J&L Grille New South Side Opening

I Believe In a Thing Called The Burger.


There's a new sports bar/grille in town.  Located in the South Side Works it is cleverly named after the original J&L Mill that previously occupied this city space. The bar/grille is geared toward the beer drinking variety and serves up "homespun" burgers, shakes and comfort food.  As a red blooded American, I am excited about meat, especially the chuck variety.  I had to check this place out.

The bar itself shows a lot of promise. There are plenty of shiny new plasma flat screen televisions, there is a fancy new touch screen jukebox and there is a big wide open space for people to crowd around when something of sports importance is happening.  They have also added space for live entertainment.

FOR YOU BEER DRINKING PEOPLE:

I want to note that there are over 120 bottles of beer available including Troegs Dream Weaver, Victory Golden Monkey and Wells Banana Bread, just to highlight a few.  They also have 36 beers on tap, with most noteworthy (to me) being Church Brew Works Pious Monk.

About The Food:

What did I think?  Unfortunately it's middle of the road.  I had no intention of this place being gourmet, however they have a lot of kinks to work out in terms of prep.  I ordered from their lunch menu which is the best deal since the main dinner menu forces you to order their sides separately (10oz burgers hover around $10).  The first thing I ordered was the tuna bites salad.   I received a large salad with a very fair portion of blackened tuna.  The only hitch was that the lettuce mix was borderline almost old.  The next thing I ordered was the burger, I chose the "Lil' South Sider".  For $7.00 this was relatively a good deal.  Again, the ingredients were fairly middle of the road.  For a place that stakes its claim around this item it should be the star.  I didn't really see that.  This may also have to do with me ordering a very plain item.  I regret not being able to order the heavier burger with extra cheese and bacon but I'm getting a little soggy around the middle.

All in all?  This place is an exciting new sports bar spot.  With a long list of beers, plenty of space and televisions it will be a great hang out for a Saturday night or a game.  Go for the beer, stay for some food, it's what the South Side wants.


Check in to their Facebook page. This Saturday is the grand opening and they will be having specials all next week.  Cheers!