Charcoal Delights

Good food at great price.  This is not going to be a gourmet meal, but it blows most fast food out of the water.  Get the gyro plate and an extra pita, you can feed two people with gyros and fries for 9 bucks, cannot beat that.  Ohh, the staff is really friendly and have a great positive attitude.

Strange to see I haven't already reviewed this location since the one in Chicago had always been a dear place to me.  Charcoal delights had always been a favorite char house for me until they put in place major changes in their food offerings back in 2010.  Blame the economy, if it wasn't for these changes all of you that say in exasperation, "what the heck are people loving so much here?!" there was a time when one could say mostly everything.  First there was a change with the breasts used in their chicken delight chicken sandwich and then it was the fries!  The fries used to be plump alike what Wendy's used to offer (years before their change in 2010) but far better.  Due to the economy they changed their fries and went with something thinner and smaller in quantity.  Free fries with a hot dog or sandwich sounds good on paper but the quantity of it, blows.

Most repeats like some of the following:  
Italian beef with or w/out cheese.   (If you don't know how to order it, "Dip" is necessary with hot giardinera)
Gyros (Not a fan personally)
Pizza puff (previously a fan)
Any char burger the bigger the better.
Chicken Delight (Previously a fan)
Char chicken sandwich (get it with BBQ sauce, its almost caramelized)
Fish sandwich (Fan)
Broasted Chicken (this is a must for chicken lovers, but get it fresh.  Not the shite sitting under a heat lamp all damn afternoon)

I used to be a five star fan of this business for many years but the changes were too great for me.  

This location is never as busy as the one in North Park.  Nicer seating area.  Cozy, comfortable atmosphere.  More family like.  A flat screen television in view for most to catch up on news while dining.  Some green plants and well lit.  It's also got a drive-thru but once you've made the decision to drive through it, there's no backing out of it.

For all the people giving this place low ratings & writing a novel about a fast food place, first get a life, second, should never even step in a fast food type of environment the way you nit-pick a place like this.