Kidd
Valley History
Kidd
Valley's made-to-order burgers, hand-mixed
shakes can be
traced back to the fishing trips founder John Morris took with his father
as a
youngster. A favorite spot for Morris's family was Camp Kid, an old
logging
camp at the base of Mt. St. Helens, which was located near a primitive
1950's
general store that served freshly-made burgers and delicious milkshakes.
Morris' fondness for the tasty burgers and shakes served up at the
general storestuck with him into his adult years.
Those memories were
triggered within Morris one day in 1975,
when he spotted a "For Sale" sign in the window of a former
Dairy Delight in Seattle's U-District.
Realizing that Seattle
had yet to establish its own specialty hamburger and
milkshake tradition, Morris opened Seattle's first Kidd Valley hamburger
restaurant at 5502 25th Ave NE in 1975. Morris sold his Kidd Valley
restaurants to Ivar's in 1989, which has continued with his vision of
freshly prepared burgers, sandwiches, side orders and
hand-mixed milkshakes. |
