Stokes Burger Ranch

Disappointed in the Burger Ranch after the reviews.
My wife and I ordered the fish sandwich and the Bandit cheeseburger.
The buns tasted stale and the burger tasted really dry.
The fish sandwich also tasted dry and just boring.
Good portion was good and the service friendly.
Asparagus fries were ok, a bit chewy.

Just not great. The burger is frozen and fairly tasteless. The pickle saved the burger. The bun was fresh and toasted which was also good. But my overall impression was kind of blah. Fries were OK, crinkle cut but obviously out of a package, not fresh potatoes. I’ll look for a different place next time I’m in town.

When I was in Texas, all I craved was fried asparagus and the fry sauce from Burger Ranch! The burgers are good and consistent but the fried asparagus and pickles are so good with the fry sauce! I would put that sauce on everything :) but I have to mention the desserts too! First, fried ice cream is deliciousness in a cup, crunchy cereal cold ice cream drizzled with honey and whip cream– such a treat! And the strawberry shortcake is amazing! A warm biscuit with strawberry sauce and whip cream– I like to get mine with ice cream (yum) Burger Ranch is a local treasure — check it out

First restaurant I have been to that needs a key for restroom
Waiters 20 min for deep fried asparagus tasted as had been under lamp alllll day

Gotta come for the whippies and the pre-​recorded announcement in the drive-​thru!

Maybe not the best burgers ever, BUT French fried asparagus is top-​drawer, as are the onion rings (home-​made, not from a bag from the freezer). Also, the chicken nuggets are real chicken breast meat, not some mysterious meat/​sawdust hybrid. Burgers are pretty good, and a good value. Lots of frozen treats (soft serve w/​or w/​o swirls, shakes & malts, hard ice cream & sundaes) – good for a hot summer day. Bonus: lemonade is made fresh by the cup! Just the thing for a hot Yakima Valley summer afternoon.
Another bonus: outdoor play area for kids.
This is one of the 2 best burger places in Town.

This place used to be good. I ate there recently and it was awful. The hamburger was rubbery like it was frozen and then microwaved… the fries… a gloppy mess! Stay away!

Uh, deep fried asparagus. Spicy fry sauce. Regular fry sauce. Fried ice cream. This isn’t healthy by any stretch of the imagination but holy Jesus, it’s frickin’ delicious.
So delicious we came here for food twice in a 15-​hour period.
I had fried ice cream as my dessert when my boyfriend and I came out here after dinner last Saturday, and got to taste test my boyfriend’s strawberry swirled soft-​serve. The fried ice cream was the perfect hybrid of warm and gooey without the melty or the greasy. Delicious!
I’m a huge fan of the machines that are able to mix in flavors to soft serve to make them easily dispensed in cone form, and that’s just one of the three options for ice cream you have here. Faux Blizzards [boyfriend and I are purists as we are both former Dairy Queen employees], standard scooped ice cream and the blended soft serve — there’s a lot to pick from.
We split a dude burger with cheese and onions for Sunday lunch with a small side of fried asparagus. Asparagus is one of my favorite foods and I rarely pass up the opportunity to partake… boyfriend insisted I’d love the fried variety, and it’s not really shocking to say that I did. Dipped in fry sauce? It’s tough to go wrong. I’d say the only fault I found in the Burger Ranch is that the onions weren’t grilled, but hey, we can’t all be perfect.
I love that they serve up fresh, local produce and meat. Definitely looking forward to checking it out again next time we’re out visiting the boy’s family!

I lived here for awhile. I ate a few dinners here. Family owned is always a plus. I had corn. ahh fresh valley corn and lots of burgers.
It has a regular group of followers. It is comfortable and very friendly.

sadness: the asparagus and bull art is down, replaced with some way lavender pastel 80’s colour palette, ugh. but hey, the food is still great.
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the interior is unremarkable, sort of ‘early protypical DQ’ style… except for the side business of track shoes, and the commissioned paintings of bulls, and the asparagus hall of fame posters.

But, under the hood, this place is a foodies dream: it is perfectly unaware, authentic ranch-​to-​table, family owned american fast food. Dean Stokes, the owner/​operator, raises his own award-​winning cattle, and they go straight to your burger. There are also blissfully awesome greasy seasonal local delicacies: french-​fried asparagus, pumpkin shakes, etc. And it is all Really Real, not Hipster Manufactured Authentic… Dean is just a local guy running a solid business, not some dude who read Edible Seattle until he lost his banking job and moved to the idyllic country in search of authenticity.
i love the burger ranch. track shoes and all, it is the wabi sabi of small town burgerdom.
p. s. if i ever hear jane and michael stern talking up the burger ranch on The Splendid Table, i will hang myself.

I am such the tourist! We traveled all the miles to middle-​of-​Washington to check out this place called Burger Ranch because you can order a side of New Balance shoes to go with your burger! Yup, definitely took pictures of that. If you ignored the shoes, it’s just a typical fast food joint.
They purchased the Blizzard machine from a Dairy Queen that had closed down nearby, so not only can you pick up your burger, shoes, and FRIED things (asparagus and zucchini, to name a few), you can also get a DQ-​esque Blizzard! YUM.
Four star rating based on quirkiness and availability of a Blizzard on a dry, hot Central Washington’s summer day!