Granite City Food and Brewery (Orland Park)

August 11, 2008
Stoped for eats for my dad’s birthday. Sort of has the dry corporate feel. Food was good and the triple chocolate brownie desert was top notch. Only 5 beers on tap which was disapointing. All beers were average and I liked the IPA the best. Would go back for food but not beer with Rock Bottom down the street and Flossmoor Station an extra 15 minutes away.

December 31, 2007
For me it’s always about the beer, so this chain restaurant that merely ferments wort shipped from Minnesota strikes a sour note from the get-go. It’s located at the northern end of the congested mess known as Orland Park’s stretch of LaGrange Road, i.e., not a fun place to get to or out of. Nice clean & new (just opened about two & a half weeks now), it’s an okay spot for eats. The beers are the same mediocre fare that I’d had out in the Rockford joint. (Growlers at $15?!?) I liked the barmaid, who took care of me well, but despite her buxomness, she was a tad thin for me and made me want to see my full figured intellectual friend in Rockford. Stop buy for eats and if you want to tick off a place and some beers, but you’d be better off travelling a couple miles down LaGrange to see what Iain Wilson’s been brewing at the Rock Bottom Orland Park. Amen.