DuPage Inn Bar and Grill

Solidly in the A-OK category: decent food, good prices, friendly service. Not a place that's gonna blow you away, but it serves its purpose.

We stopped in for a quick dinner before car-buying adventures down the street. This place is sort of oddly set up, with three big dividing walls and a few smaller ones in odd places. The dining area is divided into two uneven sections, and then the bar is also somewhat separated.

We were seated promptly (by the bus boy? there didn't seem to be any dedicated hostess) and served pretty quickly too.

I went for a fried fish sandwich and fries; sandwiches and burgers are served with soup so I had turkey dumpling. It was definitely tasty and a nice pre-meal warmup. My sandwich was a little meh and I think I choose poorly -- the cheese was a little congealed (probably should have skipped it) and the fish filet was pretty small compared to the bun. The fries were just fine.

My husband's burger was, on the other hand, a bit too big for its bun, and looked pretty tasty. So if we were to return, I think I'd go for a burger or chicken sandwich. He got homemade potato chips, and I snagged one.

Our waitress was competent and friendly, and her signature phrase was "no problem" to everything, which I think just means I'm getting old. :)

I don't think we'd go out of our way to return, but it's not far so if I happened to be rolling down Ogden in need of an inexpensive meal, I may give it another shot.

Not to beat the dead horse that Valerie W. already put out there, but I had to add just a few things. The variety of burgers on the menu made my mouth water. After a digital conversation with Brooke H., I had to try it.

I love when burger joints offer me a junior size. I know...it's probably not American to say this, but I don't actually want a gigantic burger that I have to break my jaw to get in my mouth (blame the TMJ. blame the fact that I'm likely to spill burger juice on my clothing. blame anything but me, really). So I was pleased to discover the 1/4 lb burger on request.

The Texas Western Burger was actually pretty good. I would probably order it on a legit bun next time (The pita "bun" was really two slices of pita with burger and stuff in between).

Despite my unbridled passion for cheese, I base the French onion soup on the broth flavor and DuPage Inn wins my vote for that. (I always find the cheese too rubbery to full enjoy on the baked soup).

When I received my chips (after asking for them 10 minutes after receiving our burgers), I was disappointed that they were soggy and tasted like they had been sitting out for several hours. When I order "house made chips" I suspect that they will be fresh and crispy and delicious. Sad day.

Overall, not bad...but I have to say I prefer Shanahan's burgers.

I hate starting reviews with "I really wanted to love..." but, unfortunately, this is the case with DuPage Inn.

My pal Chrissy W. read a one-line review of DuPage Inn by one of her friends, and immediately contacted me to meet for burgers for lunch.  After checking out the menu, I decided I was definitely down, and the fact that it's 5 minutes from my office helps too.

We were seated right away, and the server was nice, a little heavy on the "honey's and sweeties" for my liking, but, nice.  We each ordered a burger, mine was the tavern burger, which boasted swiss cheese, crisp bacon, a pretzel roll, and a side of honey dijon dressing.  Chrissy went with the Texas western burger.  We both ordered the "junior" since it was lunchtime, I with fries, her with homemade chips.  We both also started with french onion soup.

The soup was decent, but I really don't like when restaurants use mozzarella instead of swiss or gruyere on their french onion.

The burgers came far too fast to believe they were cooked to order (the server also asked for what temperature we'd like them cooked at, but that request obviously didn't mean much, they were both medium well to well, even though we'd both specified medium rare.)  The side of honey dijon on my burger was non-existent, and I didn't realize it until I'd already put regular mustard on my burger.  The bacon was indeed crisp, but the "swiss" cheese wasn't swiss at all, it was white American (the same stuff Subway gives you.)  Don't try to pass off white cheese as swiss just because it's white.  Especially not in front of my cheese connoisseur friend, Chrissy W.  The fries were skinny (think steak and shake).

Chrissy had to ask for her chips, as they didn't come out right away.

All in all, the flavors were okay, but nothing I'm running back for.