Smalley’s Bar & Grill

Local favorite — had the chicken sandwich with American cheese added on. Fries were well cooked, etc
Wife ate chicken fingers (she always does) and usually leaves me one to nibble on — good balance of crisp and tenderness this time. Sometimes can be a little too crispy sometimes for me (and to some other people’s delight)
A nice stop for the family! We were also blessed as someone decided to cover our meal while there. Very nice culture and environment

Stopped here on our way back from Port Hope. Great cheesburger! Cooked perfect with all the fixin’s. Cole slaw was $ 1 extra but was crisp and fresh. Fries were good, but could have stayed in the fryer a minute longer, but the whole meal was good, and the service was friendly. We were actually the only one’s in the place, until we were leaving, then a couple more tables were filled. Nice bar, with tables in the center. Don’t blink or you may miss it. Skip Burger King or McDonalds, stop here.

just had a pleasure of stopping by this local hot spot on a Saturday night last weekend. we were driving up M25 en route to port austin, and stumbled upon the first really big intersection (²⁵⁄₁₄₂) and with the sounds of growling from our stomachs, thought this was the best we’d find (it was a little past 8pm).
looking around, we saw little caesar’s open. decided to go to the only other place that was open — Smalley’s. it was pretty crowded when we walked in (there were a couple of big parties seated at tables and most of the seats at the bar were taken).
sat at the bar, ordered a burger, and i have to say it was one of the better tasting burgers i’ve ever had. the patty was just amazing (maybe even better than umami or fo burger). i wanted to stay for a bit longer, but the fact that we still needed to get to port austin and my buddy not feeling too comfortable there made for a hasty exit.
overall a pretty good food for good price. a burger and a philly cheese steak sandie with 2 drinks came out to about $ 21. paid $ 30 and left.
my friend swore he felt like if we stayed longer, we’d been the next vincent chins. i highly doubt that (the owner and the waitress were friendly). but we did get some seriously weird stares when we walked in.

Food is good and the beers are much cheaper than anything you would find in the city. Weekend dinner specials are a bit more pricey, but definitely the best atmosphere in this town for a date or evening meal.
Pros:
TVs are always on
Darts, Pool & Shuffleboard
Good beer prices
Nice mood lighting in the evening
Excellent cheeseburgers
No smoking
Daily food specials
Free wifi
Accept credit cards
Cons:
Servers can be hit or miss
Side dishes are generally limited to french fries
Limited «healthy» options

As someone who married into a Thumb family, Smalley’s is an institution that I learned early on is treasured in HB. Not too hard to see why, with Sam’s somewhat recent improvements.
* Green and white décor for the Sparties. Go Green!
* Decent bar menu selection… and all I sampled were tasty (cheeseburger, The Swartz, Philly cheese, fries)
* Shuffleboard, pool, jukebox
* Very affordable beer ‘n booze
Smoking is allowed, and that totally blows. But all in all, a good bar experience.

Ok, so the number of you who see this that will ever go there is probably none. But this place has the best cheeseburgers ever.
And shuffleboard.