Diner Grill

I need to give a bit of background on this, because this restaurant almost made me not want to move into the neighborhood.

How wrong I was!

My uncle took me here when I was a youngin', oh so many years ago. The food was beyond greasy. A stool was missing. Being the obstinate child that I was, I asked. His response? This is Yelp, so I'll keep it PC.

That said, this Irving Park location gave me the willies a bit until, yes, I ventured there as an adult. It's amazing how a visit to a notable grill like this many years later (15) can change your opinion.

This is possibly the greatest diner I've been to so far (as young as I am in my adult years). This place doesn't have ambiance, it is ambiance. The hamburger? Greasy as ever? Good when sober? Yes. Good after imbibing the libations? I cannot say from experience (although I wonder if the Long Room crowd ventures across the street after it closes).

The word "amazing" is used way too often!  Expand your vocabulary people!  Nothing about Diner Grill is amazing and it doesn't strive to be amazing.  It is good, cheap and fast.  No one should go here expecting "the best  _________ ever!"  If you do, you are an idiot.  
I don't get the Slinger like most people because I don't like my food looking like it....ya know.  I also don't like eating stuff that is basically the same mushy texture in every layer of every bite.  Some people love it and more power to them.  I just can't understand how some people eat more than one Slinger in a sitting.
I usually get a burger and an egg sandwich with easy mayo and cheese.  The grill cooks have always been cool and easy going and they make your food fast.  I would avoid anything with sausage because I don't think it tastes very good.  Heed the advice of other reviewers, avoid late night Fri/Sat.  The drunk idiots flock to this place after the bars close and they are just THE worst.  I'm all for a good time with your buddies but it's a little much.

Let me preface this by saying that I normally dislike unreasonable haters for any business on Yelp.

This is my first review, which goes to show that I'm extremely taken by my experience at this establishment.

There isn't much to argue about the food- it's good.

That being said, I am more than disgusted with the way that my s/o and I were treated last night. I don't go into any restaurant, more or less a diner, expecting star treatment. But as the only "minority" (non-Caucasian) customers, we were definitely receiving the lower end of the stick. The same quality of service was not shown to us as others, and there were definitely much less-sober, belligerent diners eating around us. We had to request things that other people would just receive, were ignored when we asked questions (can I have some water, please?) and were deliberately charged the wrong amount when we asked for the check.

I felt completely disrespected by both workers at this place and am never going to go back. There are too many other good places to eat where this sort of treatment is not seen.