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Vol. 18, No. 31
April 20, 2022
Bonds pg. 6
COURTESY PHOTOS
Since upgrading from the original hut in 1965, show in black and white above, the Richwines have worked to keep the restaurant as unchanged as possible.
Sports pg. 14
Richwine’s Burgerville celebrates 60 years in the family By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
Easter pg. 26
POLSON — In 1962, a loaf of bread cost 22 cents. A gallon of gas cost 31 cents. A lot can change in 60 years, but some things stay the same. As of today, April 20, Polson’s own Richwine’s Burgerville has been open for 60 years, and it’s still owned and operated by the Richwine family. Purchased as a small hut by Enoch and Lucy Richwine in 1962, Enoch bought the land it
sits on now in 1965 from local teacher and coach Royal Morrison, after whom their famous Royal burger is named. The classic cow sign that still stands out front came with the original hut, marking it as “Burgerville #2” as there were once two other locations in Montana. Burgerville has changed hands a few times since then, but has never left the Richwine family. After he and his sister spent their youth working the drive through with their parents,
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Shane Richwine took the restaurant over from his parents after Enoch retired in 1986, running it as a partnership with Lucy for three years before it became officially his in 1989. Shane ran the restaurant for 20 years before cancer claimed him. After he passed away, Burgerville was passed on to his sister Marcia Moen in 2009. “I don’t think Mom and Dad ever envisioned this,” Moen said of the anniversary milestone. Moen had been just 11
months old when her parents bought Burgerville. While she had worked there as a teenager and helped on weekends in college, she took a 20-year break from the business to pursue a career in accounting in Missoula until Shane called her up to ask for her help. Upon her brother’s passing, Moen said she decided that as long as her mom was alive, she wanted to make sure that Burgerville was still succeeding. While Lucy retired in
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