M & G Char Grill

Came for breakfast and had the monte cristo. I would come back for that. The hotdogs on the other hand. Not so good. See my pics for more details.

Best grilled cheese sandwich in the city!!! How hard is it to screw up a grilled cheese sandwich you ask? Apparently not hard at all as most places I’ve ordered from jip you on a fresh dill pickle, burn the bread plus cheese and use cheap old butternut bread or a facsimile thereof. Most never take the sandwich off the grill soon enough.
These guys use a quality sesame bread with the perfect amount of American cheese and offer a crunchy possibly homegrown dill pickle slice to compliment the sandwich.
I’m on construction sites all day in the city from south side to north side and I’ve tried grilled cheese sandwiches at over 50 places. This place is by far the best grilled cheese in the city of Chicago bar none! And at under $ 4 a piece, I usually order two to go. I’ve also ordered breakfast here a few times (omelette, flapjacks) to go and they were both very good. Cheeseburgers are also very good and even though this place is the size of a walk in closet, the prices also can’t be beat. Get the grilled cheese… heck, get two !!
P. S. If any place ever gives you a grilled cheese without a pickle, then that’s unacceptable and it’s safe to say you got ripped off. However I’d still get a grilled cheese from these guys because the sandwich itself is THAT GOOD !

This is my go to place for great soups, BLT, Dogs, and Great Burgers. Yes, it is cozy, but the proprietors always make you feel welcome. From time to time I will come here for a quick breakfast of eggs, bacon and hash browns. Great dinner, good portions, and even better prices. This is a clean diner grill with a basic menu that includes great mexican dishes too.

This is your typical hotdog/​burger joint to grab a quick bite. Nothing special but nothing bad. The people behind the counters are always nice, they keep the place clean, and the fries are crinkle cut. Good prices too!

The food wasn’t bad at all, but my associate was with me, who said he saw them «washing off» a big slab of beef in the bathroom sink; say what?

Literally everything is good there. Small little place by my office, but the food is good!
Try it!

Just finished demolishing an order of cheese fries and a hot dog, all for about $ 4.
I’ve been wanting to try this place for a bit– it’s near home and the hours never really worked out (closes too early). Popped in for lunch while I worked from home and found it busy; it’s small but has bright colors and is like any other hot dog joint.
Besides the hot dog bun being a bit too chewy, everything was great. I’m happy to find a place so close to home for a hot dog and cheese fries stop– I swear it’s the cure to any cold.

The food is decent quality for a small dive, and cheap, but they frequently get my order wrong, and the NEVER fess up or apologize. Kind of annoying.
So if you order carry out, make sure to check it before you leave.

I was almost willing to give this place a second star, but thankfully good sense took over. This place needs a lesson in scrambled eggs 101, meaning please don’t serve me brown eggs. Another thing I’m taking this joint to task for is their delivery service. DON’T CHARGE FOR DELIVERY IF YOU’RE SENDING YOUR DELIVERY PERSON OUT FOR A 1 MILE WALK WITHOUT A THERMAL BAG. My food was lukewarm, the coffee wasn’t bagged, and with the open lid, who knows? He may been sipping out of my coffee cup to give him energy for the long walk over. Maybe that would’ve stopped him from swinging my bag of food as he was walking over. Yeah, saw him with my own two eyes.
Maybe this is the kind of place where eating in is the better option, too bad I’ll never attempt to find out.

I get breakfast here all the time because I work around the corner. The food is so good every time. And its priced right. I love M and G. I get the steak fajita skillet and its a lot of food for like 7 bucks. and you get toast.

you know what, i’m not even going to lie to you and tell you that this place doesn’t produce fast and tasty food from the grill.
the place is clean enough, and depending on the time of day you choose to dine in, you could be faced with hoards of highschoolers making the already smallish space less than cozy.
the menu is extensive, but i wish there was a bit more order to it. i can’t even TRY to comprehend the written menu above the cash register, but the takeout menu only helps a wee bit in deciphering it all.
at the end of the day, a cheeseburger is $ 3.45* — and it has that nice, charred taste to it. my only regret was that i didn’t make it a double because the patties are relatively thin. the onion rings were okay, but way too greasy. plus the batter wasn’t crispy. likely won’t order them again. the fries, however, looked promising.
i’ll be back, especially if i’m craving fast food that won’t break the bank.
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*at time of review.

If I had gone here once, i’m not sure what star rating I could give it. Since I have been here at least once a week for almost two years, three seems adequate. I’d imagine the 4-​start reviewers aren’t more than a few blocks away. It’s «A-​Ok.» The staples are chicken tenders (the thin breading kind) and let’s say Gyros. I really only get the chicken tenders, but you’ll find the other fare satiating enough. Just ask for extra ranch. They’ll have you out the door in 10 minutes or less.

Some things about this restaurant are great and others are lousy, and together they combine to make this place pretty average. The food is really good, but for the price, the portions are small. The monte cristo sandwich was delicious, but it literally had one small sliver of ham on it for 5 dollars. Most of their sandwiches that I’ve had are similarly skimpy. The soup is great, but they only offer one kind per day, and it’s usually several days in a row of boring chicken noodle and navy bean.
But by far the most frustrating thing about this place is their ridiculously limited and ever-​changing hours. Want lunch after 3pm on a Monday? Nope. Want dinner after 5 any other day of the week? Sorry, not happening. Want ANYTHING on a Sunday? Don’t even ask. There aren’t too many other restaurants in the neighborhood with similar Chicago fast food fare, they’re about 3 steps down from the Irving Park brown line, and yet it’s like they have no interest in making money or accommodating customers. Oh, but if you want a cheeseburger at 7am, yes they’re open then.

Doesn’t look like much from the outside. Surprisingly good food at a good price. Breakfast, gyros, bugers, hot dogs, etc

M & G has great prices and lunch specials, and their cheese fries are excellent. They make great burgers and breakfast sandwiches, and always hook me up with a ton of fries when I go in. The guy at the front counter is really sweet, and seems to always be working (so tip him a little extra). Overall, it’s your typical grill, but I’m in there more than I should be since it’s only a block away from work and right beside the Irving Park Brown Line stop.

I just tried this place because it is oh-​so-​conveniently located right under the Irving Brown Line stop. I got a gyro and fries for $ 5 and change. Not bad! The grill I usually go to is much greasier and will run me another buck or two. I took my order to go, and to kill time before it was ready I took advantage of the newspapers that had been laid out on a table.
Cozy grill with very affordable prices. They also serve plenty of breakfast food, especially omlets.

This little grill is awesome! The breakfast is really great. All egg dishes come with a choice of white, wheat, or rye toast. Breakfast sandwiches can be ordered on french roll or toast. The burgers are ample and tasty. You might not think it, but the salads are really good. I recommend the Julienne salad. The prices are reasonable and the service is good. They do take cards for orders over $ 10 and if you ask them nicely they will waive the minimum. They close pretty early most days, sometime in mid-​afternoon.

I asked the owner how long they had been in business thinking they had just recently opened. Turns out they have been open for over a year and I just overlooked it. Conveniently located right across from the Irving Park Brown Line is the Char Grill. I enjoyed a cheeseburger and fries that competed well with Mangi’s which is around the corner. They have a wide variety from breakfast, hot dogs and burgers to a few Mexican cuisine selections.
I look forward to checking them out again in the future.