Broadway Grill & Chicken

Five stars for the cheeseburger. The Broadway Grill burger might be my sleeper pick for best burger under $ 10 in the city.
melted-​cheese patties of good thickness, super-​fresh, not soggy veggies, and a perfectly toasted bun. Good stuff.

This is one of those places that you see a million times, or perhaps eaten at frequently but never thought of it. Basically the food is palatable and incredibly unmemorable. And while that sounds like that’s a bad thing, its something that helps keep it alive. Not terrible tasting greasy food is a good thing.

The menu says breakfast served all day, but apparently that’s only when they feel like it. Tried to order breakfast today and was told some days they serve breakfast and sometimes they don’t.

The food here really hits the spot. The menu is big and the service is quick. It’s nothing fancy, and there is a small area to eat inside. But as I said, the food is just fine.

Broadway Grill & Chicken saved me. Saved me from having to go outside in the tundra that is Chicago, that is.
I ordered a Greek salad and a grilled chicken meal. Both delicious, and enough for leftovers for lunch the next day.
It’s all about the chicken here.

This was my first experience with Broadway Grill, and will probably be my last as far as delivery is concerned. A buddy and I placed an advance online order for a big, post-​Halloween hangover-​cure breakfast, and were given an arrival time of 11:00am. At 11:15 I called and was told it would be more like 11:30 instead. There’s no electricity here at the moment, which means I can’t reheat anything, so I asked the phone guy if the order had been sitting under a lamp all this time, or if it was already out with the driver. He said, no the driver hadn’t even come in yet, but they were going to prepare it as soon as the driver got there. In other words, there was no way we’d be eating at 11:30, but by this time we had already prepaid and invested so much time that we elected not to cancel. The driver finally brought our «breakfast» a few minutes before noon, which was disappointment number 1, and lo and behold, it WASN’T hot, which was disappointment number 2. Number 3 was the fact that my friend’s pancakes and ham combo didn’t include any of the sides that my plate did (hash browns, toast etc.) and his pancakes (despite being cold) were burned! The top one was marginally edible and they got progressively darker and more charcoal-​y tasting and bitter towards the bottom of the stack. So, basically he paid $ 6.25 plus tax, tip and delivery for a naked, thin, half-​slice of lukewarm ham. My corned beef hash plate was actually fine, except for not coming with any condiments. It was warm enough to eat, so out of pity I shared it with my friend, scrounging up some salt, and one lone ketchup packet from the pantry, which improved it slightly. The chicken dinner was «meh»; small and nothing to rave about, and the sides for that dish were both tepid and gelatinous. Neither of us wanted to call the unapologetic employee back and wait another hour to have him spit in, then resend our order, so we threw a majority of the food away, and went back to bed, still cold and hungry, and feeling very disappointed about wasting $ 30+

Love the breakfast special available all day, 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 2 pieces of bacon and 2 pancakes (or french toast) for under $ 7 after tax. I wouldn’t care about the deal if the food wasn’t good, I’ll go to Tweet when I can but when I don’t want to cook at home and want breakfast I’ll order from here and pick it up 10 minutes later and it’s pretty solid. I’ve ordered it a bunch of times and it’s consistent, I get my eggs over easy and they’re done right, the sausage and bacon are solid and the pancakes are pretty good not the rubbery cold kind you would expect. I haven’t tried anything else here yet but I definitely recommend it for the breakfast special.

Thank you Broadway Chicken! Thank you for your dazzling lights. Thank you for your food poisoning!
Seriously, though. I got food poisoning here and was so sick that I can’t even bring myself to come in there to complain because I have PTSD.

I would give this place 0 stars if it were an option. I’ve never posted a bad review of a restaurant or business, but my short experience here was terrible.
I went in to the restaurant really hoping to like it, since I only live about a block and a half away. It had a small menu which is fine but I thought their omelette sounded pretty good, so I ordered a «plain omelette with cheese.»
The guy said very bluntly, «I can’t make that.» I paused for a moment and said, «I don’t understand,» to which he replied, «I can’t make an omelette.» I was puzzled and said, «but it’s on the menu.» Then he sounded annoyed and aggravated and said, «I don’t care if it’s on the menu, I can’t make an omelette.» Without hesitation I bluntly told him we were leaving and would eat elsewhere.
Now, I’m not entirely sure why he was so rude or why an omelette wasn’t an option. If they’re out of eggs, tell me. If breakfast stops at certain time, inform me. If he doesn’t know how to make an omelette, explain this to me a little bit better. I know this sounds a little petty over an omelette and I would have ordered something else but I didn’t see a reason to stay.
It was a bad first impression and one that made me decide to leave and not return. Like I said, it’s a shame because I live so close and it would have been convenient.
Good customer service goes a long way, on that same note, poor customer service can have a large impact as well.

