# Seattle and northward: Anything like Tommy's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496 "2015-01-21T17:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/1 "2015-01-21T17:24:25Z")
Is there any burger joint like [Tommy’s](http://www.originaltommys.com/) between Seattle and the Canadian border? 'Cause I could really go for a chili burger like they make back in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/2 "2015-01-21T17:29:45Z")
I don’t think they do chili burgers, but every time I’m back home (like this weekend) I stop in at [Dicks](http://www.ddir.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/3 "2015-01-21T17:30:37Z")
As far as I know, the only way you’re getting a Tommy’s-style burger up here is if you go to Fatburger and custom-order one that way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/4 "2015-01-21T17:42:31Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > I don’t think they do chili burgers, but every time I’m back home (like this weekend) I stop in at [Dicks](http://www.ddir.com/). No, they don’t appear to have chiliburgers. But I’ve heard good things about Dick’s. (Hm. That doesn’t sound right if you say it out loud.) I’d like to try them, and there’s one in Edmonds on the way home. > [@Smapti](#): > > As far as I know, the only way you’re getting a Tommy’s-style burger up here is if you go to Fatburger and custom-order one that way. Fatburgers are pretty scarce up here, but I see there’s one in Lynnwood that doesn’t look too far off of the freeway. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/5 "2015-01-21T17:45:15Z")
[Red Mill Burgers](http://www.redmillburgers.com/index.htm) are the best in Seattle. IMO. No chili burgers though. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/6 "2015-01-21T17:45:16Z")
If you like divey bar food, stop in at the Alger Tavern, Old 99, right off the freeway. I think it’s exit 240? Great burgers and fried food. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/7 "2015-01-21T17:46:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No, they don’t appear to have chiliburgers. But I’ve heard good things about Dick’s. (Hm. That doesn’t sound right if you say it out loud.) I’d like to try them, and there’s one in Edmonds on the way home. I wouldn’t go to Dick’s expecting much - the burgers are about McDonald’s-sized and light on toppings (there are exactly four types of burger - ketchup and mustard, ketchup and mustard with cheese, mayo with lettuce and pickle, and double patty with mayo, lettuce, pickle and cheese, and they don’t do special orders), they’re not made to order, and they charge for ketchup packets and other condiments. What it is is cheap, fast, edible as long as it’s piping hot, and open late. (The fries are pretty damn good, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-northward-anything-like-tommys/710496/8 "2015-01-21T17:47:48Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > I don’t think they do chili burgers, but every time I’m back home (like this weekend) I stop in at [Dicks](http://www.ddir.com/). No chilli-burgers, but if you like In-n-Out, go to Dicks and realize that Dick’s is what you actually want an In-N-Out burger to taste like.