Behind the Business: Guppies Hot Rod Grille

KIMBERLY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — One restaurant in Kimberly aims to make everyone feel welcome and free to be who they are.

This week’s Behind the Business takes us to Guppies Hot Rod Grille.

In downtown Kimberly sits Guppies Hot Rod Grille, with amazing energy and delicious food.

“This is an all-American menu, hand-pounded burgers, hand-cut chicken sandwiches, variety of salads, world-famous finger steaks, all kinds of different specials that we will put together, date night specials for the weekends,” said Aaron Gupton, the owner of Guppies Hot Rod Grille.

They also do brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.

Guppies originally opened in 2014 in Twin Falls, but they lost it in 2018 in a fire.

They relocated to Kimberly in August of 2019 and have enjoyed being a part of the Kimberly community since then.

“We provide entertainment, we do live music often, we do street dances often in the summertime, obviously a very unique atmosphere, I’m, I’ve been a car guy since I was a kid, I’ve been a food guy since I was a kid, I just slammed them both together,” said Gupton.

The motto at Guppies is, “come as you are,” something he also encourages his employees to do as well.

“We strive to provide a place where not only our staff can be themselves, but our guests when they arrive, they can be themselves,” said Gupton.

Everything is made from scratch and the restaurant is very family friendly.

They open at 11 a.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Saturday, and Sunday they open at 8 a.m.

They are closed on Mondays.

He says he loves getting to know the customers and encourages anyone who hasn’t been in yet to come down and give them a try.

“I like to give people something special something that they aren’t going to get anywhere else, I like to give people that wow factor, I like the double take when people walk out the front door they’ll turn around and kind of go wow, that was cool,” said Gupton.

Guppies Hot Rod Grille is located at 105 Main Street North in Kimberly.

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