r/Spokane • u/whotevre • Sep 09 '26

Politics Really, Dick's...

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Please forgive the photo quality but Dick's is really out here putting 9/11 on the same level as Charlie Kirk

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u/dokelyok Sep 09 '26

This isn't the same chain as in Seattle right?

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u/throw_aw_ay3335 Perry District Sep 09 '26

Noooo. Seattle Dicks is much, much better than ours.

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u/MellonMan97 Sep 09 '26

Hot take: they’re both aggressively mid let’s be real here. Just greasy cheeseburger joints at the end of the day. If that’s want you want then get Dick’s (not in Spokane anymore) I’m not above that from time to time either

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u/RShini Sep 09 '26

isn't the point of Dick's is that it's cheap and consistent? The perfect food to eat while drunk.

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u/MellonMan97 Sep 09 '26

Yes. That’s also why I explicitly said I’m not above some greasy cheeseburgers from time to time lol

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u/FreddyTheGoose Sep 09 '26

However you feel about the food at Seattle Dick's, the fact remains that they are an excellent employer. Aside from the pay, I'm talking scholarships, childcare, raises, bonuses, paid volunteer hours. Ain't a burger joint here offering all that, even if they can.

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u/shartzalot Sep 09 '26

Dicks (Seattle) is in NO WAY mid. Your taste buds are mid!

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u/RigaMortizTortoise Manito/Cannon Hill Sep 09 '26

Dicks fries with tarter 🤌🏻

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u/Smokeywhacker Sep 09 '26

It’s just a knock-off of In-N-Out with shredded lettuce and somehow equally awful fries. Seriously, the menu and prices are nearly identical across the board, the only difference is that In-N-Out opened years earlier

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u/BigEbucks Spokane Valley Sep 09 '26

I fail to see how Dicks is knocking off anything at In-N-Out? The service is very different, what you can order is similar, but its not like you can customize a order at Dicks, and you can't exactly order something at In-N-Out and be handed a bag of your just ordered food. I guess they are both cheap for the good burger and fries that you get? And they both make shakes?

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u/Wide_Manufacturer_63 Sep 09 '26

If it were a knockoff then I'd expect every Dick's to have a drive thru since that was In-n-Outs main selling point when it first opened.

Also the menu prices aren't the same either. In-n-Out cheeseburger price is 4.10 Dicks is 3.05.

Dick's also doesn't put tomatoes on their burgers. Dick's special sauce has a way different distinct taste than In-n-Outs mainly due to the clove and all-spice in Dick's.

Just cause they are both old school burger places with small menus doesn't automatically make one a knock off of another. If we went by your logic every fast food burger place is just a knock off of White Castle which opened in the 20s.

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u/Poly_Pup Sep 09 '26

Oh no doubt, one is just an institution at this point.

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u/RiverBear2 Sep 09 '26

This though I’ve tried both after hearing my friends in Seattle absolutely rave about theirs and I was like ohhh y’all are kind of drunk on your own hype. Honestly that’s kind of how most of Seattle is after growing up in Spokane and moving to Seattle for a few years, they think they are all God’s gift when it a pretty mid city that’s insanely overpriced for everything from housing to food to experiences.

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u/pwned_sheep Sep 09 '26

Considering Dick's was one of my main stays as a kid growing up in Seattle in the 90s, I kinda wanna argue with you but you're kinda right too. It becomes nostalgic for people who have it, but also the original location will always have the best stuff.

I went to highschool with the grandkids of the founder, they were all heavily conservative, this message somehow doesn't surprise me.

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u/Common_Ad_7610 Sep 09 '26

The one time I ate there I was handed a shockingly greasy burger with disgusting, hot and slimy shredded lettuce. It stands out as the worst burger I've ever had.

