Charcoal Delights

Haven't been in this place for a while, despite living nearby. Some changes have been made. For one thing, they gave me an actual knife and fork and an actual plate, not just the plastic and paper stuff. Fancy! My drink and soup were both served in styrofoam, though. The fries are better now than they used to be- crispier, and I happen to prefer crinkle-cut fries, anyway. The fish dinner is probably the item I've ordered most often here over the years, and while the basic components have stayed the same, I've noticed that the fish pieces have gotten smaller. The cream of chicken soup is still good. I don't understand the lettuce that comes with the fish dinner. Is it meant to be a salad? It's just a bunch of shredded iceberg lettuce and two slices of tomato with no dressing. Is it meant to be a garnish? Then why is there so much of it? The place is reasonably clean, the bathrooms don't smell terrible, the prices are not too shocking. It's still a pretty good example of the kind of place it is.

My bud and I were searching for a quick place for a late lunch, so we wound up at Charcoal Delights. Located at Foster and Kedzie, they have a convenient parking lot if you are driving. They have an extensive menu, so it might take a minute to peruse everything on the board. Once we placed our orders, the food came out quickly. I must say the service was super, as one woman knew I wanted a take-out box for my leftovers before I even asked for it. She also impressed my bud by reciting their entire week of soup specials. My bud ordered a two piece broasted chicken meal, which comes with coleslaw, biscuit, and soup. I ordered the ribs 'N' broasted chicken combo, a staggering meal including a half slab of ribs and half broasted chicken (4 pieces). My meal also came with garlic bread, coleslaw, soup, and baked potato. The soup of the day was navy bean, which was a very hearty cup filled with more beans than liquid. The broasted chicken is similar to fried chicken but allegedly healthier for you, so that's cool. The ribs were saucy and good if not great. Indeed, I had plenty of food from this combo to take home and share with my love. It cost $23.99 but since I got a couple of meals out of it I believe it was worth it.

It always smells so good when we drive past and we love good grilled food. Especially burgers. Today we stopped and got two burgers and fries. Their burgers are huge! I could only eat half but it was very good. Crinkle cut fries. Everything made to order, but it didn't take long at all. And they have a large menu if you want something else. Good fast food and tbey have a drive thru too.

I don't know why I've never written a review for Charcoal Delights before, shocked really. I've lived nearby for most of my adolescence and have had pretty much everything on the menu with the exception of the fish sandwich. I usually am satisfied with their burgers which takes some time but it's worth it. They have a drive through but unless you catch them at an off time it might be a long but worthwhile wait. My latest visit I went with their Italian beef. I remember back in the day they just had a pepperoncini peppers which I found distasteful, seriously not even sweet peppers?Well, they must have gotten enough complaints or something because it's changed and for the better. The sandwich managed to have enough juice without it being a soggy mess b the time I got back to the house to eat it. The fries though have stayed the same, crispy, delicious not quite a steak fry but not a shoestring.

Good food for the price, charbroiled burgers tasted fresh and delicious. Service was great with a host around to keep things fresh and clean. Nice seating with tv to keep us occupied if needed. Not too loud quick service.

Still probably my favorite burger in Chicago. Always freshed grilled with that smokey flavor. Fries are nice and crisp without being overdone.The biggest problem is that their broasted (fried) chicken is also amazing. So unless you want to eat yourself into a coma, you're going to have to choose.It's a painful dilemma.It gets worse: their Greek chicken is excellent too. So good luck with your choices.Haven't had their gyros in a long time, but they're more expensive than they used to be. (Like literally everything else in the world.)Always good service, nice clean tables, and a magnificent charcoal smell that makes you start drooling as soon as you get in.

The food is average. Service. Can barely understand them. English is very poor . Seems like they don't understand it well either as they ask plate or sandwich then give you the opposite.

Well we were looking forward to trying this local joint especially with the cool sounding name.Unfortunately the name did not live up to the taste of the food.For lunch on Saturday, Mo had a cheeseburger and I did the Gyro Sandwich with the Tziki on the side. The cheeseburger patty seemed to be molded by hand so that was a nice touch but the taste was mediocre at best. I've had many a Gyro in my life and this was the middle of the road. I like my Gyros a little crispy, just a minute on the grill and this was just ok. I will say they have an extensive menu.By far the staff was nice and plentiful and did a good job of keeping the place clean but there will not be any rush to come back here.

This place used to be good, not great but good. Maybe I got them on an off day. Went on 09/04/2024 and carried out a four piece chicken dinner. Immediately took it home to eat. Chicken had a weird taste and was extremely rubbery. Broasted potatoes also tasted weird. Neither were anywhere warm. Biscuit was inedible and ended up throwing it out. Cole slaw OK but miniscule container. For $14.45 including tax---even in today's inflationary era----way overpriced. Only thing good was counterperson extremely nice. Now on my endangered species list.Thanks,BA

I am a big fan of this place but Saturday my wife and kid all ordered cheese burgers and the onion pickle mix was dirty tasting all of didn't like the cheese burgers. I willreturn cheese fries and a pizza puff next time