Granite City Food and Brewery

Granite City Food and Brewery
11411 Olive Blvd
St Louis, MO 63141
(314) 432-3535
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Granite City Food and Brewery on Olive Blvd in St. Louis, MO. is not a place I will go to again. First, I did not know this was a chain restaurant before we went, but I should have known the minute I walked in, because the atmosphere did not feel like a unique restaurant. Second, after doing some research I found out that they do not even brew the beer on location. See for brewing process. I think that a place has to brew beer on location to be considered a brewery.

Granite City Food and Brewery had a selection of five specialty beers. A light American brew, a bock type beer, an IPA, a stout and a seasonal wheat beer. I started out with the wheat beer. This tasted like I was chewing on yeast. I was not impressed. I think it is pretty hard to mess up a wheat beer, but somehow they did. The second beer I ordered was the IPA. This was much better, but it was still not what I expected. Beers are expensive. One of the "homemade brews" will run $4.50. We are talking ballpark prices here, ridiculous.

Expensive is all I have to say. Now, I do not mind spending money if the food is worth it. But, I kind of felt like the place cut corners to save money, while charging out the ass. For example, a tiny little thing of homemade chips was $4. A cheeseburger with coleslaw (fries are an extra charge, go figure) was $8.50. This burger had one little piece of cheese on it. A pizza ran about $11 and would have definitely not filled me up. Salads ran between $12 and $15. Pastas ran a little higher than that. I saw some pasta dishes and they definitely did not look like they were worth the money.

The service was also slow. Make sure to set aside a lot of time if you go to this place. The burgers took forever to cook. The pizza came out at least 10 minutes before the burgers.

I left this place unsatisfied and feeling ripped off. I will not be back.