EVERETT, WA – Dick’s Drive-In, the iconic burger restaurant, beloved by generations of Washingtonians, is opening its newest location at 10:30AM on June 12, 2025. The restaurant is located at 1629 Center Road at the corner of Center Road and Hwy 99. Special events are planned for four days in celebration of the opening of Dick’s 10th location. Go to www.ddir.com, Instagram, or Facebook for the most current information.

Snohomish County Councilmember Megan Dunn, Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin, Everett City Councilmember Paula Rhyne, Members of the Snohomish County Sheriff Department, Everett Police Department and Snohomish County Fire Dept, Executive Director Ken Klein, Cocoon House CEO, Joe Alonzo, Dick’s Drive-In President Jasmine Donovan, and of course the 12 winners of Dick’s Drive-In Orange Ticket Contest will be present to help us cut the ribbon to open the new restaurant!

“We’re delighted to be serving delicious burgers, fries, shakes and memories in Everett,” says Jasmine Donovan, CEO of Dick’s Drive-In and granddaughter of its co-founder and namesake, Dick Spady. “Since we opened our location in Edmonds in 2011, we have been looking for the next right location further north; we found it and I couldn’t be more excited to open to the public on June 12th. I’m very grateful to our Snohomish County, the City of Everett, and the teams at Schuchart Construction, Bayshore Construction Company, Metal Masters NW, and many others for making this restaurant possible.”

Opening Weekend Special Events

Dick’s Drive-In is open 10:30 AM to 2 AM, Everyday

Thursday – June 12, 2025

9:30AM-10:30AM: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
9AM-8PM: Other Activities

• NW Junior Pipe Band
• Mariner HS Marching Band
• Kamiak HS Jazz Band
• Jackson HS Drum Line
• Local Artist creating live commemorative mural
• Merch Booth with Dick’s swag
• DJ
• Activities tent with fun and games
• Photo Op location
• Face Painting
• Classic Cars

Friday – June 13, 2025

5PM – 5:45PM: Robbie Dee’s Tribute to Elvis
3PM-8PM: Other Activities

• Merch Booth with Dick’s swag
• DJ
• Activities tent with fun and games
• Photo Op location
• Classic Cars

Saturday – June 14, 2025

11AM-7:30PM: Grand Opening Music Festival with 6 local bands including Quarter Past 8, Mike Wayock, Groove Kitchen, Tropics Duo, Goldy and Foss, and Dry Goods
11AM-8PM: Other Activities

• Merch Booth with Dick’s swag
• DJ
• Activities tent with fun and games
• Photo Op location
• Face Painting
• Classic Cars

Sunday – June 15, 2025

11AM-4PM: Free Father’s Day Frisbee to the first 500 dads
11AM-4PM: Other Activities

• Merch Booth with Dick’s swag
• Activities tent with fun and games
• Photo Op location
• Face Painting

The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Starts at 9:30 AM with entertainment from Around the Sound Events, the NW Junior Pipe Band, Mariner High School Marching Band, Everett area mascots including Webbly from the Aquasox, Lincoln the Bear from the Silvertips,and Apollo from the Washington Wolfpack, local dignitaries, and the 12 Orange Ticket Winners. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and start ordering their favorite Dick’s Drive-In meal right after the ribbon is cut. There will also be activities and events occurring throughout the weekend in the parking lot.

All Dick’s Drive-In locations are open from 10:30 AM to 2 AM every day, except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

The crew of the new Dick’s Drive-In in Everett have been training at all our other restaurant locations since January. A handful of veteran employees will lend a hand during the opening weeks.

Dick’s Drive-In is known for paying the best wages and benefits in the industry, starting all employees at $22, with 100% employer paid platinum health insurance plan for all employees and a $28,000 scholarship and childcare program for all employees working over 20 hours a week. Dick’s Drive-In employs over 400 people in the region and each new location adds about 50 jobs. 

