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| - I feel a lot like Kelly O... I really wanted to like this place...
There were two major problems:
1) Portions
2) Price
First, the portions. Normally at a gourmet burger place, you check your diet at the door and go in expecting a Meal. It's how it should be. Grindhouse doesn't seem to get that. There were four of us, and we all wanted the ostridge burger, but alas, there were only two left! So we had to split 2 ostridge and 2 bison. The 4 burgers came to the table pre-cut and with a large tooth-pick through each half. Imagine this... you could very easily lift the whole half of the burger on the tooth-pick!! Does that sound like a good size burger to you?? While the patties were a touch thicker, they were no bigger around than a burger from McDonald's!
Along with the burgers, we ordered sides of poutine. Same problem. Served in a mug that was just over half-full, I was left disappointed.
Which, of course, brings us to #2: price.
That tiny ostridge burger that I described above was $12.50! The cup 'o poutine, $6.00. And the cheddar for the bison burgers, another $2.00!
It's important to mention that the taste of everything was quite good. The bison burgers were far better than the ostridge, the poutine was great and their house-gravy is quite interesting, but you need at least double the food to justify the prices.
All in all, I would not recommend Grindhouse as there are just too many better options out there. There are some great elements, but until they adjust either the lack of food or the massive price, it's just not worth the trip.
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