My wife and I went down to Inglewood to try Eat! Eat!, but we got there after it had closed. We wandered down the street a bit and came across the Hose and Hound. I had been there before, but only for beers. We decided to try it out.
At 3 pm on a Tuesday, this place wasn't busy. It was great to sit out on the patio (they have a long, skinny patio by the entrance that is in the sun, and a bigger patio under cover on the east side of the building) and enjoy our meal.
I ordered the Reuben sandwich and she ordered the clubhouse. Our waitress, Megan, was efficient and nice. She checked up on us every now and then, but not so frequently that it got annoying.
Her clubhouse was good, although the meat was nothing special (it was deli sliced turkey, not meat pulled off the bird). It didn't have the middle piece of bread, which was good because it made it manageable to eat. Her salad was cold and the house dressing was good.
My reuben was delicious! It was packed with pastrami and sauerkraut, and the mustard they gave on the side went very well with it. The fries were okay, but a bit overcooked. The gravy was excellent -- dark, thick, and packed with flavour. I'm fairly certain the ketchup wasn't Heinz, which is disappointing because it's a fairly inexpensive thing to cheap out on. It was runny and lacked a lot of taste.
The group behind us was drinking some beers and they looked good and cold! Definitely a good option on a hot summer day.
The Hose and Hound is a staple in Inglewood, and somewhere that would be great before or after a game at the (nearby) Saddledome. I'll be back here for sure.