Brick Street Grille
24 A Ave W, Albia
(641) 932-5442
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Great food and service and a wonderful home brew beer. Well worth a visit.
Good food - the staff was super friendly - and most importantly, super clean bathroom!! 👌
Food was amazing. Definitely will return.
Staff was great and the food was better.
We enjoyed our visit very much, we plan to go back for a lunch experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Brick Street Burger, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Burgers
Great place very good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Can something that isn't all that special be perfect? Evidently so, as I found out while having lunch during a bike race weekend. I had traveled to Albia, IA, on Friday in order to start racing early the next morning. I spent time driving and riding sections of the course as is my habit, and I was definitely ready for a tasty lunch. By the time I curtailed my activities and made it back to town, it was 4:00 pm, a bit late for lunch, and too early for dinner. So I looked up a bar/restaurant that could accommodate me and choose the Brick Street Grille - Johnson Style. Yes, that is actually the name of the restaurant, there doesn't seem to be a Brick Street Grille - Smith Style in town, so the “Johnson Style” moniker will remain a mystery for another visit.
The place has an unprepossessing exterior, which is not indicative of anything. Many excellent eateries don't advertise the fact with a flashy façade.
It was also nearly empty, but given the time, again, not much of an indicator.
I looked over the menu, which contained pub favorites, fried pretty much everything for appetizers (pickles,onion rings, pepperjack cubes, green beans, cheese curds, corn nuggets, mini corn dogs, jalapeno cheddar poppers, mac & cheese bites, mozzarella sticks, and mushrooms… whew!), a variety of burgers, the ubiquitous wings, and an array of sandwiches. I am a big fan of the sandwich and began narrowing down my choices. Again, we have the usual suspects, the Philly, the Reuben, a Tenderloin (grilled or breaded), a battered Cod sammie, a steak sandwich, and some variations on the chicken sandwich. I ended up focusing on the chicken offerings for no reason other than the fact that I love chicken sandwiches. The top of the list contained some standard offerings, grilled chicken, Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Bacon Swiss. Then they started to deviate a touch from the norm, we have a Tropical chicken (grilled chicken breast, bacon, pineapple, and Swiss on Texas toast), the Southern Sweet (grilled chicken breast, bacon, BBQ sauce, and Swiss on Texas toast), and lastly, my choice, Bubba's. Evidently, Bubba has a taste for grilled onions & peppers with pepperjack cheese on his grilled chicken breast sandwich. Bubba and I have something in common, as I love these sammie ingredients myself. They do offer a quite similar chicken variation of the Philly, with grilled onions, peppers, and Swiss on a hoagie roll, but the pepperjack sounded just right to me.
The staff, at this point, one individual, although more filed in as we approached 5:00, took my order quickly, and the food arrived just as quick. The sandwich was simple, just the ingredients stated, no aioli, no roasted garlic jam, no artisanal blue cheese crumbles, none of that. Just four ingredients. And it was great, really tasty, hot and delicious. Not great in any particular way. It wasn't grilled in a special way. The bun was just a bun, but its simplicity somehow struck just the right note with me on that late afternoon. It wasn't special, but it was perfect.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Sandwich
The homemade chips are great! I had the bacon cheese burger. Sooo delicious! The atmosphere and service are wonderful. Family friendly. Highly recommend eating at Brick Street Grille.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger
Great food! There's even a craft beer just for this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Our server, Becky, was very attentive and kind…. The food was great and atmosphere was fun!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best food in Albia! Nice & friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mac & Cheese Bites, Chicken Strips, Burgers
Great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wheelchair accessibility: I made a Jesus Christ cat carrier will thing you know with the baggage in the pool I took it apart and I made it okay I will I can feel that way
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Philly Cheesesteak, Brick Street Salad, Chicken Bacon Swiss, Nacho Jalapeno Bites, Fried Cod Sandwich with Chips, Bacon Ranch Burger, The Brick Street Burger, Mozzarella Sticks, Chicken Strips, Bacon Ranch Burger with Fries, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Fried Cod Sandwich with Homemade Chips
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