Grindhouse Burgers
1842 Piedmont Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
The buzz about town for nearly a month and a half now has been "when is Grindhouse opening over near Morningside? It's been like, forever, you know?"
Well finally this week, it opened. And I met a friend for lunch on their second open day.
Retro doesn't begin to describe the decor, from the whole 60s sci-fi-cum-Russ-Meyer vibe to the toy robots (think Danger, Will Robinson! robot) to the police line-up mural featuring what my friend Carrie was CERTAIN was Cylon Number Six from Battlestar Galactica. :)
Anyway - I won't go into the burgers so much because hey, that's been done and done and they DO do a good burger. Speaking of done, Grindhouse advises clearly on the menu that they will not cook a burger rare, so know that going in. Mine, although cooked all the way through, was still quite juicy.
What I AM excited about are Cheesy Poofs - breaded and deep fried little boulders of pimento cheese. Wow. The equivalent of mozzarella sticks, but with adult flavor. Totally tasty. So tasty in fact that of the 5 we were given in our order, we each ate two and split the last one in half. There was none of that "oh no, you take the last one" nonsense!
I'll be back to run down the menu of specialty burgers at Grindhouse for sure, but honestly, I'll be thinking more about Cheesy Poofs until I return.