This is a typical greasy spoon take out place. Not high quality food, but the kinda place that’s great after a night of drinking.

This was the first place I hit when I moved into the neighborhood last March. After unpacking a truck and needing a meal, we figured it was just the ticket. We were right. Breakfast was big, tasty and very inexpensive. Their chargrilled chicken is great, too and served up with sides for less than 10 bucks. It’s not haute cuisine, folks … but it ain’t supposed to be. Now if these guys got wise and stayed open 24 hours, they’d have a gold mine on their hands!

The prices for the food here are really expensive. They charge extra just to have cheese. When I left with my to go order there wasn’t even any napkins inside the bag…

This little diner is great! Cozy atmosphere and amazing breakfast served all day at a great price. The owner is super friendly and obviously loves what he does, which always bodes well for eating a meal there. By far the best french toast I’ve ever had.

How does this place only have 3.5 stars? Jerks. Are you rating it compared to gourmet? This place is awesome! They have one of the best double cheeseburgers in town (possibly the best), they serve breakfast all day, and that includes badass breakfast sandwiches, and it’s all priced great! I’ve never tried their pizza, but who goes to a place called «grill» for a slice of pizza?
Oh, and the ambiance is actually really cute. The windows offer a nice little street view and there are old Broadway show posters all over the walls. The only problem is that it’s small and nobody respects the air lock, so you get a pretty stiff gust every time an impatient dude/​gal decides not to wait for one door to close before opening the next.

It’s almost becoming a tradition to grab a slice here before taking in a show at the Riv. The pizza is a bit greasy and really nothing special but it’ll do when you need to eat fast and get in line to throw yourself at Josh Homme.

Six dollars and change for a fountain drink and a cold, average size, unspectacular slice of sausage pizza? No refills on the fountain drink? Ha, keep it. Save your money and go to Carmela’s or the diner next to the Riv.

I’ve been going here for about 7 years. Forget the haters, this is a great place to stop at for a casual lunch. The service is quick, the cooks are nice. Play/​Broadway show posters line every wall and make for a charming, fun environment. No, it ain’t gourmet cuisine, but it’s a lot of cheap, good food for an ordinary person. The chicken and turkey burgers are highly recommended.
P. S. Some guy on here saw Snow Patrol?!

What is with these dudes? Twice this week on my way home I decided that a slice would be a great idea and both times, an employee told me the fully lit restaurant with 1000 years old pizza keeper full of 1000 year old pizza, was closed. If all this circumstantial evidence I had so expertly gathered wasn’t already suggesting they were, in fact, open, there was a show at the Riv both nights that had yet to let out. This leaves the following options as to what is going on here.
1. They hate me.
2. They think I have eaten enough pizza.
3. They don’t want to sell me 1000 year old pizza
4. The employees are looking to close the place early.
5. They think closing their business right before 2500 people who have been drinking for three hours, 10 yards away, is a solid business plan.

The menu on the board above the cash register listed pretty much the same stuff my high-​school cafeteria served. Of course that was back when schools weren’t really accountable for having healthier items for students. (Yeah AT Blazers!)
Chili, pizza puffs, fries, onion rings, hot dogs… cheap food and fast.
White counter tops, self-​serve soda, stools at the counters… and yeah, the place is a bit dingy. But if you’re in a hurry and want a quick bite, go on in – No surprises here. If it’s cold day, don’t take your coat off inside, the opening and closing of the doors really brings in a draft.

Cheap, quick, good service and tasty.
I usually order grilled cheese (it comes with fries) and it’s a whopping $ 2.50. The food is made to order, hot and meets my expectations for the price!
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