The Grindhouse

My purpose for this review is merely to sing the praises of the chorizo poutine, since my initial scan of prior reviews didn’t see it mentioned. Yes, the truck itself is pretty cool, the sausages are very good (if a little small), and the langos are great — particularly the merguez, according to some dining companions, though I’ve never tried it myself. But all that’s been mentioned before.
So, the poutine. In reality, it’s nothing like standard canadian poutine, so don’t judge it on those grounds. It’s creamy, a little spicy, with some pickled jalapenos, and the fries are perfectly crispy. They taste double-​fried in just the right way. And the chorizo itself is stellar.
The real secret, according the owners: «Um, we use tons of heavy cream. And onions.» Whatever it is, it’s addictive.
Along those lines, the people who run the truck are really cool guys/​gals, too. They know their sausage, and they’re willing to chat about it with pretty much anyone. And they’re willing to trek all over metro area to ply their trade, unlike many of the other local trucks that seem to pick a solitary spot and dominate it (and if you don’t live nearby, you’re out of luck). So kudos to the Grindhouse guys for that.
Overall, great truck.

Enjoyed their fresh take on some standards; patronized them at Royal Oak Farmers’ Market.

3 people from the same event I was at have already reviewed this place. They probably have much more insight in to the food than I do, since they were able to try a wider variety of it than I was. I think there was only one vegetarian option… which is actually fine, because I’m happy to have an option at all. In fact, I’m so used to having no options, that having too many of them is draining for me. So, yay! I’m a terrible decision maker.
Anyway, I don’t remember what my order was called. It had artichoke and asparagus on it, I’m pretty sure, and I had to order it without cheese, but it was really good. I mean, really really good. It had bite and substance to it, which is kind of hard for me to find. Especially when I’m eating on someone else’s time. Did that make sense? If not, you’ll have to guess at it. In any case, the only gripe I had was that it was too small. I wanted more. I kind of want more now. What this Unilocal review fails to showcase is the sound my stomach is currently making. That, my friends, is the sound of longing.
Suffice it to say, as far as food trucks go, this one was kind of the bees knees. The service staff was fast and friendly, and they didn’t have a problem with my dislike for cheese… which many people do, for some reason. Also, it’s a food truck. They can park this thing in front of places. Places like houses where 60 people might be getting together for a 4 day LAN party. I have a picture of myself standing in front of it in just such an instance. I’ll post that for your viewing pleasure.
So, yes. I liked The Grindhouse. I am glad that it deemed fit to park in front of me.

My first thoughts, Hungarian pizza? Them it arrived and I said the same thing, huh? What is this? Who cares, my taste buds and I were both craving the next bite. When it was finished, if I wasn’t full, I would have easily ordered one of each to try.
Their Asparagus Langos Hungarian Pizza looked like a good place to start in trying their fare. It has asparagus, parmeasan, artichoke and tarragos aiol. It’s all the ingredients you would expect on a pizza right?
Starting with the crust, oy vay is it yummy. It’s basically fried dough. Yeah, pizza on fried dough, do I have your attention? It is not like any other «pizza», doesn’t taste nor look like it and in some cases would probably want this over traditional pizza.
The artichoke and asparagus sauce is smooth and creamy and with the flaky parmeasan cheese on top, you’ll start to ask why you haven’t heard of Hungarian pizza before. You’ll also ask really? Artichoke and asparagus aioli, really? Oh yeah! Really! It really works.
It was an awesome and wierd pizza. I will happily devour it again.

Recently, Grindhouse catered an event that I was attending, handing out sausages and food to the party goers. The food we got was AWESOMELY delicious. I had a merguez langos, which was really tasty, and a Vietnamese sausage. I couldn’t tell you which one was more delicious, and the staff was personable and quick with their orders.
The only complaint I had, was that one of my friends ordered a Vietnamese, and it had several bones in it, which is a little scary. I understand the sausages are homemade, so I understand, but having bones is still a little unsettling.

Had the opportunity to try their lamb Langos at a Dearborn food truck rally. It was very good. My wife had the asparagus version of same; equally good.

I had the Merguez Langos and Apple sausage sandwich. The meat on the Merguez Langos was awesome and so was the sauce. I wasn’t impressed with the fried flatbread. It was a bit too fried and did not hold up to the meat. I ended up with a handful of meat and sauce and pitched the bread.
The Apple sausage was very good if a bit small. I also had the disadvantage of having a really curved link so about ¹⁄₃ of the bun was empty. I liked the spicy dijon mustard sauce.

The Grindhouse is a newer food truck from the folks at Corridor Sausage (
). They carry Corridor Sausage meats and serve them up on either sandwich buns or Langos, which is a fried sort of flatbread. One friend recently described it as a «savory elephant ear» and that’s pretty much dead-​on.
The feature dish is called Merguez Langos. Merguez is a very tasty ground up lamb sausage, topped with olives, roasted garlic, dill sauce, and thinly sliced parmesan cheese. The very mediterranean combo on top of the awesome langos is a superb combo. I’ve gotten this twice now and I love it.
The problem with the Merguez Langos is that it’s so good that it seems kind of a shame to get anything else. I didn’t want The Grindhouse to be a one-​trick pony for me, so I recently got the Vietnamese sausage, which is Viet-​style chicken sausage and a mélange of shredded daikon, pickled carrots, and cucumber. It also comes with a Sriracha aioli, which is not as hot as it should be. I also tasted a friend’s Apple sausage, which if there was such a thing as a «dessert sausage», this would be it. Very sweet and fruity.
The issue with the sausages is that they aren’t big enough to be filling, for the price. Your money is better spent on the langos. Really, overall, my only complaint with this food truck is that the portions are kind of small for the money, and so two is more of an appropriate meal for a hungry person… and that makes this almost a $ 20 meal if you leave a tip (which you should, you cheap-​ass).
That said, the food is definitely delicious. I just wish you got more for your money.
The truck is spotless, the crew is efficient, and they take credit cards as well as cash. As a food truck experience, this is almost perfect.