The 44 Sports Grill & Nightlife — Restaurant in Glendale

The staff and the customers make this my favorite place to frequent. Then you throw in live music at a location close to me, I couldn't have wished for a better spot. The Westside had nothing special (as far as smaller music venues go) until the 44, and this is what we got: PROS: *Church music on tap! *Live music with national acts, and local alike, in a more intimate setting than any other venue has to offer-with national acts mind you. *They have poker nights and country line dancing lessons for free certain nights. *They occasionally host midget wrestling, male reviews and female reviews so the entertainment stays interesting and diverse. *They are super biker friendly- which is important for me personally. *The chef is phenomenal. I have and will literally follow him to any establishment he works at, hense my "will travel for food" slogan. Lol *They have a super lively and friendly karaoke crowd! The host, Lisa Joe, is hands down, the best karaoke host I have ever seen in action (and trust I've seen many.) *Staff and customers are next level from your usual neighborhood bars, they are friendly and really care about eachother- and it shows. *Great place to watch sports games, play pool or darts! CONS: *They're social media presence lacks and it can be very difficult to locate information- It's not reliably consistent and you hardly ever get a "day-of-show" post to promote. Patrons will post during a show and the 44 might repost after the fact- but that is super annoying if you realize you didn't catch the 1 or 2 announcements posted _ _ random weeks in advance. Especially if its a show you would have really liked to see, obviously. *This ties into the first gripe but they never promote shows outside of fliers in the establishment and random posts on FB. They should invest in the marketing of their shows more. It really sucks for some of the good bands, especially when they're playing here on a weeknight or Sunday cause they're passing through and its completely dead except for a handful of people on the karaoke side.

Those are my only gripes though so all and all I am a huge fan...

Went here a few weeks ago with 2 friends to try something new and it had favorable reviews...was it good...no. my friends said the place had a weird smell..I didn't get that but I do have wicked allergies. The food...now it isn't the kind of BBQ I normally like..i like a lot of sauce...but that wasn't the problem. Our meals were cold...not just a little cold like you just defrosted it badly cold. Returned the food to have it heated. Food came back and it was no longer icy but I wouldn't say it was hot...well..the middle the pile of meat was hot...not the outside (microwaved???) The chef did come out to apologize and when we told him the food was barely warm he did he did it himself and the temp read....whatever it read...but I think he shouldn't put the probe in the middle of the.pile of meat and test everywhere.

Honestly it felt like an under heated frozen meal. It might have tasted better..but I won't know. Don't plan on...

We have been here a few times now just for the food. First time I had the Mac n cheese topped with pulled pork. It had crushed flaming hot Cheetos sprinkled on top of the fresh homemade Mac. Absolutely fantastic. Came back for breakfast. Pictured is the breakfast burrito filled with chorizo, brisket, two eggs, bacon and country fried potatoes usually it's smothered with green chili, but I got it smothered with homemade sausage gravy, came with a side of country fried potatoes. Hands down best breakfast burrito I have ever had. My husband had the country fried chicken topped with over easy eggs and chorizo gravy with a side of country fried potatoes and bacon. If you have not tried their food you are missing out!! And the cook comes out and asks how things are and wants to get honest feedback and opinions. Fantastic that he cares - you can tell by the...