REVIEW

A gentleman at the next table was regaling his family, and the waitress, with tales of how, when he was a teenager, he used to eat two hamburgers at Grover’s. We wondered at the amazed reactions to his dog-bites-man confession. Eating two burgers doesn’t seem so outlandish to us. Then our own burgers arrived, and we understood.

A tangle of bacon sits beneath the American cheese (other cheese choices are available). The bun below is completely obscured by the 3/4-pound hamburger.

Grover’s Bar & Grill serves a locally famous 12-ounce hamburger, and you’ll often see tables for two splitting one. The burger is a broad almost-inch-thick patty served on a large bun and fully garnished with fresh lettuce, juicy ripe slices of tomato, and crisp white onion, pickle spear on the side. The meat is standard-issue finely ground beef, though plenty juicy, and the vegetables are in perfect condition. A basket of crisp fries is a nice idea, too, along with an afternoon pitcher for those who don’t have to return to work.

Deep red, juicy tomato slices are always welcome on our burgers.

Grover’s, which they say sits in Grover Cleveland’s former hunting lodge, is a rather small bar on a busy road, with perhaps half-a-dozen tables and booths in the drop-ceilinged dark bar proper, and another half-dozen or so in an airy and bright dining area festooned with beer company signs and mirrors, in front of the bar. They are also well-known for their Friday fish fry, and a wait for a table is not uncommon.

French fries are hot and crisp.

It’s not unusual for there to be a wait for a table at Grover’s. This photo was taken at an off hour.

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BEST THING TO EAT: Bacon cheeseburger

Grover’s Bar & Grill is a local favorite for burgers and fish fry.