Grando’s

Saw an offer on GroupOn & we just moved to the Itasca area. I’m very glad we tried it. The Italian beef sandwich is excellent! French fries were crispy-​just the way I like them. The restaurant is clean, the service was very friendly & the food was delicious! Prices are very reasonable even without the GroupOn. We will be back to try more items on the menu.

Needed some good food and this met the requirement.
Atmosphere: this is a very small café that has a mix of tables and booths. It doesn’t have much in the way of decorations, but it is a nice quiet feel to it. It feels almost as if it wants to be a diner, but isn’t that big.
Staff: the staff was great! I let him know I had never been there, so needed a little guidance on selecting and he did a great job letting me choose my food.
Food: I had combo #1 which were a couple of hot dogs with fries and a drink. The hot dogs and buns are nothing spectacular. The condiments however were fresh and piled high on them. The fries on the other hand were amazing! They have to be just about the best fries I’ve had! I noticed they have a large selection of foods, so I will have to go back in there at some point to try the gyros or hamburgers, or just about anything.
So, it’s a good place to go to get some food and definitely nice and clean.

Stopped by this little hidden place and it was quite good. Great Pizza Puffs and
Cheese Fries! I was told they are under new management and slowly getting the word out that they are open. They are a little hard to see in the strip mall but I work nearby and noticed that they were there and had to stop and try them out. I was not disappointed.

Best hot dog’s I’ve had in the Chicagoland area and great deal under 7 dollars for 2 dogs, fries, and a drink.

A small no frills hotdog stand in Itasca. The place is simple inside and is typical of Greek Gyro places. The Gyros looked fresh and tasted good and the older owner really slices the meat with some meaning and it is amusing for a few seconds. They are not open on the weekends.

Nice little surprise located in the corner of a small mall.
This is my usual «go-​to» when i can’t figure out what i want as there is a wide variety of your typical hot dog joint menu items.
The burgers are excellent and the hot dogs are good (Red Hot Chicago). Wasn’t too thrilled with the gyro’s, but I am pretty partial to Grecian Delight brand and i think these were OLympia. They tasted like more filler than meat.
The place is run by an older lady and gentleman that are super friendly.

Grando’s Beef and Hot Dogs is your typical independently owned and operated Chicago style fast food eatery. Serving Hot Dogs, Burgers and Italian Beef sandwiches, the menu should be very familiar to most native Chicagoans. The inside of this particular eatery is fairly clean with a few tables on the inside, an R. C/​Nehi pop machine and a large counter with a menu board above it and a long grill where the food is prepared.
In visiting Grando’s I was looking to add yet another location to my hot dog review list. I decided to order a hot dog along with a burger and fries combo. We’ll go over the hot dog first. The hot dog I received came on a slightly dry non-​poppy seed bun. The sausage itself was skinless and tasted like I would expect but the application of condiments here was a bit rough. There was a little too much mustard, and the dog was light on relish and onions by comparison. The pickle spear used was a tad on the sour side. On the plus side, the tomato used wasn’t too soggy or too ripe. There wasn’t any noticeable celery salt, nor any sport peppers on this hot dog.
The burger I got also had a dry bun. In fact the bun had actually cracked a bit on the top. The burger meat itself was a bit on the greasy side with how it was grilled. I’d say the meat was juicy and had a good flavor, but it didn’t exactly knock my socks off. The condiments on the burger were fairly good but it’s generally a far less delicate process than with a hot dog. The fries included were thin shoestring fries. They were crisp but didn’t have a lot of potato paste in them. I’d say they were a bit saltier than most fries.
Overall I wasn’t too impressed with Grando’s Beef and Hot Dogs. The prices were slightly higher than a lot of other fast food joints. I’d say the burger was about average and the hot dog was a bit below average. I do wonder how they’re storing their hamburger and hot dog buns as both of the ones I received were dry and cracking. One other thing worth noting is that they appear to be closed on Sundays and only open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturdays. Somewhat limited hours on the weekend which is a bit of an added inconvenience. Overall while my experience at Grando’s wasn’t terrible, the food was just slightly below average. This place is a borderline between two and three stars. The fact that both buns were dry, is going to be the proverbial «straw that broke the camels back» and cause me to round them down to two stars.

Went here for lunch on reccomendation from Unilocal.Gyros plate was good and reasonably priced. Fries are thin and crispy. Very nice man and woman running the place. The RC adds to the old school charm.