The Convention Grill

Last night TheLady and I went out to eat at The Convention Grill. This restaurant is located in the area where I grew up and my family frequented this old fashioned diner. For my money, the convention grill has one of the best cheeseburgers in the city (a menu item on which I consider myself a connoisseur). In addition to wonderful burgers and fries the restaurant also has great butterfinger milkshakes and serves "phosphates" which are old timey-sodas where they mix the soda water and syrup together. 

Although the food is great, the atmosphere of the Convention Grill leaves something to be desired. The interior is set up like a 50's style diner, the waitresses all wear the same white dresses that you see in old happy days episodes and there is a jukebox playing. The problem is that the juke box doesn't have any old music. We were there for about an hour and we heard at least 3 Mariah Carey songs (and not the good Mariah songs like this... the REALLY bad ones). The other people in the restaurant were all high school students who were just "hanging out" after school. These were not the punk and artsy kids that I went to high school with. These were students from Edina and Southwest, two of the snobbiest prissiest public schools in the area.  

Overall the Convention Grill is well worth going to. I wouldn't recommend becoming a regular (unless you want to spray-tan, bleach your hair blond and wear your boyfriends letter jacket) but the food makes it a worth while adventure when you are bored and crave a cheeseburger.