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| - It had been a long day, had to say goodbye to my little shih the day before after a beautiful 15 years and I was feeling very sad. My sister and wife invited me out to dinner to lift my spirits and told me Grinder was supposed to be very tasty.
It's in Griffintown on Notre Dame, beautiful place with a decor that stimulates an aesthetic eye. It was very busy, pretty people, attentive, smiling staff.
We were seated outside and our waitress quickly came over to say hello.
The table next to us was being served and everything looked delicious, always a good sign.
The menu had all sorts of tasty, appealing choices, now I'm always an indecisive type and was trying to narrow it down between the tandoori halibut served with a tabouli couscous with cherry tomatoes and the lamb with eggplant and salsa verde.
All dishes come with your choice of sides, fries and mayo, heavenly mashed potatoes with cream and sharp cheddar and some green veggies.
I decided on the lamb rump with salsa verde and the mashed potatoes, my sister had the tandoori halibut and her other half had the steak with chimchuri.
We decided to get some sangria to start and to toast the passing if my little furry beauty...
There were 2 different kinds of sangria, we chose the one with rose wine, spiced rum, cassis, mint and mixed berries.
Our sangria quickly arrived, it was more of a cocktail then a sangria, first taste, bitter and very alcoholic taste. I like my sangria light and fruity tasting. This one was all cassis flavor. Our waitress brought us some 7up to tone it down but we didn't end up drinking it.
Our meals soon arrived, my lamb was tender and good but the highlights were definitely the halibut tandoori and chimchuri beef.
Both were flavorful and perfectly cooked. My mashed potatoes were creamy, cheesy and decadent. The fries crispy and delicious so was the homemade mayo.
Our waitress was sweet and took our drinks off the bill without us asking.
All in all, I would come back. The food was tasty, nice presentation, filling portion size and a nice atmosphere.
If you like to hear yourselves talk you should avoid Saturday night but it's a lively place and worth checking out!
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