Gert's Grille

I've never eaten at Gert's for dinner, but it's a consistently solid lunch spot. Never too packed to slow you down, but it's always busy enough to let you know it's good.

Unfortunately, they don't turn on their fryer during the day, so if you're hankering for french fries, go somewhere else. But I'd suggest you think twice before you do, as their mainstays are plenty good without fries. First, he sandwiches are great, served on thick Texas toast and with a wide variety of styles--my personal favorite is the Smoke Stack, with roast beef, smoked turkey, smoked Gouda and spicy Russian mustard. And second, they have fantastic bread bowls and soup.  They are big enough for a meal in and of themselves, but if you're feeling extra hungry, you can get a bread bowl and half sandwich combo.

With all the options for lunchtime out in Overland Park, it can sometimes be hard to stand out. And Gert's is certainly nothing flashy, but they are good where it counts--in speed and

We've come here a few times to meet friends that live by Oak Park Mall. It's about half way for each of us. On Friday nights they have $2.50 wells and the pour is not light.  The food here is decent but I wouldn't come here just for the food. I had the chef salad last night. Usually you have thick pieces of turkey and ham on a chef salad. This was deli meat instead. Also, there was not any avocado, which I didn't realize until later. However, it still tasted great. My husband had a Reuben and it came with a bag of potato chips - we thought it was going to be "homemade" fried chips. The Reuben was good. The best thing we have had here are the hamburgers. They are pretty good.

All in all, a nice neighborhood bar. We will definitely be back.

Ugh.  Slow service.  Horrible plastic-y Velveeta slop being passed off as "Wisconsin cheese soup," served in the wrong kind of bread for the bowl -- it should be a sourdough boule, not an oversized dinner roll.

Looks like a fun place to go have a drink & watch a game, but the lunch service did not impress me one bit.  I see reviews from friends rating it much more highly, though, so I may have to give it a second chance just on the strength of that.