Classic burger joint coming soon to Medical Lake

By Lee Hughes
Staff Reporter

Classic burger joint coming soon to Medical Lake

Jake's Old Fashioned Burgers to offer old fashioned fare

Last updated 1/31/2019 at 6:47pm

Photo by Lee Hughes Joe Long and his son, Jacob, take a break from refurbishing the interior last week to hold up a banner that will soon adorn the outside of a new restaurant in Medical Lake. The restaurant, Jake's, is owned by Debi Long, Joe's wife and Jacob's mother. Jake's will have a soft opening sometime in late February.

Medical Lake burger lovers prepare your palates - good things may be coming your way.

Debi Long and her husband Joe, of Ruby's on Silver Lake, are working feverishly to open a new classic 50s-style, family hamburger restaurant at 711 East Lake St. they will be calling Jake's.

"I'm just trying to help get this stuff going for her," Joe said in the middle of working on an exhaust hood in the kitchen during a recent phone interview

The Long's have been remodeling the restaurant's interior from scratch, according to building owner Miranda Spilker.

"It was a completely empty building when I bou...

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