East Boulevard Bar & Grill

The philly cheese steak egg rolls were the absolute best!!! Drink specials were great too!!!

Came here last Saturday for drinks with some friends. Imagine the disappointment when they were out of two common liquors (Crown Royale and Jose Cuervo silver). We were the only table (aside from a small handful sitting at the bar) and our drinks took ages to come.
Seemingly average place.

Great location, great burgers, amazing Signature Fries! Parking not so great, but well worth the effort.

Pretty good — Food was very tasty, service was nice, pretty causal place.
Best tip about this place: the front windows are huge garage door style so they can roll up when it’s nice out!

Decent place to grab a cold one, if you in «that mood.» Trouble is Cu is right next door… Cu, the Wine Bar with the most incredible pours out there! But this place is open late, and it’s a decent size with a decent, friendly staff.
Prices are good, and selection is average at best.
I have not had their food, nor did I look at the menu, so this review is solely for the bar establishment.
I do want to come back to give it a more thorough review, but first impressions were just plain «decent.»
More to follow…

Great place to watch a game! Every time we have stopped in to watch the Tarheel game they have had the sound on for the game and I don’t even think they are a Carolina bar. They decent beer specials and draft selection. The service is always friendly and speedy.

The food at East Boulevard Bar & Grille, or is it Frank’s? Or is it Frank’s East Boulevard Bar & Grille? No matter. The food is pretty average. It’s also pretty inconsistent. Both, just like the name.
Wings are the staple of any sports bar. The wings at East Blvd are okay, just okay. They’re not quite cooked as much as I like and at times they’re on the verge of being under-​cooked. Steer clear of the philly cheesesteak eggrolls or whatever the hell they’re called. One of my friends ordered them and said they were unpleasant. Common sense always impels me to avoid such culinary abortions.
I think I’ve had a sandwich here and that’s about as memorable as that was. The french fries are these flat round circles. They’re good, but not amazing like others claim. People are such suckers for gimmicks.
There’s something I find off putting about the atmosphere. I can’t put my finger on it. There’s just no personality to it and yes, the televisions are in awkward places. Also, never been a big fan of carpet in restaurants. Food get smushed in it and it’s just not a good look.
The service is also hit or miss. Some of the waitstaff here is really pleasant. Some of the waitstaff here will completely forget about your table.
Unfortunately, I have one (1) friend who thinks this place is great, I end up going here more often than I’d like, even though Lebowski’s across the street is superior in food quality, atmosphere & service.
At the end of the day, this is a much less cool Icehouse with only slightly better food and service and far fewer strumpets.

This has always been a great local stop for a cold beer and sandwich but when I walked in to see a 92% sanitation grade displayed on the wall, it gave me pause. The service here is always quick and friendly and the food is usually tasty. This trip however, not so much. The wings looked an tasted like they came out of the freezer and prepared hours before and the onion rings were tasteless. Everyone has an off night and this time it disappointed. I like this place but with a block of new restaurants coming in all the time, if you want to compete in this ever changing market, you better step up your game.

Good Neighborhood Bar. Food is average
Dropped by with my wife for lunch one Saturday. It’s a nice place but it’s obvious that this is more of a bar than a restaurant by the décor. Lunchtime crowd is very sparse.
Service is very good and the servers are attentive. I ordered a Reuben while my wife ordered Phlly Spring Rolls and Potato Cakes. The Reuben was fair and would have been better if the sauerkraut had been drained so that the whole sandwich is not soggy. Wife enjoyed her Spring Rolls but the pleasant surprise was the Potato Cakes. Excellent and far superior to anything I was expecting or could have hoped for
All in all, the food was fair but not to the point that I would make a point of making this a destination. If I’m in the neighborhood again, particulary at dinner time, will try them again.

I stopped here for a late lunch the other day. The last time I was at East Blvd Bar & Grill they were down the street a few blocks.
I remember them for their sandwiches and it was a good neighborhood place to get a drink and good stopping point after a day in Freedom Park.
This location I found very sterile. There is a small bar to one side and booth and table seating around. The patio is tiny and is roped off from the sidewalk on East Blvd. Décor was very limited. There were a few TV’s at the bar but they looked like they were an afterthought.
I ordered a beer. Their draft selection was limited but at least they had NoDa and Birdsong represented. I also ordered the blackened fish tacos with a farmers salad. The dish came out beautifully presented. Flavors were good and there was a good spice to the fish.
Besides the atmosphere, the other odd thing I found about this visit is the bartender. He would stand behind the bar and just stare. It seemed like he was staring right at me and that is all he did. Sure, it was dead but couldn’t he have found things to do behind the bar? Cleaning, refilling mixers, cutting fruit?
Because of the bartender and the atmosphere, I left so turned off by this place that I know I will not return. The food was decent but I was actually sitting at the bar wondering why I didn’t go to Lebowsky’s down the street.

