The original By Golly’s opened in Milford in the 1980s and built a reputation among locals for being an affordable restaurant with good food and good service. On Thanksgiving Day in 2007 a fire destroyed the place but, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, it has come back with the same quality in a more up to date version. By Golly’s is located at 714 Lila Ave. in Milford and on the web at http://www.bygollys.com.
Josh
By Golly’s looks much like your standard small town dive, mostly because it is. As one enters its doors you’re quickly hit by how small the restaurant is; it looks like it has been there much longer than it really has. The service at By Golly’s is very personal and the servers seem to actually enjoy working there. They are quick to help explain anything on the menu, as well as accurately take your order. After a short wait our food came out of the kitchen, as always I had ordered a burger. The food itself needed no presentation; it could have been thrown at me and still looked delicious. My first taste of By Golly’s burgers was one of pure taste, every element of a great burger, a hint of the garden’s crispness, a blast of the cheese’s flavor mixed with an explosion of juicy goodness from the burger itself. Now the Kaiser roll the burger was on seemed almost too big for the burger, and with all the juices the burger slid constantly. Despite these setbacks, I still highly recommend By Golly’s for anyone lookin for a good, messy burger.
Mark
My parents had moved from Loveland to a brand new house in Milford in the late ‘70s and so I had the opportunity to eat at By Golly’s back in the day. I remember it being a funky little local joint that served up good food at reasonable prices. Except for some newer digs nothing has changed.
We went on a Sunday and the place, though not packed, was far from empty. Locals who the staff knew were sitting around, eating, talking and watching the various TVs located around the dining room and bar area.
I ordered the Rt. 50 Burger, 10, count them 10 ounces of 100% beef hand patted and grilled up to the perfect medium rare. It came with lettuce and pickle but no tomato because they aren’t in season. I added provolone cheese, some ketchup and mustard. All of this sitting on a large Kaiser roll.
While the lettuce was a little wilted and the Kaiser roll was so large that a good chunk of it was left on my plate, the burger itself was very, very good. This wasn’t the juiciest burger I’ve ever had but it was one savory piece of meat. And it was thick. So thick that with it and the size of the bun I had a hard time wrapping my mouth around it. Not that I’m complaining.
On the side I decided to just go with the standard potato chips while Josh opted for the waffle fries. Good thing for me, too, because there were so many fries that, despite how tasty they were, Josh couldn’t get through half of them.
By Golly’s has a reputation for doing things big. Right now they have the two pound burger challenge. This is a two pound (yes, pound) cheeseburger that comes with a pound of fries. Eat it all and you beat the challenge. Eat it fast enough and it’s free. Beat Jamin’ Joe Larue’s record time and they name the sandwich after you.
The monster food isn’t going to stop with the burger. Our server informed us that a six (yes, I said six) pound sub challenge is in the works. Sounds to me like Man vs. Food time.
Overall By Golly’s is a great little neighborhood place that will more than fill you up on a budget. It’s worth the drive to Milford to check it out.
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