Grand Slam Sports Bar & Grill

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  I was a little reluctant to go here, but thought I would give it a shot because it was close.  I should have listened to my gut.  
  
  This place is right on the fringe of Jefferson County, so this is a smokers' paradise.  Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against smokers, but I am becoming very fond of the smoking ban in restaurants in STL county.  Fortunately the back room was smoke free.
  
  So we sat down in front of the only big screen TV they had to watch the Blues home opener.  I usually wouldn't judge a restaurant by their TVs, but this is a sports bar and they only had one big screen and maybe three other TVs in a huge room and they were teeny tiny.
  
  Our waitress was super nice and sweet, but those were her best characteristics.  She said she was new and begged us not to split the bill because it would be too difficult for her.  So we agreed.  We got wings and spicy nachos.  The wings were decent, but she brought them out without any napkins or plates.  It took her about 15 minutes to come back with some and by that time we had just about finished the wings and exhausted our ration of napkins.  The nachos were horrible.  Every other chip was stale and instead of crunching, kind of bent when bit in to.  The cheese sauce was like a bland cheese wiz and the chicken was out of a can and not spicy at all.  Fortunately there was barely any chicken on there.  The lettuce was huge chunks of romaine.  There was nothing redeeming at all and probably the worst nachos I ever had.
  
  Back to the restaurant itself, I'm no Prima donna, but I tend to like a comfortable atmosphere.  We were under the one ceiling fan that was on its highest setting.  When we asked for them to turn it off, they jokingly gave us trouble that we were being difficult.  Even this task took about 15 minutes.  The remote was wrapped up in electrical tape and it had to be taken apart to put new batteries in it.  The girl trying to fix it kept talking about how sticky her fingers had become and all the while blocking the hockey game.  Just about everything about this place with weird and dingy.  The bathroom was disgusting and what bumped it up on the gross out scale was the shower next to the urinal.  We couldn't figure out who would need to take a shower in there.
  
  It's too bad that this place could be really fun, but they need to step up their game in many ways.  I wouldn't go back.

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  Posted on 01.20.13 Robert J.

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  Had the chicken quesadilla. I'm not all that picky about food, but I could not finish it. Disgusting. I don't know what it was, but it was no chicken quesadilla I ever met before. It looked like cat food. Premium cat food, but still cat food.
  
  The main attraction to this place is that it is in Jefferson County and so it allows smoking. They claim to have a smoking and a non-smoking section. These are separated by a very wide and very open doorway. So, the whole place is smoking. If you like to smoke while you eat, this is your place. If you like halfway decent bar food, this is not your place.
  
  Looked like a great place for a barroom fight. So that could be a plus if you're lookin' for drinkin' and fightin'.

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  Posted on 12.13.12 Michael P.

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  Went on a Friday night and the food was great.  Pupillo Salad is really really good.  Not your typical bar and grill.  This will definitely become a regular place for us to eat.

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  Posted on 03.26.11 Mary E.

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  Meh...this place is ok. It's tucked back in basically the middle of nowhere so it's location does not help business much. The Philly cheese steak sandwhich I had was not good. However they have a large menu so hopefully some other items are better. Yor typical neighborhood sports bar is how I would describe it. Nothing special...beer, tvs, a few bar games, and an "interesting" crowd. Hotshots blows this place out of the water...and that's not saying much.

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  Posted on 03.22.10 Jenny P.

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