Mic Duck’s Drive In

What happen to the customer is always right? Every Saturday or Sunday I send my grandson over to Mic Duck’s to get hamburgers I guess this qualifies me as a good customer, but I guess it does matter to the old couple behind the counter. I always order a hamburger without cheese, yes I know you have to say it, and no ketchup. Many times it still comes with cheese, but I do overlook that and peel it off, but todays burger was topped with ketchup and pickles. This is to much! I refuse to eat this! I have to get out of bed, being I was recovering from a medical procedure, and walk back to exchange the sandwich. I explain the problem to the women and she said that my grandson ordered that and I said that was impossible as we order the same thing all the time. She said my grandson had a problem with ordering not her. He is 16. I think he knows how to order. She would not exchange the sandwich. I do not like pickles or ketchup so why do I have to eat it? I left the sandwich on the counter and left. I hate being ripped off and I don’t like to argue, but this is just so wrong!

was there once on a visit to the city, best pizza puffs in the neighborhood I was told and they lived up to that rep. Wish I could go back or they could ship across state lines

I’ve lived in the Avondale neighborhood my whole life and this has been a part of my life since I was little. Everything from burgers to gyros to chicken sandwiches. Right off the Blue Line for a quick bite or take something home and jump on the bus. A couple of booths for sitting. CASH ONLY. NO WASHROOM FOR CUSTOMER USE. More for a grab and go. Great prices. I ordered a gyro with fries and a drink for $ 7. That’s average nowadays. Delicious. Service is excellent.

Their burgers are ok but could use done improvement. The price if the burger meal is good. The elderly couple that ran it before was really nice, but now there are two guys that run it. The guys can be kind of rude & off putting at times. I rarely ever go any more since they started running it.

This place so convenient to buses and the Montrose blue line that it’s hard to resist. I really want to like this place but truth is they are just barely ok. Their gyros are pretty decent but whatever you do don’t get their breakfast sandwiches. I have made the mistake twice and overpaid for food that left a bad taste in my mouth. If you eat here order a gyro special (w fries and drink) instead, even at 7:30 AM. If you must have breakfast food resist that urge to buy it here and (even though I almost always prefer local) walk half a block to the Dunkin Donuts.

Racist infested. The owner and his wife just gave us this unwelcoming state. We come in sit down and my cousin was the one hungry so while he’s making up his mind the old guy kept saying rude comments about him being Hispanic. I even greeted when I came in and we just got a cold stare and I was pretty fed up with this old man and his wife. He didn’t order and we left. Don’t like eating from racist!

Cheap, fast, and on the way home. Cash only, but they have an ATM.

Ok for a burger.

Quick — moderately priced. Great gyro. I’ll keep coming back for the shaved lamb shank. Hot dogs sometime have super hard buns, but I’m over the whole hotdog scene. Next to the train great for last minute dinners on the way home.

Corner place… I thought it was greek (as most places like this are) but no greeks to be found. Obviously this didnt effect my review… i thought it was kinda cool.
My british friend and I ordered food… I got shrimp and fries for my mom… which were kinda small so that was ok… he ordered a gyros which he thouroughly enjoyed. Not a bad little greasy spoon. For what it was… quick and painless. The milkshakes here weren’t bad either.
It said drive thru but I didnt see one… unless it was behind it (I thought it was an alley.) Its not a big place either.

This place is on the corner of Belmont and Kimball and conveniently across the street from the Belmont Blue Line. I was going to get a gyro, until my husband told me he had one before it was not that good. So, I got a pizza puff and fries instead with a drink. The pizza puff was alright, taste like most. The fries were only ok to me, however, my husband thought they were really good. This is after adding salt, because they don’t come with any on them :-/​My drink, well, I wanted a lemonade and it tasted like crap so we returned it and asked for their red kool-​aid or whatever it was and that didn’t taste good either… almost like sugar water with coloring added to it. Finally settled on a sprite, which taste like the fountain. They guy taking our order was kind of rude and seemed to be getting more upset as we said we didn’t like the drinks heh, so that bumped it down a star for me. Also, their prices, to me, are high. I think that is because they are the only fast food place right there and traffic is high with the train and buses. I could have gotten what I ordered for about $ 2.50 cheaper if I had gone somewhere else. I am also used to suburban prices… I don’t know if that makes a difference. Glad I finally tried it, but I probably will not be going there again.

Whenever you’re in need of a good gyro, this is a good & quick place to go.

