Big E - Grand Ave
750 Grand Ave, St Paul
(651) 212-5390
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Bad all the way around.
Unique burgers/sandwiches (that feel like burgers), for sure. You do pay for that novelty, though, with most sandwiches clocking in around $15 and up (no fries or drink included). It was fun to explore, but there's probably no chance I go back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Two stars because the ordering process was simple and easy. I should not be paying $15 for a bacon, egg, and, cheese and know immediately that a restaurant is using low quality Hormel type of bacon. I was immediately hit with the taste of fake liquid smoke within my first bite. Liquid smoke is very strong tasting in itself, and when used in overabudance leads to a poor quality pork product. Which then leads into a low quality sandwich masquerading as a high quality one. Some of their ingredients are local, bread, and hot sauce. The bacon ain't. Which is so sad. The cities are surrounded by local ranchers and butchers, which supply restaurants of this price. To see that a majority of the food is probably lower end of the Sysco supply chain, at these prices, is sad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Very delicious, melts in mouth
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Pretty decent breakfast sandwiches. Overpriced in my opinion.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The food was good, the service was good, the prices were appalling. I understand it costs to eat out but it's egg sandwiches, and all sides were additional cost.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
My first reaction to having my bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich rung up was that yes, it was more expensive than I anticipated, BUT I would easily call this one of the best breakfast sandwiches I’ve ever had!! Several strips of thick, flavorful bacon were a huge plus. My take on food is that I save money by cooking for myself most of the time, so when I do go out, I dont mind spending some extra money on quality food and this definitely meets that mark. Cant wait to come back and try some of the other sandwiches.
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Dance Yrself Clean
Wish they had water to drink that wasn’t bottled. Found it a little pricy for what it is. $17 for a breakfast sandwich is definitely pushing it… no matter how good it is. The food is good and the ingredients are quality. The flavors are pro level. That deserves a premium. But at $17+tax, they need to find a way to cut costs. I wouldn’t come back because of it and that’s the ultimate test, right?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Freshly made breakfast sandwiches that were really delicious. Lots of different unique sandwiches to try, definitely looking forward to going back. The photo shows the “C.R.E.A.M” sandwich on the left, if you like smoked salmon this one is amazing. And the one on the right is “Her Name is Yoshimi” which was also really good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really unique place. Great hash browns and sandwiches. Fast, friendly, delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Sandwiches were good. For $16-$18+ for an a la carte egg sandwich, I would expect I'm not getting an egg over hard. Too much jelly on the one sandwich and I can't believe they have the cajones to charge an additional $5 for a fast food type side. Hugely overpriced.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Over priced and over cooked. These burgers are not worth the prices, they are overcooked and tastes like chewing leather, all of the condiments and add ons are used to cover up the poor quality of the burger. There's better burger spots in the area that has fries included with the order and not the $4 price this place charges for fries to be added to your order. Believe me, this place is not worth it.
Asked for no cheese and I was assaulted. Won’t be trying again
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The egg sandwiches are really just burgers mostly, with an egg. With that being said, they are pretty good tasting. Not exceptional, but okay for a burger. Fries are in big portions, but the hashbrows are a scam.
Place is a bit dirty and smelly, also the decor is a bit one dimentional. Not a big deal, but I would not have expected Justin to assault his patrons with such harsh yellow tones. Just surprised is all.
Cooks were friendly and gave us some variety of sauces to dip our fries into. They should be proactive and ask customers which sauce they want because I had to ask for them.
My main gripe is the PRICE. Wow! It is insane how expensive the food here is. If you want a mid range sandwich, fries, and a DRIP coffee expect to pay at least $35. Its pretty wild considering you can pay that much for sit down service with a comporable sandwich at a normal restaurant. Justin is a savy business guy who knows he can charge "grand ave " prices and get away with it, but I wish he would make a breakfast spot for the people. Not everything needs to be so special, ya know?
Try it out, but maybe only on payday. Or if you feel like being overcharged. Decent food though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Rocket Man, Big Fries
The egg sandwiches are really just burgers mostly, with an egg. With that being said, they are pretty good tasting. Not exceptional, but okay for a burger. Fries are in big portions, but the hashbrows are a scam.
Place is a bit dirty and smelly, also the decor is a bit one dimentional. Not a big deal, but I would not have expected Justin to assault his patrons with such harsh yellow tones. Just surprised is all.
Cooks were friendly and gave us some variety of sauces to dip our fries into. They should be proactive and ask customers which sauce they want because I had to ask for them.
My main gripe is the PRICE. Wow! It is insane how expensive the food here is. If you want a mid range sandwich, fries, and a DRIP coffee expect to pay at least $35. Its pretty wild considering you can pay that much for sit down service with a comporable sandwich at a normal restaurant. Justin is a savy business guy who knows he can charge "grand ave " prices and get away with it, but I wish he would make a breakfast spot for the people. Not everything needs to be so special, ya know?
Try it out, but maybe only on payday. Or if you feel like being overcharged. Decent food though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Rocket Man, Big Fries
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