I stopped by here this past Tuesday evening with my wife for dinner. We had both driven past the Grant Bar many times before and it was only after getting it recommended by a friend and hearing how amazing the Coconut Creme Pie was that ultimately got us there. The outside of the building leaves a little to be desired as it is clearly pretty old. Thankfully once you are inside it looks pretty nice. There are three separate rooms inside with one being a large bar area, a second being an area that sells merchandise and the third area where we sat being a dining room. The dining room was seat yourself and we found an open table and plopped down. One thing to note about the dining room is that it is very open and so can be extremely loud. I only mention that because our waitress had to tell me the soup du jour three times because I couldn't hear her.
For dinner on this evening I decided to go with the Parmesan cod and chose sides of pea soup and a salad with a balsamic dressing. My soup came out first and since I was hungry I quickly dove into it. It had a thickish consistency with large pieces of ham in it. I thought that it tasted alright, especially whenever I got some ham in a bite, but it certainly wasn't anything special. The salad was the same way as it was your run of the mill restaurant salad with a few toppings of onion, tomato and croutons over a bed of mostly iceberg lettuce. Thankfully my Parmesan cod ending up having a lot more flavor than the soup and salad. Even though its name for some reason reminded me of chicken Parmesan which would have just been weird, I still ordered it. It came covered in "old world bread crumbs" with some Parmesan on top of a butter sauce. The fish itself was somewhat flavorless and so I enjoyed the butter sauce and Parmesan which gave it a nice flavor while the bread crumbs added some much needed texture to the dish. After my wife and I had both finished our dinners we each ordered our slice of coconut creme pie ($3 a slice on special!). Now this is where the Grant Bar really shines for me as the pie was absolutely delicious. The crust was nice and buttery while the pie itself was decadent having a great creme with the perfect amount of coconut taste.
The bottom line for me is that I might head back here again in the future. While some of the food left something to be desired I did end up enjoying my fish and the coconut creme pie alone might be worth coming back for.