Not the best food in the world, but the people who own it are super cool. i gave an extra star for the dirt cheap grub and cool vibe. I usually stop by for a hot dog when I get off the Belmont Blue Line, but today I had the patty melt on a whim and it was surprisingly good.

So this place is right off the corner of Belmont and Kimball, meaning that this place is easily accessible from the 77 or 82 bus, or the blue line. However, that’s about all this place has going for it. The food there is exactly the Unilocal two star description: «Meh. I’ve experience better.»
I had an extremely ordinary gyro (they asked if I wanted everything on the gyro, which really just means the standard meat, 3 slices of tomato, lots of onions and the cucumber sauce) meal with fries (thick cut, think steak fries and not shoestring) and a soft drink (which was fountain soda and served in a styrofoam cup). Everything about the meal was ordinary. The price was ordinary as well. Around $ 6 for all of that, which seems to be the standard rate.
The only thing about this place is that it’s right next to a hub for public transportation and on the way home. If it wasn’t I never would have tried this place out. And going forward, I will probably not be back.

I got food poisoning from this place. Ever since then I stopped coming here. Ther cheese fries are the worst, I have had. The cheese is so watered down, I was pissed I spent 3 bucks on that shit. Ther gyros are weak, nothing memorable. The cheesebuger, is basicly having a whopper with out any of its greatness. The only thing memorable about this place is how the spanish workers were bashing this white guy on his order. They spoke in spanish and were pissed they had to redo his order, they called him a «pinche guero apestoso» which means bitch ass dirty whitey. The place is over priced for food thats horrible…

A short review for once. I finally gave this venue a shot (now two). It’s been around a long time, and it is directly on the SW corner of Belmont & Kimball, across the street from the Blue Line «L» station, but I had not eaten any of its food.
I have had the hot dog, and yesterday I had the polish. The sausages here are from ‘Red Hot Chicago’, which used to be the Samuel Ladany Sausage Company a quarter-​century ago.
The hot dog is a ten. Toppings for sausages are mustard, relish, diced raw onions, tomatoes, and sport peppers. You will probably get all of them on your sausage, even if you try to specify omitting one or more. (I think yesterday, we had a new grill guy whose comprehension of English was lousy. I am pretty certain that was the venue’s owner instructing him. But my request to hold the peppers and the tomatoes went unheeded.)
Prices are average. The polish «meal deal» (which includes french fries _​and_​a soda) was $ 5.00 [incl. tax]. («Combo“‘s here are not beef & sausage sandwiches — they’re a sandwich and french fries.) It was not explicitly stated, but I suspect this ‘polish’ was all-​beef.
It was an average polish. Not as deeply cooked as the one at Express Grill, but it had some snap. Raw diced onions are not as tasty as grilled onions, in my vista. The fries are institutional. It should change the fryer oil more frequently, because most of them will come out hot (in temperature) and crunchy. Too crunchy. If you order something which does not include french fries, you can buy a small order of them for $ 1.45, or a large order of them for $ 1.50. Hmmmm.
From glimpsing these other reviews, it appears I should try the patty melt the next time.
Yes, It *has* a parking lot. It’s seven spaces to the south of the stand. But really, you should get here via the Blue Line «L», or the #77 Belmont bus.

This place is solid if you are looking for something quick and something tasty.
This place is rather tiny and I would really hate to be here when it is crowded as I am somewhat claustrophobic. It looked pretty clean but it looks kind of worn out also.
I ordered a gyro sandwich and it was pretty darn good the meat had a nice crispness to it and they piled the meat on my sandwich. the sauce was a bit runny though which made for a sloppy eat but it tasted good enough where I did not mind a little extra slop on my fingers.
This place is good in a pinch if you happen to be in the area and looking for a quick bite to eat for a pretty good value.
5÷5÷08 — revision
Just raised this from 3 stars to 4 stars. Had a patty melt here last night and I could not have asked for a better one. This was you r classic patty melt, nothing new and original but it was done perfectly. Perfectly toasted bread, lots of fully melted cheese, lots of grilled onions perfectly caramelized, plus the burger was thinner and it completely filled the bread it was on.

Kind of gross. Kind of overpriced. The owners are kind of rude.
The food is okay. And you get decent sized portions. I wouldn’t say ‘don’t go here,’ if you’re nearby. But don’t seek it out either, it’s really not worth it.

pretty decent cheap burgers, onion rings… the hot dogs & the breakfasts aren’t too great. perfectly suitable cheap food if you’re in a hurry.