Tom Earl's Back Alley Grill - Orchards

First, finding parking is quite a challenge. Once you've managed that, you'll need to navigate back to the location indicated by your map app. You’ll have to walk into a small shopping center, and the restaurant is all the way at the back. We both ordered burgers, which were tasty and flavorful. However, the potato salad was warm and rather bland, as was the coleslaw. As for the bathroom, there’s only one, and it's small without a proper place to hang paper towels. When I visited, a young employee had just replaced the roll, but he had placed it on the toilet tank. This is a poor setup because when someone flushes the toilet, there’s a risk of spray getting on the paper towels. I moved the paper towels to the sink area, which still isn’t ideal. Overall, there isn’t much to say about this place; it’s just an ordinary burger joint.

Zero stars! The lady who greeted us was not very happy that she had to give us a table of our choice (outside) and in an empty restaurant made us wait outside. The way he treated us definitely doesn't like people with accents and other colors! After all,there was nothing to grill on the menu at this ?grill restaurant?. We drank a beer and went to lunch at another restaurant wherethey definitely know how to do business !

This quaint little restaurant is literally at the end of an alley. We went down the alley to look at various shops and this is literally at the end of the alley and upon looking at the menu, the names of the dishes are so cute that we had to try it. Wecouldn?t make up her mind on which appetizer to order so we tried the corn fritters and the fried pickles. My girlfriend hadnever had corn fritters before and she really loved them. They were very light and just a little salty but crunchy on theoutside and the sweet this of the cream corn balanced it out perfectly. The fried pickles were also perfectly fried and werecrispy on the outside but still moist and juicy on the inside. I ordered the Hillbilly Philly, Which is their version of thetraditional Philly cheesesteak sandwich. They used brisket which was very flavorful and the au jus dipping sauce was a perfectcomplement. Each of those main courses comes with a choice of two sides and I picked the loaded potato salad and their seasonbaked beans. My girlfriend ordered the BYOB. Build Your Own Bologna sandwich. She ordered the home style green beans andloaded potato salad for sides.

I ordered the Sloppy Jethro, and it was delicious! I wasn't a huge fan of the battered fries, but my son enjoyed them. He had the Dying Man sandwich and finished it all, so I'm guessing it was tasty as well. The staff were incredibly nice and friendly. Despite the rainy and messy weather outside, it was a cozy, warm spot to escape and enjoy our meal.

I would definitely give this restaurant a rating of 4.5. The food was tasty, especially the wings and salsa with chips. The chili fries were decent, while the kids enjoyed their wraps. The pork butt, candied bacon, and bologna sandwich was excellent. Additionally, the side salads were among the best I’ve come across.