Shake it up: Spokane area’s best milkshakes

Nothing beats a milkshake on a hot summer’s day.

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Tue., June 20, 2017

Salted caramel milkshake at The Scoop on Spokane’s South Hill.
Zip’s is an Inland Northwest institution, known for classic fast-food staples such as burgers, shakes and fries.

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The Paul Bunyan strawberry milkshake photographed on Sunday, June 18, 2017.

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The Paul Bunyan sign photographed on Sunday, June 18, 2017.

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Roger's Ice Cream & Burgers photographed on Sunday June 18, 2017 in Coeur d'Alene.

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The huckleberry milkshake from Roger's Ice Cream & Burgers photographed on Sunday June 18, 2017 in Coeur d'Alene.

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Oreo is a popular milkshake flavor at Ferguson’s Cafe in Spokane’s Garland District.
The real deal: huckleberries at the bottom of a huckleberry milkshake at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle in Spokane’s Garland District.
Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle sits at the corner of Post and Garland in Spokane’s Garland District.
The lunch combo at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle include a cheeseburger, a side and a shake.
Huckleberry milkshake at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle in Spokane’s Garland District.
Tammy Gill offers up a bubblegum-flavored ice cream cone to a customer at Doyle’s Ice Cream Parlor in this file photo from 2015. The shop, opened in 1939, was owned and operated by her brother, Jerry Gill, from 1991 until his retirement earlier this year.

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Randy Muscarella offers a taste of his banana split to his 10-year-old rough collie, Whiskey, July 14, 2015, outside Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor at the corner of Boone and Nettleton. Doyle's has been a fixture at that location since 1939. Muscarella moved to the neighborhood a few months ago.DAN PELLE danp@spokesman.com

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The Oreo milkshake at Hogan’s on Spokane’s South Hill comes with whipped cream and sprinkles as well as the more milkshake in the stainless steel mixing cup.
The Anvil Chunk flavor at Spokane’s Brain Freeze features espresso ice cream with fudge nuggets. Here it is, blended into a milkshake at the Kendall Yards location on a recent sunny afternoon.

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