Archies Grill

Ok Ok I know this is a Shelburne landmark and so many folks out there like this place and so this is just my experience and my review and my taste. I really am not out to offend anyone. We went on Saturday and were there when it opened. As we waited for the light to change this car turned into the driveway driving way to fast and I turned to my wife and said I’ll bet he works at Archies and is late for his shift and well there he was outside the back door smoking a cigarette before his shift started when we parked. Yuck. I know many in the restaurant business smoke but I do hope he washed his hands before he started to cook. We went in and the guy at the counter was nice enough but I noticed that no one was smiling. No one was smiling. Hmmm. We placed our order and found a seat. The inside of the newly renovated place is great. Nice tables. Nice décor. Open kitchen. We sat down and I asked my wife if she noticed that NO ONE was smiling behind the counter and she said she had noticed that as well. It was busy and we picked up our order when our name was called. We each had a cheese burger. My wife had the sweet potato fries and I had the famous Archie homemade Chips. The burger was cooked to our order although generally they are cooked medium rare unless you ask for them to be cooked longer. They are fine quality LaPlatte meat. I think the famous hand made chips are way way over cooked. For my taste. Also what is up with putting butter or oil on buns. Yuck. So greasy. I should have asked but forgot. My bad. The sweet potato fries were overcooked for me but my wife liked hers. So OK we didn’t try much on the menu and the place seemed packed for a lunch on a Saturday. But still no one was smiling. That to me is an indicator of something wrong in the kitchen. So would I come again? Probably but also more than likely not. I really wanted to like the new Archies.