Hooligan's Pub and Eatery

Hooligan's Pub and Eatery has be serving up food and sand volleyball for over two decades now. Located at 3340 Highland Ave. near Ridge and I-71 (and on line at http://www.hooligans-pub.com/), Hooligan's is a full service restaurant with an award winning menu. Starting in spring they begin their sand volleyball leagues (so sign up now) at their own sand courts located just outside.

With a decor that reflects the activities they offer, this is really a neighborhood place and a destination.

Their menu is compete with appetizers and bar food and also complete with full meals of comfort food and sandwiches. They have award winning ribs (which are mighty tasty) and some homemade carrot cake that any fan needs to try.

But we didn't go for any of that. No, we went for what we like to talk about the most (not the ladies): the burgers.

Burgers

With a handful of burgers from which to choose, we each just picked up the basic burger, made with fresh USDA ground chuck that had to be a 70-30 mix since they came out nice and plump and juicy. The flavor was good since the meat was fresh but lacked a little spice. But that doesn't mean the burger was the least bit bland. With a fresh garden, soft cheese and bun that more than did its job, this was a pretty decent burger.

The burger was served with chips but you could get fries for an extra $2.50. Considering the plain burger, even with cheese was only $6.25, that didn't add too much to Josh's meal. Mark just took the chips and picked at them since they were pretty standard. Josh reported that the fries were nicely cooked and not over salted.

This is a fun place that serves up a decent burger. We could imagine hanging out there with friends after playing some sand volleyball, cooling off with a nice drink and chowing down on some of the great food. Yes the burger would be a good option here even though it doesn't rank up there with the best we've had.