Vinnie’s Hamburger Stand

I reviewed this place quite some time ago and was reading everyone else’s review today but NO ONE mentioned their strawberry milk shakes. They have REAL STRAWBERRIES in them and some are so big you can’t get them through the straw. There are days I KNOW Vinnie’s is the only place for me and I’ll drive all the way from Dearborn Heights for a burger and fries. Yum!

First time ever eating here and the hamburger was soggy. I asked for a double cheeseburger and it looked old and microwaved. Fries were still cold! Overall nasty!

Had high hopes, it’s just «ok». Food was hot, service good but not a lot of taste in the burgers. Not bad, just not great!

Ok… 5 stars for a burger joint with an EXTREMELY limited menu?
Yup, and I’ll tell you why.
I have driven past this place multiple times and have always meant to drop in, but never did. Today, my daughter and I were out doing errands and wanted to try someplace new for lunch… We chose this joint.
The menu is limited, burgers (single, double, with or without cheese), a patty melt, grilled cheese sandwich and fries. Beverages are fountain pop or shakes/​malts.
The food is simple and good, and relatively quick to arrive… The service and friendliness of all those at work was where the stars really shine…
They actually seem happy to have you there and earnestly concerned that your food is to your liking…
I will be there again soon!

LOVE this place. I was beyond excited when I seen it being built. I live very close so I always catch myself stopping in for a couple burgers. I have a friend who works there, which is always nice to see her. I would 100% recommend going here.
Management and the staff are amazing.

Love, love, love this place! Great food, great fun, and awesome atmosphere! If you are a true Detroiter and live Bates or White Castle then I’m sure you’ll think the sliders are to die for, too! They also have wonderful milk shakes that are rich and creamy. If you love grinders/​subs go check out Vinnies just down the road… they are same owners there, too :)

Basically it is a greasy slider cooked when ordered, which is nice. The prices are reasonable and it’s relatively quick for what it is. The chili is phenomenal — I suggest getting plain and scrapping onions off your slider.
A few issues I have with it is that the onions and pickles are piled on and overpower the meat patty, which could be why people say the meat has no flavor — look at what it competes with. The one time I ordered fries I was disappointed — frozen crinkle cut. It would probably help their business if they moved to fresh potatoes. And I wouldn’t even mind paying a little more for that.
I have to say it does hit the spot. So if a solid slider place is what you’re craving stop here.

A very solid sandwich for the money, although as a first timmer, I found the menu boards ordering system a tad confusing. Tge production was freaky fast too, I ordered and before I knew it my Italian was in my hand. My only complaint is sub shops often use shredded iceberg lettuce as filler instead of flavorful toppings. Of course I get the reason but as the end user I would like more meat.
For this area, this is your best bet. So if you go to Mann’s to order some doors like I did, grab a tasty sub from Vinnies

Ok; since moving over to this side of town I’ve passed this place numerous times wondering would they stand up to other dinner style old school grease slider establishments i.e. (Greene’s — Farmington Hills, Telway — Detroit). Well… I wonder no more, Vinnies has a ton of potential… from the soft bun, to the thin cut sweet onions caramelized into the meat patty, to the salty brine pickle slices. These sliders are flavorful and filling. Would have liked a little seasoning on the meat, but that’s a personal preference. The old-​school crinkle cut fries was hot and lightly dusted with salt. With a friendly wait staff… my experience was a 8 out of 10. After a few more trips, to check for consistency of product and service… I could easily give this place 10 out of 10.

Nasty greasy burgers with no seasoning. I rather go to Checkers or Rally’s. The fries are not seasoned at all.

Stopped in for lunch to due to the great reviews. The place looks like something out of a time machine, which is okay for nostalgia I guess. Service is always friendly. Prices are reasonable but fries frozen crinkle cuts– don’t blame me for becoming a fry snob blame five guys. burgers were okay; I prefer Brayz.

Vinnie’s is a little diner style place just off the road and across from some new stores in Canton and very easy to overlook. I was doing the turn around and decided to give it a try. It’s very much a slider type burger with fries and a few other sides, but it is cooked fresh and is pretty tasty. I’m a fan already, 4 stars and I’ll be back…

I really wanted to like this place, because LOOK AT IT. How stinking adorable!
My über healthy lunch consisted of a fresh strawberry milkshake (look Mom! — dairy & vitamin C…), a grilled cheese and french fries with ketchup. I’m a kid at heart, what can I say.
My sweetie ordered a cheese slider and chili slider. The regular slider was pretty alright although there was absolutely zero seasoning on the meat, which made it a little bland. He really liked the chili, however the to-​go burger was packed in a box and was literally swimming in the chili. Like, covered up to 75% in chili and had to be scooped with a fork — there was no picking up and eating this. Slider Island, not the most appealing destination.
The grilled cheese was. meh. Cheap white bread which compacts the minute it is touched into a heavy hockey puck with processed American cheese griddled. The fries were the frozen from a bag kind and slightly undercooked (as in soggy).
We liked the shake, though!