The original Dick’s Drive-In location opened in January 1954 on NE 45th street in Wallingford. The founders Dick Spady, Warren Ghormley and Dr “Tom” Thomas opened this and four additional locations in Seattle. The Spady family bought out the other two partners in 1991. The first new Dick’s location in 37 years opened in Edmonds in 2011 after a customer vote on the location. The Kent location opened in 2018, the Crossroads location in Bellevue opened in 2021, and the Federal Way location opened in 2023.

To ensure that everyone gets the chance to enjoy a burger, fry and shake during the opening days, order quantities will be limited per customer. Please check information at the restaurant daily.

EVERETT – Dick’s Drive-In has launched its iconic “Orange Ticket” contest as they count down the remaining days to the new Everett location opening on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Customers can watch for clues via email newsletter and on social media for when and where they could win the chance to cut the ribbon on-site at Location #10! “We’re going to show up in some great places around the Everett area,” said Jasmine Donovan, CEO and granddaughter of the founder Dick Spady. “Inviting our neighbors to join us on the patio to cut the ribbon on day one is my favorite tradition when we open a new restaurant in a new community.” Visit go.ddir.com/OrangeTicket for more details on how to win.

The Grand Opening Celebration will feature local high school bands, bagpipes, special merchandise, giveaways, games and — of course — your favorite Dick’s Drive-In food. Orange Ticket winners will join local VIPs in cutting the ribbon at Dick’s tenth location in the region and be one of the first to enjoy a Deluxe, fry and shake from the Everett restaurant.

In January 2025, Dick’s Drive-In announced it would be opening its 10th location in South Everett on Evergreen Highway. Residents have eagerly awaited the announcement of an official opening date. “So many people have reached out wanting to know when we’ll be open,” said Jasmine. “It’s so much fun to finally share the news! We’ll be serving your favorite burgers, fries and shakes on June 12th!”

Dick’s Drive-In is a local, family-owned, classic, fast food burger restaurant, with nine locations in Seattle, Bellevue, Edmonds and Kent and two food trucks. They’re known for serving quality food with instant service and at great prices, offering the best wages and benefits in the industry and investing in the communities they serve. With a limited menu and seven decades of excellent service, they’re celebrating 71 years of making delicious memories with their customers and employees in 2025. 

Learn more at DDIR.com or by following them on Facebook and Instagram @dicksdrivein.

King County – Dick’s Drive-In turns 70 years old this month and is kicking off a year of celebrations with 19 cent burgers at specific locations all day, January 23rd – January 25th.

January 23rd: Wallingford, Broadway, Lake City
January 24th: Holman Road, Crossroads, Federal Way
January 25th: Edmonds, Queen Anne, Kent

When the original founders, Dick Spady, Warren Ghormley and Dr. B.O.A. “Thom” Thomas opened the first Dick’s Drive-In location in Wallingford on NE 45th ST on January 28th, 1954, they sold hamburgers for 19 cents in Seattle’s first quick service hamburger restaurant. “The local price for hamburgers at the time was 35 cents,” said Jasmine Donovan, President of Dick’s Drive-In and granddaughter of the namesake Dick Spady. “Not many people believed that selling burgers for 19 cents, especially with a commitment to quality ingredients, could succeed, but for our customers it was love at first bite and here we are 70 years later.” 

To learn more about this event please visit https://www.ddir.com/19-cent-burgers/ 

Dick’s Drive-In plans to celebrate their 70th anniversary throughout the year in 2024. “We’re looking forward to celebrating with our customers, employees and communities, all the amazing memories from the last 70 years and imagining together what the next 70 years will look like,” said Donovan. The iconic local restaurant brand is soon opening reservations for the always sold out Ricardo’s Club 19 Valentine’s Day event, hosting car shows, and celebrating with a 70th Anniversary Party this summer!

In addition to serving quality food, fast and inexpensively, Dick’s Drive-In is also known for providing the best wages and benefits in the industry. Crew members start at $21 per hour and receive regular merit raises up to $26 per hour as they gain skills in the restaurant. All employees receive 100% employer paid health insurance, access to a $28,000 college scholarship benefit or child care tuition assistance, and promotion opportunities. All managers are promoted from within and every Dick’s Drive-In restaurant manager started as a crew member.

