Granite City Food & Brewery

We are here 3 times while in town for an event and it was just amazing twice and ok Saturday night. I’ll ignore Saturday as a fluke for now. The chicken tenders are amazing,burger itself was great but that much cheese was odd the cake is absolutely fantastic and the deals they run make eating out aggressively cheap.

The Staple of FB seems to be the beer around. I’ve only been here twice and have never liked alcohol that much. Both the times that I’ve been here I’ve never ordered the alcohol. While I haven’t order too many items, out of the ones I have ordered, the full rack ribs are definitely the best option. They come with two sides and very tender perfected ribs. They seriously are better than the ones that even my black friend’s parents can cook. We’ve left happy every time and although the service is a bit slow sometimes, the staff are incredibly nice. The only complaint that I think worth nothing is that even though they have a lot of seating space we still had to wait a considerably long portion (I say 15 minutes is considerably long because how many tables were open), they might have been short staffed, but it was still overall a good experience.

So we read the reviews before we went and hoped that the issues of slow/bad service was just a few 1-offs but we did run into issues with our waitress being very slow, she messed up our drink order and brought the wrong beers and we literally saw her about 4 time the hour and a half we were there. The upside was the place is clean and the food is quite good. I posted pictures of what we ordered. All in all I would suggest trying the place if you have time to sit and wait for things, hence the 4 star review.

AMAZING! I honestly could have ordered like 3 plates of brussel sprouts and been ecstatic but then I would have missed out on the delicious bacon on my blt and the lemon aioli. The sweet and spicy on the Millionaire's BLT was fantastic. I went here for lunch with my mom, margaritas were a little weak, but not bad by any means. Her soup was really good, highly suggest dipping in a fry haha. I definitely want to come back again, adding it to my list for a date night. Service was nice too.

I was looking forward to having Famous Dave's but can only get it via takeout or delivery. So we stayed and had a meal from their menu. I totally understand that this should have been expected but saw Famous Dave's outside on the building so it was a bit confusing. Now for the food we actually got it was great. The Turkey Over lake was delicious. The tray of nachos was not quite what we were expecting but ok. It had great flavor but I would suggest using a more heated cheese sauce than shredded cheese. The shredded cheese once cooled is just cheese glue and makes a mess trying to get your nachos. Other than that the beer was flavorful and the service was ok but friendly. Will return to try something else but an ok place to stop and have a social.

Plenty to Eat My first experience with this restaurant was a pleasant surprise. I gave it a try for dinner during the middle of the week, away from the crowd so that I could give it a fair evaluation. My waitress was very nice and assisted me with a down to wire choice between two selections. She told me that I should try the Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf, so I went with it. The portion size was great; not too much or too little. Served in a build upward fashion; house-made meatloaf, petite green beans, garlic-mashed potatoes topped with BBQ demi-glace, crispy onion rings. A slice of grilled Italian bread is served as the base. The taste was very good with all the items stacked together. Since I was so impressed with this visit, I gave the restaurant a second chance for a Mother’s Day brunch. I had an 8 am reservation, and I found the restaurant very busy so early in the morning. There was a little bit of confusion during check-in and the beat of the event was off, but soon I was seated and then allowed to take part in the buffet. As I said, it seemed like the crew was somewhat late in the set-up on some items like the omelet area, but for the most part, the offerings were plenty and soon things were underway. Overall: Two of the plus points of the special brunch were the complementary sticky buns served and each mom was given a carnation. Personally, I preferred the single served meal best.

I liked this place. Did online table reservation. Walked in and Robert Stone was one who put us in our table. Ordered Meat loaf and Bock and Cheese. With pretzel as appetizer. Pretzel and meat loaf were good bock and cheese wasnt great. The manger Robert saw us looking at TVs thought we needed something and checked on us. We explained we didnt really like the Bock and cheese and he tried to offer us somthing else but we refused. We dont like send food back whether we like it or not. We enjoy trying new things at the risk of not liking it. Overall good experience.

What a great experience all around. Well worth the slightly higher prices on their food. When everything you order comes out just right and you can taste the quality it's a 5 star visit. The beer they brew had great flavor, the food taste great, our server was excellent and the atmosphere was clean and trendy.