Zip’s Drive In

Whenever I get a craving for some greasy, hot and salty American fast food I go to Zips.
Their menu is simple and traditional American fast food, you get your burgers, fries, chicken, fish along with some other options such as fried mushrooms and tater tots. Their fries are thick crinkle cuts and lightly salted, perfect for dunking in their tartar sauce or fry sauce.
The quality of their food seems to be better than most fast food establishments (Zips doesn’t make me sick when Burger King and McDonalds do) and is simple. No muss, no fuss, just meat, cheese, pickles, ketchup and mustard on soft bread. Every bite is uniform so you actually get a pickle in each bite, unlike in some fast food places where they will only put ONE pickle chip on their burgers.
If you want a little more sustenance for your burgers you can ask them to make them «loaded» where they will add lettuce, tomato and onions to your order.
My favorite dish at Zips is their simple chicken and fries single order (about $ 6). Hot crispy chicken tenders on a bed of fries, how perfect can you get? And with piles of tarter sauce? Yummm.
A fun fact about Zips though, each restaurant is a little different; some will have daily deals and others will not, some will have certain flavors of milkshakes and others will not, some will have certain dishes and others simply will not. This is something to keep in mind.
I –have– had some negative experiences in the past, as is typical for any restaurant you go to on a routine basis, but the staff have always been helpful to remedy whatever problem I had with my order.

I loved it! This location. However. Every time I’ve gone through drive thru I’ve been in the line for at least 15 close to 20 minutes they don’t apologize or anything for the inconvenience.

This location has different owners than others around the area. They do not offer the same specials and do not seem to have the same standards for food. The 2 times I ate there, the fries were cold, the burger patty was charred gristle, and bacon was half cooked and soggy.

Zips has always been one of my favorite places, papa joes and wranglers are frickin’ awesome!
On my last trip, I discovered they have the new Coke Freestyle drink system where you can mix and match 100+ choices of soda, half of which are sugar free. Cherry-​Lime Coke Zero is awesome!

You know how sometimes it’s been a really long day and you’re coming home at 8:30 at night and you really need some onion rings? Well, this is the place to go. Straight up. Burgers are decent too, but Zip’s wins me over again and again with their rings.

24 hour local burger place? YES
4 blocks from my new apartment? HELL YES
Best damn tartar sauce ever made? FUCK YES