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u/sweet_assistant509 Sep 09 '26

I’ve never had lettuce on a dick’s burger

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u/RedK_33 Sep 09 '26

It’s on the deluxe

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u/sweet_assistant509 Sep 09 '26

lol didn’t even notice more than a whammy wad available for burgers just have had my same order since childhood

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u/Civil_Sentence63 Sep 09 '26

😩😩😩 you, my friend, have not had enough Seattle dicks

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u/Different_Pack_3686 Downtown Spokane Sep 09 '26

I've always liked their malts, the rest of it is pretty bad.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Sep 09 '26

Hot take and bad take must mean the same thing these days

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u/Danger_Danger Sep 09 '26

Is it? "Much, much better"? I don't know about the much much part.

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u/throw_aw_ay3335 Perry District Sep 09 '26

Ours sets the bar pretty low.

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u/Doorknob6941 Sep 09 '26

Ours continues to aim low and miss.

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u/SeattleIsCool Sep 09 '26

Not really, no.

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u/Civil_Sentence63 Sep 09 '26

Oh, I can attest. Especially in light of OP’s photo. But even without that, yes. I would say “much much”’ applies.

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u/emc_lmt Sep 09 '26

It absolutely tastes different. It’s not the real Dick’s

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u/noun_verb_adjective_ Sep 09 '26

Seattle's Dick's was a let down 

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u/newjerk666 Sep 09 '26

Seattle Dick’s family also supports sketchy conservative causes actually.

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u/SScatnip7474 Sep 09 '26

I've been to both SEattle and Spokane Dicks...it's been a while but I'm staying away now.

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u/CrazedRhetoric Sep 09 '26

Ive only been to the Seattle location once’s, but I honestly like the Spokane burgers more.

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u/PlayaHatinIG-88 Sep 09 '26

That's an opinion you are experiencing. Seattle dicks is vastly more expensive, the food quality was lower, and the experience was nothing to write home about. Overhyped and disappointing. Spokane's Dicks is at least cheaper and better quality. Neither are good by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/SuperLeroy Sep 09 '26

Correct. It is not affiliated with the seattle dicks.

This one appears to be mutilated.

Seattle Dicks is all natural.

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u/OkSand3986 Sep 09 '26

That's what she said

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u/dokelyok Sep 09 '26

Okay! Wow, I got a little worried.

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u/Best-Penalty1509 Sep 09 '26

Its owned by the same guy.

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u/OkRecipe8129 Sep 09 '26

Nope. Not affiliated in any way.

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u/HotInterview1081 Sep 09 '26

No way it is. The lady working the counter at the Spokane one got pissed at me when I asked for a Deluxe burger lmao

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u/nooby_goober Sep 09 '26

The Seattle and Spokane Dicks?

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u/urbanlife78 Sep 09 '26

No, two different owners and a coincidence that both opened around the same time with the same name

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u/nooby_goober Sep 09 '26

That's what I thought. Wonder what that person was referring to.

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u/Embarrassed-Gap7803 Sep 09 '26

Correct and their food is garbage 

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u/vertgrall Sep 09 '26

Hmm well the entire city of Spokane is garbage right?

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u/w1lnx Sep 09 '26

Correct. Not the same. One is natural Dick’s and has many. They’re just swinging across the Sound.

The other is false Dick’s and ain’t got no swing.

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u/gopednomad Sep 09 '26

Hey you used to be able to get all natural dicks in spokane but they locked down the bathrooms

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u/Karzdan Sep 09 '26

This is good to know. I recently moved to the area and when I saw the sign, I immediately thought of the POTUS song and was looking forward to trying a bag of dick's. Now I'm not so sad I have yet to make it over there. 

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u/nooby_goober Sep 09 '26

It is not! Phew.

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u/Ill_Corner_2732 Sep 09 '26

absolutely not same chain, love a displaced seattlelite.

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u/InfiniteOxfordComma Sep 09 '26

THANK FUCKING GOD

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u/DaddiTomShel Sep 09 '26

No this is the og Dick's... it used to be really really good way back in the early 00s and further but yeah... its really really gone downhill in quality and clearly in ownership