The Village Grill — Restaurant in Wheeling Township

Think they're under new ownership, got some MAJOR penny-pinchers running the place now.

My supposedly three-egg breakfast was maybe an egg and a half at best, which would've been fine if I had A), only asked for an egg and a half ...and B), not been so grossly overcharged.

Also two people in our group had hot teas. Now tea bags in the store are about ¢20 so here's an idea... if you're going to charge $3.50 for them (20x price markup!) then, maybe don't charge people an extra $3.50 for another bag when they request a refill. Just the hot tea alone was $15, most places we go to it's only 5 or 6 bucks for the two, and that's with refills!

Plus if you're not one of their regulars, don't expect the same kind of treatment as them, and be ready for the annoying credit card fees this place charges you at the counter, apparently even as we were paying they had to weasel a few more bucks out of us I guess.

Cheap, cheap, cheap. Oh and beware of the city sales tax for Arlington Heights if you're not familiar with the area,...

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