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| - Fair warning: this is STAUNCHLY a UNLV Rebels place. DO NOT go in there wearing any other college. You will get maddogged. Fortunately I had a sweatshirt to throw on over my UCSB shirt (go Gauchos!).
So I've driven by this place a lot, and along with Elite Emily and Hec went to try it out last night. I was well pleased, I must admit. The 45-minute wait I was threatened with was a bit daunting, but we actually got seated much closer to 15 minutes. I like how it's almost all build-your-own style... they have some pizzas and salads, but the crux of the restaurant comes from building your own ground beef temple of amazing. I went with a 7 oz medium patty on wheat buns with lettuce, tomato, and barbecue sauce. Simple, yet tasty, although the meat was looking a little more pink than I might have liked. Elite Emily and Hec went for the Juicy Lucy, Grind Burger's signature. It's a meat patty stuffed with cheese. It's like a jelly donut, except made of meat and cheese. They seemed to like it.
Health-conscious people will enjoy the fact that there's turkey and veggie patties and whole wheat buns or bunless. Health-unconscious people will enjoy the fact that they have regular and spiked milkshakes.
I guess the only real dislike I have of this place is its location. It's at the Bluegreen resort, off of Tropicana by the airport. It seems to me like this area of Tropicana between the Strip and UNLV was in line to be a bustling area, touristy enough to be appealing to tourists, but non-Strip enough to make the locals deal with it. Well, that idea must have fallen through, because it's the ONLY thing in between UNLV and the strip. Which means if you're going eastbound on Tropicana, and you're like, "Oooh, Grind Burger, let's check that place out," Grind Burger says, "HAHA! You have been THWARTED!! You drive on down until you're allowed to make a legal U-turn, then maybe, JUST MAYBE, I can let you feast on my meaty, beefy goodness!" And when you're leaving, you are forced to go westbound on Tropicana. Wanna go east? Tough titties! You're going west, and you'll like it!
I feel like 3.5 start would be most appropriate here, but in lieu of that, I'll favor the food the extra half-star.
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