I stopped at Lansing’s NIP N SIP Drive-In right after 1st lunch but before lunch two. I wasn’t setting out to create a new lunch, but this meal fit in quite nicely on this jaunt.
NIP N SIP is the home of the Hammy Sammy. It’s their locally famous sandwich creation made of ham, melted Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. The problem is that I was in a coney dog and olive burger kind of mindset, so no Hammy Sammy for me today.
Marcela shared whatever madness I ordered, which ended up being a frosty mug of their housemade root beer, chili cheese fries, a coney dog, a double-deck cheeseburger, and finally, an olive burger.
I ate all the grub in the order of the pictures below, with no regrets. The chili cheese fries and coney dog were solid. They were perfect and hit the spot.
I’ve only been a root beer fan for a handful of years, but you can’t beat root beer when it’s house-made. The NIP N SIP root beer came in its natural habitat of a cold frosty beer mug, winner-winner chicken dinner.
I did not have any chicken, for the record.
NIP N SIP Drive-In Burger Talk
The Nip N Sip’s double-decker with cheese was excellent, and this could have been the right time to end this visit, BUT their beauty, the olive burger, was on deck. The olive burger is not ground-up olives.
But, a mayo-based sauce with diced olives tops the burger patty. Look, olive burgers aren’t for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Luckily, you have the double cheeseburger (it’s a Double Decker Hamburger) to fall back on if the olive burger isn’t your speed. Another essential thing is the impressive meat crust outside of their burgers. They are drool-worthy.
Last Note: I made a giant mess of myself while eating at Nip N Sip Drive-In in Lansing, but that’s ok cause it was delicious.
NIP N SIP Drive-In
2603 N. East Street
Lansing, MI
(517) 372-3734
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nip-N-Sip-Drive-in/298236780353897
Monday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
My wife has gone by nip n sip a couple of times recently and said it looked like they were closed…maybe permanently.
We life about 20 miles away so it’s not handy to keep driving by to see if they are ever open your page says it was updated Oct 12, 2023 so to your knowledge they were still open then?
Could it be a seasonal closing?
We moved to Lansing last summer (2023) and I found this blog while looking for an online menu to order some take-out. They’re open, just not on weekends! 10:30-7 M-F, cash only fyi. So good.