybe 25 cents? We stayed for about 1/2 an hour added 3 girls to the crew (now 7 people on grader) and drove it back to it's original point of 85th and I-5. The whole process took about 2 hrs. The 2 Burning Questions are: 1. Where do you park a road grader on Friday night at Dick's? Answer: Anywhere you want! 2. Where are the cops when you need them? HA HA! This took place around 1960-61.
Corky Ryan Age: 49

My favorite Dick's memory is a bag of burgers and thick shakes.
Glenn Schoneberg Age: 38

Cheeseburgers with peppermint stick ice cream
When I was little (about 8 or 9) my dad would frequently stop at Dick's. He would get a Deluxe and me and my sister always got cheeseburgers. If we were really good we often got one of those humungous ice cream cones. (ALWAYS PEPPERMINT STICK.)

Now that I'm older I get the Deluxe and my nephew gets the cheeseburger. And yes if he's good he gets the peppermint ice cream! Why stop this family tradition? Keep up the great work!!
Christine Dorsey Age: 21

I think they have insurance, Dad
As a student at Hamilton Jr. High and Lincoln High School, I spent quite a bit of time at Dick's. The event I remember the most occurred when I was 12 and my sister was 10, probably around 1959. It was a rainy Friday or Saturday night and we begged and pleaded with our father and finally talked him into taking us to Dick's. We had never been there before and wanted to be just like the high school kids. We had no sooner pulled into the parking lot than a car full of girls backed into my Dad's 1949 Chevy. My father had quite a temper and was furious. "I hope your father has insurance, " he shouted. "I'm following you home," which he proceeded to do. Right to Magnolia, through enormous iron gates, up to the biggest, most beautiful house I had ever seen. In unison my Mother, sister, and I all said, "I think they have insurance, Dad."

P.S. We never did get our hamburgers that night.
Jackie Hovick

Burgers by the dozen
After church meetings our youth advisors took us to Dick's for it's first anniversary. Bought burgers by the dozen for our new freezer. Freezers were new that year. Think burgers were about 19 cents.
Jean Dow Age: 53

D.D. I. Day
When I was in 3rd grade (1968) living in Bellevue, our bluebird/campfire group was going on a field trip. For 2 weeks, our only clue was "D.D.I." I waited in anticipation for that day. I tried so hard to figure out what D.D.I. was. Finally on the day, as we were driving towards our destination and I saw the Dick's Drive-In sign on NE 8th/Bellevue Way in Bellevue and hit me! I was so excited! We got a full tour, from flipping the burgers, making the milkshakes and watching the potato peeler machine. I was mesmerized, plus we all got the cutsie paper hats and full meal (burger, shake and fries). It made quite an impression on me. I miss that Dick's on Bellevue, but every time I go up to order at the others, I remember that visit and the feeling I had watching everything being made and being behind the counter. I look forward to the day I can take my daughter's bluebird group to "D.D.I.'s!"
Julie Wukelic Age: 34

You'll never leave hungry
I have never been hungry when I left after eating at Dick's.
Richard (Dick) Murchison Age: 48

Everything's changed but Dick's
It was 40 years ago that Dick's Drive-In took up residence in North Seattle. It was at that time that my family did the same. Seattle was different back then. Families took pride in themselves and their neighborhoods. Homes gleamed with new paint, lawns were freshly mowed and shrubs were trimmed. There was no litter in the streets, and people obeyed traffic signs and were polite and trustworthy. Teens took up hobbies and learned trades, and they and their parents stayed close to home. With the purchase of our new house, my parents could not afford many extras for my brother and I. But one weekend we piled into Dad's Chevy and took a Sunday drive to Dick's for ice cream. Some weekends we went to the Zoo. Parking was free then; so was admission, and we'd work up an appetite as I held onto my big brother and gaped at those Great Apes, Bobo and Fifi. On the way home, we'd stop at Dick's for hot, crisp fries and delicious frosty shakes. (Dad always had strawberry.) A lot has changed in forty years. My wonderful Dad is gone. My big brother has grown children, and Mom struggles to pay the taxes on the same house they bought 40 years back. Bobo is stuffed and displayed somewhere, and the sign at Dick's no longer flashes "19 cent hamburgers." But the food is still reasonable and fastidiously prepared. The sundaes still are the best bargain in town, the hamburgers still are 100% beef, those fresh, hot fries still are cooked in pure vegetable oil, and the milkshakes still are the creamiest.
Wendy Condiotty Age: 42