Dick’s Drive-In’s RoundUp for Charity program has raised over two and a half million dollars for nine local charity partners including Compass Housing Alliance, Mary’s Place, FareStart and Cocoon house. “Investing in our communities has been a part of our business model from the beginning,” says Donovan. “By cleaning up trash in our neighborhoods, creating high-quality jobs, improving access to educational opportunities through our scholarship program and donating to local charities, we know, when our community thrives our business will thrive.”

Bellevue – Dick’s Drive-Ins will open its much-anticipated Eastside location in Crossroads Shopping Center in Bellevue. “We are so thrilled to announce our next location,” said Jasmine Donovan, President of Dick’s Drive-Ins and granddaughter of the namesake Dick Spady. “It will be wonderful to be back in Bellevue again after almost 50 years. We can’t wait to build new delicious memories with our customers, employees and the Eastside community.”

In September of 2020, Dick’s announced it was searching for a new location on the Eastside. They asked fans to send them potential sites and vote with their feet when the Dick’s Food Truck visited their cities. “Since we started growing again with our Edmonds location opening in 2011, we’ve really relied on our customers to tell us where our next location should be built,” said Donovan. “First our customers chose north, then they voted South, and we promised we would build on the Eastside next.”

“On behalf of the City of Bellevue, I am pleased to welcome Dick’s Drive-In back to the Eastside!” said Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson. “The new restaurant location will be right at home in the thriving Crossroads neighborhood of Bellevue. Like many others in the community, I look forward to enjoying some classic burgers, fries and shakes with family and friends.”

“Dick Spady was a long-time resident of Bellevue, and a friend, who tirelessly engaged community members to facilitate broad civic engagement throughout King County,” said Councilmember Conrad Lee. “Dick’s Drive-In is not only known for good food at low prices, but for investing in its employees and the community. Bellevue welcomes Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants at the new location at Crossroads that represents the return to the City of Bellevue after 50 years. Bellevue is really a big deal, now that we have our very own Dick’s Drive-In!”

In an unusual move the 67-year-old, family-owned company is leasing the space at Crossroads for its eighth restaurant. “We typically buy our real estate,” said Donovan, “But on the Eastside it made more sense to lease, and we were thrilled to find a great partner in Crossroads Shopping Center.”

Stuart Tanz, CEO of ROIC, owner of Crossroads Shopping Center, stated: “We are absolutely thrilled that Dick’s Drive-In is coming to Bellevue and has chosen Crossroads Shopping Center as their new Bellevue home.  ROIC proudly has a long tradition of seeking out and bringing popular businesses to Bellevue to help enrich the community.  Dick’s Drive-In will be a wonderful addition to Crossroads’ diverse mix of essential, dining and entertainment tenants.  Along with all of Bellevue, and greater Seattle, we love Dick’s burgers and can’t wait for them to open!”

Donovan shared, “We hope to be open by the end of 2021. It really depends on the permitting process and the construction process in the world of COVID-19.” The restaurant will look almost identical to existing locations, with customers walking up to service windows on the exterior of the building.

Dick’s Drive-Ins is known not only for its low prices, instant service and quality food, but also for offering the best wages and benefits in the industry including 100% employer paid health insurance for all employees and a $28,000 scholarship for all employees working at least 20 hours a week. “This new location will add close to 50 jobs,” said Donovan. “Some people have wondered why we would continue to grow while we’re still in a pandemic and there’s all this uncertainty. We are proud of the jobs we provide and want to provide more opportunity to people, especially during these challenging times.” All of Dick’s managers are hired from within.

Dick’s Drive-Ins serves a delicious and limited menu of burgers made from fresh-never-frozen USA certified Angus ground beef on fresh and locally made buns, as well as hand-cut fries from Washington potatoes and hand-dipped and individually whipped milkshakes.

Photo Credit: Dick’s Drive-In: Mock-up of the future Dick’s Drive-In

East King County – Dick’s Drive-Ins announced today that, in addition to launching a Food Truck this fall, Dick’s has selected East King County for the location to build its next new restaurant. “Our customers on the Eastside have been waiting a very long time,” said Jasmine Donovan, President of Dick’s Drive-Ins. “We’re excited to finally start the official search.”

