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Miner’s Drive-In | Yakima Burgers Fries and Shakes
Review by: Michael Stern
Drive-In With Personality
Whatever brand of franchised fast food you want, the city of Yakima has it. Miner’s Drive-In Yakima: here you will enjoy an eatery with its own personality. In the burgers fries and shakes business since 1948, Miner’s isn’t technically a drive-in. You’ll find no car hops, but it surely delivers the spirit and the menu of a vintage drive-in. And it does provide a drive-through lane, making it suitable for folks on the go and virus-avoiding meals.
Big Beef
The signature item, a Big Miner burger, really is very big. A broad bun nicely holds its six-inch girth. While the meat itself won’t make you swoon, its garnishes and condiments sparkle. If you seek more beefy satisfaction, have what the menu calls a Double Burger Dip. You get two patties on a sub roll (cheese optional) with a cup of au jus. Pour the gravy on the sandwich or use it as a dip: the meat will sing. French fries are decent drive-in twigs, served in abundance. The drive-in provides four different dips for fries (and burgers). Choose ketchup, mustard, barbecue ranch or the western favorite, fry sauce. That’s a mayo-ketchup mix similar to Russian dressing.
Super-Thick Milk Shakes
Miner’s in Yakima earns high marks for milk shakes. They are nearly as thick as a Ted Drewes concrete, causing serious cheek hollows if you try to suck one up a straw. Actual fresh fruit, good candy and cookies, and plenty of nuts compose premium flavors. Devoted milk-shake drinkers speak highly of maple-walnut (loaded with nuts), banana cream pie, strawberry, Oreo, Reeses, peach, and pina colada. Shake sizes range from 16-ounce small to 44-ounce extra-large.
Surprise Education
A visit to Miner’s in Yakima includes not just burgers fries and shakes, but an unexpected education. Glass cases along the wall display Native-American costumes and artifacts. It’s a veritable museum of Native-American life in the Pacific Northwest!
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| Price | $$ |
| Seasons | All |
| Meals Served | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Late Night |
| Credit Cards Accepted | Yes |
| Alcohol Served | No |
| Outdoor Seating | Yes |
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4 Responses to “Miner’s Drive-In | Yakima Burgers Fries and Shakes”
Marv Antonie
October 5th, 2023
Still waiting over 25 minutes for shake and freeze. Other cars getting their food. Piss poor service
Diane Jessup
May 28th, 2023
I heard this was a good place so gave it a try. My first warning should have been the odd fact that there was NO PRICES on any of the drive through menus…. hum. Well, we found out why! We were bushwacked by an $83 bill for a 9 year old, 12 year old and two adult woman. Yes. $83 dollars.
As my friend and her kids are gluten intolerant they ordered basic hamburgers wrapped in lettuce, two french fries and 3 waters. I got a coke and what was called a “prime rib sandwich”. That’s it. And that was $83 !!!!!
We then pulled around to wait in our car for this “fast food”. It was quite late in the afternoon, so not “prime lunch or dinner time”. Well, we waited. By the clock we waited 40 (forty) minutes for our food!
Unbelievable!
I’ll go first… It seems Miner’s “claim to fame” is making food large – not good. I got a giant bun that was not particularily tasty, which had THE THINNEST layer of prime rib (?) thin sliced meat. A very small amount of cheese, some nice raw onion and some condiments. Basically, it was a BUN with such a small amount of meat and cheese that, with the rather strong taste to the bun, could not even be tasted!
The coke was fine, but at a medium size, not worth nearly $5.
My friends all got FLAT, rather tasteless burgers (no cheese ordered) which were actually set down in AN ENTIRE HEAD OF ICEBERG LETTUCE. Now, that problem with this is that iceberg lettuce was cold, and so the burgers were all ice cold.
The fries they ordered were lukewarm and nothing to write home about.
All in all we all agreed we will NEVER go back. Way too much money, WAY too much wait time, and absolutely mediocre food.
Be warned.
Bill Matson
August 16th, 2022
It was many years ago 1980-1987 I was a youth pastor at the Stone Church in Yakima. Lee minor was one of the most gracious and kind people I met during that time.
Lee would allow us to do car wash fund raisers at the drive in and was always so generous with our group.
I remember his son Gary who was always willing to assist us with our projects as well. And the best Burgers ever. My Son Scott born in 1982 was just a toddler.
Next week my son will be in Yakima for part of his ordination as a Pastor. He told me he plans to visit Miner’s.
A Belated Thank you / Thank you Lee and Gary and the Miner family…
Bill Matson
Medford, Oregon
Peggy
March 14th, 2022
Service and quality have gone way down hill. Lived here most of my life and was a favorite place to eat. Now their food for the price is sub par. They serve onion rings that appear to be twice cooked and the onions cooked so long they are dried and the breading is cold and disgusting. I thought maybe they had an off day. Ordered onion rings and a milkshake today at 12:20 and got my order 45 minutes later and very disappointed. $22.00 for the order. We won’t be going back.