Food fight!
In the "good old days" since 1959 we used to order 6 burgers (6 for $1.00) and throw them at each other (the first recorded food fight in history)!!
Steve Heller Age: 52

Here comes the really cool older guys
My favorite Dick's memory was three years ago. My friend Allison and I came to Dick's (on 45th) hoping to see some kids from school and see what was goin' on. Low and behold we found four whole car loads of people we knew. They were all sipping on shakes and chowin' on fries. Then the cool part came. They left. Yep, we were all alone at Dick's! Then some really cool older guys rolled up. Boy, were they cute. They bought me a cone. Yummy! And they drove us home. I love Dick's!
Jennifer McCrary Age: 16

Mom
My fondest memory goes back to talking to Dick's mother when Frank my husband of 59 years and I lived at the top of the hill. Another evening I was at the store and became a little frightened seeing some strangers outside. I told Dick and he came out and watched me as I walked up the hill back home.
Maud R. Sommers Age: 83

I fell in love with a very sweet young lady who worked at Dick's.
Fred Learenlode Age: 39

Lake City Dick's fan
My favorite memory is when my daughter Jennifer and I were out driving my 1950 Chrysler and we stopped at Dick's in Lake City. I bought her first hamburger and coke that she ever had and she sat there in the front seat big as can be and ate all of it. She was probably 3 or 4 years old at the time. She is now 12 years old.

Also I used to stop at Dick's in Lake City after school for drinks and fries. Later I worked at the TV shop that was across the street in front of the restaurant, so I came over every day for food and coffee. I've eaten at this particular Dick's since it opened and still get by once or twice a week for eats.
Doug Stewart Age: 44

Another first date at Dick's.
I met my husband at the now closed Lincoln High School and our first date was at Dick's in the U-District.
Teresa Williams Age: 29

Meeting Dick at the Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair in 1992; made my day.
Rick Hornung Age: 31

11 cent fries.
Ron Long Age: 27

Simple, good and always there
I was born 1-23-54; I think the day the Dick's on 45th opened.

My favorite memory was not a particular event but more a part of a ritual. When I and my sister were growing up, we lived on Burke with our mom who was a single parent and didn't drive. So if we needed to go anywhere, we either walked, took the bus, or had to depend on a family friend with a car. A big thrill for my sister and me was when my mom's friend Fran (who had a car-bless her) would drive us all to Woodland Park Zoo, which was free; we'd see Bobo and Fifi (the two gorillas) and then we'd go to Dick's! The sign said, "Hamburgers 19 cents"!! and you got the best fries for 11 cents!! Could life have been any better? It was simple, it was good, and it's always been there.
Shelley Hayden-Hart Age: 39

Remembering the important things
My most fond memory of Dick's was the 19 cents hamburger and boy were they good! (At my age it's hard to remember anything but I'll always remember 19-centers.)
John R. Sagli Age: 68

Back again after all these years
In 1958, my girlfriend Sharon and I enjoyed many visits to your Wallingford Dick's during our senior year at Roosevelt High School. The good memories are too long to list, but we still talk about the 19 cent hamburgers, 11 cent french fries and 10 cent cokes! We could both eat for less than $1.00. After she went her way and I went my way, we now find ourselves back together and have been dating for the past three years. As if your prices weren't good enough then (1958), we now go out of our way to have one of your great ice cream cones, and when we get real brave, we may try the $1.25 size! Nobody in town can hold a candle to your servings and prices. My personal congratulations to the owner and management for passing the supreme test in running a business. 40 years! Sharon and I were enjoying a cone just last night at the 45th Street location and we both decided that each of us was the best memory to each other, especially when the memories span some 35 years. Best Wishes.
Jack Waterworth Age: 53