The eastside territory includes cities as far north as Bothell, as far south as Newcastle and as far east as Redmond, Issaquah and Sammamish. Just last week, Dick’s announced the launch of a new Food Truck coming this fall and a poll for customers to vote on where it goes first. The top five cities to get a visit from the new Food Truck were announced earlier today.

Donovan says the new mini, mobile version of its iconic restaurant will help scout potential home cities and sites on the Eastside. “Places where the Food Truck serves the most customers on the Eastside are places where we’ll seriously look for a permanent Eastside location,” she said.

The local, family owned company does not have a specific timeline for when the new location will open. “It depends a lot on how long it takes us to find a good piece of real estate for our new location and whether we can find it at the right price,” said Donovan. “We paid $1 million for almost an acre of land in Edmonds, and less than that for 2 acres of land in Kent. We know land on the Eastside is very expensive right now. Although, we are prepared to spend more for a good site, we are not sure we can afford the land that we need.  We are asking for help from our Eastside customers and cities to help us find an affordable location.” Customers with specific property suggestions or tips should go to ddir.com/Eastside.

Both of the properties for Dick’s newest locations, Edmonds (2011) and Kent (2018), were not officially available on the market when the company started searching for those locations after online customer polls showed the most support north (in 2010) and south (in 2017). “Our customers gave us great leads and the city mayors, council members and development directors were exceptionally helpful in connecting us to great potential sites,” said Donovan.

In addition to offering some of Seattle’s best burgers, fries and shakes since 1954, Dick’s is known for offering the best wages and benefits in the fast food industry. “We have been truly blessed to continue to be open and serving customers in this time of uncertainty,” said Donovan. “We want to continue to create jobs and new opportunities for people in the communities we serve.  And we want to bring those jobs to a new community, hopefully on the Eastside.” A new Dick’s Drive-In location creates about 50 new jobs that include benefits such as 100% employer paid health insurance for all employees and $28,000 scholarships for employees working at least 20 hours a week.

Dick’s Drive-In customers purchased over 1,000 boxes of burgers to donate to local hospitals and fire stations in less than four days. The local restaurant and its long-time key suppliers, Macdonald Meats and Franz Bakeries, are matching those donations and sending over 2,000 boxes to Hospital Heroes and first responders on the frontlines of the battle against the Corona virus.

“We knew our customers wanted to help,” said Jasmine Donovan, President of Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants and granddaughter of the namesake Dick Spady. “It is amazing how much love they are sending!”

“Employees at Seattle based MacDonald Meat Company are proud to be a partner of Dick’s Drive-In and honored to help support the community in such an impactful way,” said Josh Melnick, Executive Vice President of MacDonald Meat Company, Inc. “Seattle’s healthcare workers are the real heroes and we hope to bring some joy to them during this time.”

Franz Family Bakeries has been a local bakery serving the Pacific Northwest since 1906. “We say that it’s a family affair at Franz Bakery,” said Todd Fultz, Account Executive at Franz. “We are proud to support the local community and our community members working on the front line.”

On Friday, April 3^rd, Dick’s Drive-In announced on social media and with signs at their restaurants that customers could purchase a box of 24 burgers for Hospital Heroes. The beloved local restaurant chain would deliver those boxes to local hospitals and match up to 500 boxes. By Saturday, customers had already purchased over 500 boxes.

On Sunday, Dick’s announced it would expand the match to 1,000 boxes and would include deliveries to first responders at fire stations as well. By Monday afternoon, over 1,000 boxes were donated. The team at Dick’s is working with hospitals and fire stations around their 7 locations to distribute all of that burger love. “We are sold out for now,” said Donovan. “And we are so excited to get those burgers out there as quickly as possible.”

Dick’s Drive-In has served Seattle area customers for over 66 years. The local, family-owned restaurant chain serves burgers made with fresh, never-frozen high-quality beef on locally made buns, fries that are hand-cut from real Washington potatoes and shakes that are hand-dipped and individually whipped. The company is equally well known for investing in their employees with the best pay and benefits in the industry and as well as for their support of the local community.