Grill

User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

That griffin around the corner (another epicenter of awesome) stares directly at the Grill longing to lift up it's huge orange-red sparkly claws, stomp down the street and get some tater tots and creamy pesto. I've driven the United States for the perfect diner. Route 10? nothing like it. 20? 40? 60? 66? 80? 78? 55? Nothing comes close.

What more can you say about a place where God himself literally prepares the food?
What more can you say about a diner where they make the separately for every ticket?
What more can you say about omelets that could take out a bison?

It's like cheers for people who aren't morons. It's like mecca for people who worship authenticity. It's like CBGB's only it's still open. It's an answer to the question "How many hipsters can you fit in a two person booth?" Spoiler alert: It's five. It's a diner only it serves beer and amazing food. It's like a bar only you don't have to walk down Congress to soak up your alcohol.

Who care's what they are out of? Everything's Good! I'd wait five days for that food. I divide by five, round up and tip my servers because they and the cooks are mighty mighty mighty are the finest, kindest, most hardest working people around.

Truckers of Route 10, Give your ass a rest, Pass up Triple S,
Students at UofA, Walk a little farther than Epic Cafe,
Fancy pants of Tanque Verde, Don't stoop to Denny's at 11:30.
South Tucson, give those sonoran hotdogs a break,
Hit up the Grill, seat yourself, Taste the Hate.

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User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The tator tots are awesome and the Pesto omelette's are excellent! Definitely worth the dough. Not to mention the free live entertainment while dining. I recommend a Pesto omelette with tator tots while listening to The Lemon Drop Gang. Jeff Justice. Born to judge.

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User Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

The Grill is simply a terrible eating experience. During the annual Gem Show that takes place in Tucson, I was walking downtown and decided to go in with my girlfriend, but boy was that a mistake. What really got me was the staff. My server came off like he kinda had a screw loose. He was dirty, unattentive and just seemed really phony. I had to keep repeating myself, asking for a refill, which only came until we were nearly done eating. A lot of really deadbeat people congregate in there. It seemed like a drug deal was going on at the table behind us.

The quality of food to me was about average. I had a basic ceasar salad which ran me nearly 7 bucks and my girlfriend had a hamburger, which she said was tasteless and too soggy like it came out of a freezer. My chocolate milkshake was also really clumpy, like whoever made it didn't know how to mix it right.

What also concerned me was the cleanliness of the place. It did seem pretty dirty, even by my book, when I can most often ignore a dirty window or a few crumbs on the ground. The Grill is just plain dingy and slimy. I was kind of expecting a rat to crawl along one of the baseboards.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. It's a real weirdo place and the service and food just plain suck. I guess if you like eating expired, freezerburned food along with the company of a lot of posers drugheads and nuts, this is your place. For the rest of you who want to eat decent food with decent service, I'd avoid going to The Grill.

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