The first meal in Seattle has to be at Dick's
I arrived in Seattle, Washington from Topeka, Kansas on June 19, 1968 at about 7:00pm. My (then) husband was from the Seattle area. We checked into a motel in the Midway area and headed for Dick's, breaking all the speed limits. My idea of a Pacific Northwest meal was fish and chips (being a real Midwesterner and never traveling outside of Kansas I did not know what chips were), but my husband said the first meal in Seattle has to be at Dick's. We did no sightseeing until we had a Deluxe hamburger and fries from Dick's.
Marie Beach Age: 44

Cold fries at the foot of her bed
For a while when I was in elementary school my Dad worked the night shift. He would call us before we went to bed saying he's stop by Dick's on his way home. I'd beg him to bring me home some Dick's french fries. Naturally I'd be asleep before Dad got home but there on my bed when I awoke in the morning would be that eleven cent bag of fries. They were cold by then, but I ate them anyway.
Sylvia Abbott Age: 48

Surviving on Dick's alone
As a high school student living in the Washington Park area, it was hard to find affordable things to do-particularly eating out. Then, what a surprise. A drive-in restaurant called Dick's opened on 45th Street. They served hamburgers for 19 cents. You could get a burger, shake, fries and change for a dollar bill.

The following year, I entered the U of W. As a young engineering student, money was tight. I survived on lunches, and often dinners, at Dick's. So, my favorite memory is growing up at Dick's.

Now forty years later, my company has moved me temporarily to Toronto, Canada. I come back to Seattle often to see family and friends. I still go stop at Dick's for a burger when I can-not 19 cents, but still affordable for another generation of young people and students living in Seattle. Keep up the good work. I hope we're both still around to celebrate your 80th anniversary.
Larry M. Dungan Age: 56

First customers at Queen Anne
My son and mother were the first customers when you opened the Queen Anne store.
Howard & Marlene Hawkins Ages: 66 & 56

The Dick's that was open in Bellevue on 104th and NE 12th.
Brenda Billick

2:00am MMMMMMMM
Tom Isaacson Age: 35

Watch your step!
The time we came to Dick's and Andy was walking to the car carrying two cones, two burgers and fries and he fell down the curb dropping everything because he forgot to step down off the curb!!
Andy & Iris Loveless Age: 20 & 21

Happiness is a deluxe and fries!
I have had great times and bad times while growing up in Seattle. But whenever I had bad times Dick's Deluxes and fries always got me enough happiness to make my sad day happy again.
John McMillen Age: 27

Anyway you drink it it's a great shake
The day they took me off the respirator the hospital staff wheeled me and my 3 legged pup "Charmie" down and I was able to drink the first strawberry shake of my life through my nasal catheter. God bless you.
Bunky McMillen Age: 27

"It's great food and I like it very much!"
Jerome Mattox Age: 22

My favorite romantic eatery
When I was 18 I moved to Seattle to live by myself. I had a job but not much else, and no friends. I met a boy who lived in the same lower Queen Anne apartment building as I, and we became friends. We were too young to go most places and neither of us had a car. One night this nice boy took me to Dick's on a date. I felt like it was special because we could sit down inside and look out at the cars going by on Queen Anne Avenue. It felt like a "real restaurant" to me. Dick's was our favorite place until we left Seattle together a few months later. Now, all these years later, I can't pass by Dick's without remembering the year I was 18 and Dick's was my favorite romantic eatery. I still like to go there and sit in the window and watch the cars go by while I eat my favorite fun food-Dick's Deluxe!!
Amy Wicklund Age: 36

Taking my child to Dick's
Back in the 50's we grew up in a house on the corner of 43rd and Thackeray. Our allowance was 35 cents a week and we usually walked up to Dick's on 45th for our weekly treat. We were able to get a 19 cent hamburger and still order fries with a few pennies to spare.

Recently I've moved back to Seattle after being gone for 11 years. One of my first meals out was to take my young sons to Dick's to introduce them to a new taste sensation.
Laura Turner Riddle

Let's get some real food before the reception
Wedding night 4/20/85. Dressed in traditional dress, my husband was in tails. A beautiful white Austin limo. I knew we wouldn't have time to eat at the reception. We stopped at QA Dick's. It was the best.
Kimberly Huggins Age: 38

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