Brian's Grill

Oh my gosh!! First bite was amazing. Owner working the grill who was extremely nice giving suggestions and even offered that if I didn't like something, he would re trashed what I got and made me something else. Food is of very high quality and the prices are very reasonable.
The chili is homemade each day and add a great layer of flavor to the burgers/hot dogs. There's only about 15 or so seats, which leads to the total local vibe. All drinks are in a bottle, and they feature Cheerwine and Sun Drop.
Food is made in record time to get customers fed or out the door. This is a cash only place, so make sure you have enough to pay for your food and tip.
Make sure to recycle your empty bottle before you step out the door. "Another Day in Paradise"

Best burger
Best hot dogs
And man don't even get me talking about the livermush and eggs sandwich
Oh Lordy lord I wish I had one in my hand right now

The best place to get a hot fresh burger or hot dog. Service is always friendly and always fast! Food is always hot. Bottled drinks are always cold!
I have seen them give food to a customer who ordered and didn't realize it is cash only. I even offered to pay for that person and they wouldn't allow me too. Just great people!!

The best bacon egg and cheese around Chain Grove . Fresh food ,quick severe and always friendly conversation

We stopped in for lunch while passing through the downtown area. The small diner had just finished breakfast and had transitioned to lunch. The menu is pretty limited. Hamburger, hotdog, chips, bottled soft drinks. I ordered a hamburger all-the-way. My friend got a hot dog. The chili on the hamburger was good. The burger reminds of a fresh burger you'd get at a family cookout. The food is prepared right in front of you. It was prepared immediately with no waiting. They have a 97 sanitation grade.

Amazing people especially The owner who was too generous! This will be my spot for dogs, burgers and fries. Small menu but that's perfect. Wished that I would have been eating here sooner.
You also can't forget breakfast.
The bad reviews need to stop. Yes. Small menu, small town people. If you don't like it GO AWAY and keep
Your comments to yourself.

Had a burger, dog and fries. Cook brought out burgers that were already cooked from a large tub and dumped 10 or so on the grill. They sat there for a very short time and the they slap the cheese on the grill to start the melting process. I did not get the chili on the burger and it was very dry. The taste was good but no juice at all. Got the hot dog all the way and it was OK. Fries were HOT and good.

China Grove, where Brian's Grill is located, is in the midst of a revitalization. This gentrification appears, however, to be limited to the downtown area, for you will have to pass through a pretty seedy area on North Main Street to get to it. These tatterdemalion businesses include a couple of fish game places if you have reached rock bottom in your gambling activities as well as a strip club that has a hotel around back. I'm not making this up. I cannot even begin to imagine the creatures that work in or patronize this establishment.

I could discuss gentrification and the moral decay of society all day, but we have a review to finish.

Brian's is cash only, and they have a simple menu that is basically hot dogs and hamburgers. I ordered two hotdogs all the way, fries, and a Cheerwine slushy.

The fries were fresh, hot, and delicious.

The Cheerwine slushy was very good, but like so many slushy drinks, left me with little juice and a lot of ice all too quickly.

The hotdogs were also very good with a frank that was above average. The chili was interesting. It was good to be sure but different. It had no chili flavor. The seasonings that are in chili powder were nowhere to be found. But it DID have flavor--It was akin to a sloppy joe. The chili was also greasy, depositing a dark orange grease ring on the bun. Nevertheless, the taste was pretty good.

If I were evaluating only on the above items, I could make a strong case for four stars. But Brian's only gets three stars for essentially two reasons.

First, they have no cole slaw. What North Carolina hotdog joint serves a hotdog all the way, but with no slaw? That's part of what all the way IS.

Second, they cook burgers way ahead of time. I do not like this. When I ordered, there were at least 20 burgers that had been completely cooked and set aside to the corner of the grill to keep them warm. No thanks. It is why I didn't try the burger.

Brian's has a friendly staff, a pretty good product, and they are very popular with the locals. But I think their overall rating is a bit too generous.

Brian's Grill is a small, really small, bare bones grill on Main Street in this equally small town, perhaps best known from a culinary view point for a barbecue restaurant opened in 1971 by Gary Ritchie. The menu is small, as well, hot dogs, burgers, and a bit more, but you want to go with the hot dogs most of all, the burgers are worth a visit (go Carolina burger style), but the dogs are what they do best here!

And it is because of the chili, but then again, it always is! Here, they brown the beef first (some do, some don't), then add the liquid, plenty of chopped onions, and the spices including some with heat, slow cook it for 3 hours with the lid on, Take the lid off, taste and re-season, and add liquid if necessary, then slow cook for 3 more hours, without the lid - then put in it the frig until the next day! And you thought it was just chili!

Really quite greasy plus they don't make coleslaw was sick on my stomach from the grease in the chili