Great turkey burger, one of the best!

We tried to go to Bakersfield, but they weren’t open. We were starving so just walked down to this place. Honestly I don’t know why we stayed after seeing how filthy it was. Carpeted floor, chairs and booths covered in stains, fries, other food items on the floor, the paper coasters on our table were soaked from the previous patron’s drink. Anywho, I ordered a salad with grilled chicken, Huz had fish tacos. Nothing was wrong with the food but I couldn’t get past the dirtiness. Our waitress was nice enough but her jeans and shirt matched the place in cleanliness. In hindsight, maybe that was a prerequisite. I noticed another waitress wearing what looked like a men’s large shirt when she probably should have worn a women’s small. Which is fine but she kept sticking her hands up her shirt and pulling and twisting it, then serving food. Um, yuck. Cross this place off my list.

Went for dinner– decent crowd but didn’t have to wait. Husband had the French Dip sandwich, I had the Pesto Chicken Wrap. Both meals were awesome, except the pickles were left on the side… If you hate pickles you understand the horror. Great service, nice place to watch a game.

Kale salad is super fresh and awesome with the homemade dressing here. Everything is much better than you’d expect it to be — from fries to chicken tenders to tacos!

This is an excellent spot for a sunny Saturday lunch! The venue is casual, fun, and creative. The owner, Mr. Frank Deal, personally greeted me. The staff were friendly, efficient, and professional. The televisions are large and located perfectly to catch a game or movie. I have eaten in almost every restaurant in Charlotte and East Boulevard Bar & Grill has the best hamburgers and fries in town, hands down! The service was great. The patrons were friendly. The building has fantastic parking. This appears to be a perfect place to join friends and family for great drinks and a fun evening. I will certainly return with my friends.

Went for lunch last week
Service was good
Food was good
I had a Reuben sandwich
Friend had fish and chips
Reuben was very tasty with good potato salad
Fish and chips had a slab of fish!!!
We will be back

Yikes EBBG… You have a great location, but you gotta work on service a little bit. We came in to watch the 2013 NFL Season opener. It seemed a little dead and we had a pregnant friend with us watching the game and she didn’t feel like sitting in the bar area. We ended up in the dining area, but the TV’s (though being plentiful) are in weird positions so only one side of the table could get a good view. We ended up pulling a table over to a booth to make our own «bar» and the wait staff didn’t seem to like that (even though they weren’t that busy). We decided to keep the setup until it got busy and needed the table.
I felt bad because we had just came from the Greek Festival so we were mainly there to drink and watch the game, but I guess since we were in the dining area, our server assumed we were going to eat. This was totally our fault, but I ordered some wings, and they were decent enough.
I did notice the booth behind us didn’t get food for like an hour… so there may be something going on with the kitchen as far as timing, but I’m surprised the folks in that booth didn’t walk out (especially since all the other booths were empty!).
The game was delayed by lightning/​sever weather so we didn’t really get to see much of it, and then when we asked for our checks, it took forever to get them even though the placed had picked up with customers but I don’t know what the deal with our server was or if we had pissed him off by not ordering food/​moving the table. It just wasn’t a pleasant experience.

Nice chill casual spot for a quick meal or for drinks with your buddies. Came in once to eat and had a cheesesteak, which hit the spot that day. It didn’t blow me away, but it was pretty good. Decent size portion and sides.
My other visit was primarily for adult beverages. Had a good time. Decent selection and reasonable prices.
Service was good.
Overall I didn’t love it here and it’s not my first choice for food or for drinking with friends, but if someone suggested it, I wouldn’t be opposed. Not bad.

First off, I have to say that I love, love, LOVED the fries! Creative, plentiful, and fun. I just love when a place takes something as commonplace as french fries and throws a twist on them. I will go back just to munch on little circle fries.
Now, I have to say that the entire block lost power several minutes after we received our drinks. However, that did not stop them from offering us hot food, cold drinks, and prompt service. The service was better in the middle of a lightning storm with the power out than I’ve received at many other bars around Charlotte on a regular night — so, needless to say, we were impressed!
Good job, East Blvd Bar and Grill! We will definitely be back.

One of the problems I have with Unilocal is that if one was to base their dining choices solely off it, they’d miss out on great places like East Blvd.
Some of the best bar and grill food in Charlotte. The mozzarella sticks, quesedillas, nachos, black bean burger, and home fries are particularly good.
Plus, if you come a couple times you’ll start being treated like family.