Slim's Tavern

Skip (or Skipper) bought Slim's Bar & Grill in 1975 from from the family who opened it in 1909 or 1913, depending on whom you ask. Lind is a wheat town full of wheat people, and Slim's is the only bar, and the only grill. If it happened in Lind, it probably happened at Slim's. If it didn't happen at Slim's, it probably happened at the annual Combine Destruction Derby (2nd weekend in June) or the amateur street races (September).

See my review of Lind, Washington:
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I get a really nice feeling stepping into Slim's; I just know I'll have a good meal. My waitress Jeannie was nice, and recommended the broasted chicken with jo-jos (fried wedge potatoes). The chicken was as amazing as she promised ... fried with a nice salty flavor ... not greasy, just wonderful. The jo-jos were actually a little bland and pasty, but not terrible. I had no regrets eating all of them, anyway.

The grill part is connected to the bar, which has a separate entrance. The voices of locals carousing and having a good time came bouncing through the joint. It was a good sound.

Everybody knows everybody else in this town of 300-or-so people. It feels like home ... not my home, but a home nonetheless. If you're ever passing through southeast Washington state, 13 miles south of Ritzville, make your way to Lind.

BTW, they serve breakfast anytime.

One star for being a local favorite
Two stars for have the best chicken I've had in a while
One star for down-home

One more start would go for having breakfast "all the time," but they don't open until ten, so it's not really "all" the time, is it?