Arctic Circle Restaurants is an American chain of burger and shake

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s based in

Midvale, Utah Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Midvale's population was 34,124 according to 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Midvale is home to the Sh ...

, United States. There were 71 restaurants in seven states as of September 2022 (in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming). About half are company owned and the rest are owned by franchisees, about half of the restaurants are in Utah. The restaurants serve typical

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fare such as burgers,

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es, shakes,

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s, fries, and

fish and chips Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from separate immigrant cultures; it is not known who created ...

. They claim to have invented the regional

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, the company also claims to be the burger chain to invent and first to sell the

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. Arctic Circle once offered franchises in California, but no longer does.

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* Midvale, Utah Companies based in Salt Lake County, Utah Restaurants in Utah Utah cuisine Economy of the Northwestern United States Fast-food chains of the United States Regional restaurant chains in the United States Restaurants established in 1950 Fast-food hamburger restaurants Hamburger restaurants 1950 establishments in Utah American companies established in 1950 {{US-restaurant-stub

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