Mark had eaten at Champion’s Sport’s Grille a few times with his friend Paul. Each time the burger was good, the service was good, and you could tell that the atmosphere of the place was good. It is roomy with lots of the requisite big screen TVs and sports memorabilia hanging around. Each of these visits had been during the week at lunch time.
When Mark suggested driving across town to 3670 Werk Rd. (on line you can find Champion’s at http://www.championsgrille.com/), Josh was all for hitting up a new spot in a part of town with which he isn’t all that familiar. Located in a shopping center that is a bit out of the way, if you didn’t know to drive down what looks like an entrance to a business park, you wouldn’t know it was there, at least not from Werk Rd.
We went on a Saturday for lunch, getting there just in time to see some NCAA basketball tip offs.
Though the place wasn’t crowded it took us about 15 minutes before someone came to give us menus and to get our drink orders. The drinks came up rather quickly and since we were both going to go the “build your own burger” route we were ready to order as soon as they arrived. This is probably a good thing because our server seemed to disappear for long stretches of time even though she wasn’t the only one working the sparsely filled dining room.
The Burgers
There are literally tons of options when you are building your burger. We both went with the traditional third pound patty and each opted for provolone cheese and a garden with lettuce and tomato. Mark got pickle which Josh passed on.
As is becoming the case with many places the burger came with chips and fries could be substituted for a mere $1.29. Neither of us went for the fries, something Josh usually does.
When the burgers finally came out they were as advertised. It’s just too bad they weren’t advertised as being juicy and bursting with flavor. They were rather bland, not what Mark had experienced in his two previous lunches. In fact the chips were even rather stale.
Maybe it was the difference between a very slow week day and a medium slow Saturday but neither of us can really recommend this place. This is too bad because there is a lot of potential here.
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