I like this place. A little hole-​in-​the-​wall.
The burgers (sliders) are good, but they need to be bigger for the price that you pay for them.
The fries, a good size for the money.
Will I come back? Yes, but I will order doubles.
Still need a price adjustment…

This place makes delicious burgers. Greasy, cheesy, onion-​y goodness.
They’ve been open for a year or two, after what seemed like years of construction. The staff was incredibly friendly and took time to explain the history of the building (kitchen area is new; dining area is an old diner that they brought from New Jersey).
We went for a late lunch (1:30) on a weekday, and surprisingly, there was only one other person inside. There were lots of drive thru orders, though. Everything seems to be made-​to-​order, which is nice — even the drive-​thru orders, so be patient.

Went here in the evening after remembering that this place had opened and looked about as inconspicuous as one could get. For me, sliders are a real comfort food; all you have to do is look at my review for Crabill’s Hamburgers in Urbana, OH for that. Crabill’s is the top of the slider game for me, and unless someone opens one just like it up here, I have a hard time believing anyone will ever match it, let alone top it.
So what did I find with this place? I found a slider joint that does it RIGHT. They’re about as close to a Crabill’s burger as I can get without actually GOING to Crabill’s. I got two doubles with cheese and easy on the onion — and they were seriously stellar. A dash of ketchup, salt, pepper, and a couple of those pickles they give you and there’s some serious slider magic going on.
The chili-​cheese fries were good — the chili is obviously coney-​style chili, which is more or less what I expected to see up here. A basket would be too much for me, so the roommate and I split it.
My finisher was a Boston Cooler — which, unless you’ve lived around here for awhile, is a regional specialty: Vernors ginger soda plus vanilla ice cream, blended into a shake. Vinnie’s does it with soft-​serve, which is okay if a little inauthentic; despite this, the cooler turned out really good. They also do regular shakes and malts, too.
Price-​wise was a shade high for a true slider joint but I think their location contributes more to that than anything else. 2 double-​cheese sliders, an order of fries, a soda, and a cooler came out to about $ 10 – 12 per person, which is about $ 3/​person more than I would expect, but then again, I could mitigate that simply by not ordering the cooler ($ 3.39).
They’re a good place to go for sliders — just get there before 8 PM.

Omg their sauteed onion /​onion goop! This is why I may come back.
The bun: Same as a Mc Double. Didn’t seem steamed, or toasted.
Meat: Little chew, but hot-​n-​juicy.
Pickles: Cold, crisp, and of the perfect portion.
Onions: More please
Would try again, but would go to Brays first.

I like this place more than I thought I would. They serve a solid, real old time slider with good flavor and all the right amounts of onions, pickles, and other condiments. I’ve also had their chili cheese fries which were awesome!
The staff are always über-​friendly, and the food is served up quick, hot, and with a smile! The front of the smallish dining area is actually a rescued diner front moved from the east coast, and the owner built the place around it.
I’m glad I don’t work much closer to Vinnie’s than I do because It would be hard to keep me away from it during lunch hours!

Always pass by this place when going down Michigan ave, so i decide to finally take a try. First of all, all the burgers in here are sliders. Secondly all then have is sliders, fries, chili, and shakes. Also and finally, this is a small place and probably has about 20 seats max. Now i had a double cheeseburger slider which was pretty good, and some chili cheese fries (not bad, but if you really want chili cheese fries then go down the street to L. George’s). Now sliders to me are comparable to Roy’s squeeze sliders. However i think Roy’s (quality of meat and the toasted bread) is better than Vinnie’s (who do offer different variations of the sliders and they cook their onions better). With all of that said, i would eat here again.

This joint has been teasing me for a year. It looked done but never opened. The bold sign announcing HAMBURGERS made me both curious and hungry.
I ate here over the weekend and felt the tease was still just that. The place serves sliders, of course I am a fan of those. They also have my fave fries to ever come out of a freezer bag, crinkle cuts. Add the availability of chili and yum yum right?
Wrong.
The potato buns they were so careful to brag on overwhelm a single style slider. Get a double or you will be taken aback by the sheer presence of this solid type bun. The onions are plentiful but the pickle and mustard/​ketchup mixed sauce is sparce. Dry, very dry, whch is what happens when a bun is so dominant. I preferred the version that was skipping cheese as well. With that bun PLUS cheese the burger is just a footnote when it should be the star of the show. Right?
The fries were really under cooked, leaving them soggy and sad.
The chili though was horrific. Some odd flavor really put me off. Topping it with an american single and huge thick whole circle slices of of onion was a poor choice as well. A fine dice of onion and some shreddy cheese could not have saved it but it would have made it less wretched maybe.
Cute counters to eat in or quick to go. Staff was speedy and so very friendly. I was disappointed with all the food I ate though and will not return. Great idea, poor execution.