Arctic Circle Restaurants


Arctic Circle Restaurants is a chain of burger and shake restaurants based in Midvale, Utah, United States. There were 62 restaurants as of March 2019, about a third are company owned and two-thirds by franchisees, in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. About 50% of the restaurants are located in Utah. The restaurants purvey typical fast food fare such as burgers, sandwiches, shakes, salads, fries, and fish and chips.
Famous for inventing regional condiment fry sauce, the company also claims to be the burger chain to invent and first to sell the kids' meal.
Arctic Circle once offered franchises in California, but no longer does.
The first Arctic Circle location was on 135 East 9th South in Salt Lake City; it opened May 26, 1950 and was founded by Don Carlos Edwards.