Hello Canton! 

And hello to reasonably priced food and drinks. How we’ve missed you.

Shane was clearly skeptical of this pick as we drove through the neighborhood nearing the building. Maybe it was the random recliner in several different front yards? Or the miscellaneous vehicles parked haphazardly anywhere but the driveways? Or maybe the guy in his bathrobe hanging out on the porch across the street from the parking lot?

Probably a combination of all of those things, truthfully. Along with the fact that The White Crown probably lived another life as someone’s home before it became a bar and grill. And by now you know our history with those types of places.

Even seeing all the cars parked outside (in the actual parking lot, which we assumed to be behind the building) didn’t make Shane feel any better. This was evident when he let Ted and I enter first. Such a gentleman.

Turns out it wasn’t as busy inside as what the car situation would make it out to be. We scored a table right inside the door. Our server must’ve been reading our minds as we looked around, because she informed us – apropos of nothing – that there were a couple of parties happening downstairs and that’s why the parking was a bit hectic.

Dinner with a side of mental telepathy. Should be a fun night!

Trying to calm Shane’s nerves, I explained to the guys that I picked this place because it got good reviews as a neighborhood bar and grill that wasn’t fancy but had good food at reasonable prices. He opened his menu and exclaimed that he hadn’t seen an $8 burger in a long time. Or $4 breaded mushrooms. Or $4.50 onion rings.

I think he’s starting to come around, folks.

The menu here is truly a little of everything – usual bar fare like burgers, wraps, salads, and fried apps, but then also things like fish dinners, steak dinners, etc. We of course performed our usual interrogation of the server to learn what they were most known for, and she said the fish, burgers and steaks. In that order.

Ted started off with the zucchini planks, which he offered up to Shane and I for sharing – because unlike Shane Ted does share food.

I cut part of one in half and watched the steam pour out like a soon to rupture volcano. So we waited a minute before letting those touch our mouths thankfully.

We also did the same with the breaded mushrooms that Shane and I ordered.

For dinner I decided to keep the “things with breading” theme going and ordered the breaded fish basket with steak fries.

It’s more of a fish plate than a basket, but whatever, it was still good. The only thing I didn’t care for was the tartar sauce, which seemed to consist more of a strange mustard tasting substance than any tartar sauce I’ve ever had before. And given my dislike of mustard, I wasn’t exactly a fan. But the fish itself was good and the steak fries were really tasty.

Ted got the surf and turf with steak fries.

Hot tip, don’t ask for A1 steak sauce in this establishment. Ted made that mistake and the look on the server’s face could only be described as someone who was just informed they would’ve had the winning lottery numbers that day if only they had bought a ticket. He explained it was for his fries, not his steak, and was then allowed to continue his meal in peace.

Ted said the steak was good, and the shrimp was large enough he couldn’t eat it in just one bite.

That’s what she said.

Sorry, it’s been a while on that joke, cut me some slack here people.

Shane got the bacon burger, which comes with a side of chips.

And – because Shane can’t pass up a cheap hot dog on a menu (that’s what she … never mind) – he also ordered the coney dog with cheese. Which also comes with chips.

I feel like we’ve seen this play out not long ago, no?

Shane really liked his coney dog. On the first taste of the sauce his face lit up like a Christmas tree and he proclaimed it was sweet. Happy place, entered.

And his burger also didn’t disappoint. He had specifically asked for it to be cooked medium rare, and was about to be upset when the first few bites didn’t seem to be so. But he said the meat got more rare as he got closer to the center of the burger, so that made him happy. He also really likes the charbroil.

But the biggest hit of the night was definitely our bill, which for Shane and I came to a whopping $45. My High Noon cans were $3.50 each – less than half the price of the ones ordered last week at The Workz – and Shane’s Bud Lites were $1.75 each. Now our bill did note that this was “happy hour pricing” … but we arrived just after 7:00 and left about 9:00 so I’m not really sure what time their happy hour is at White Crown but I have to say I’m certainly not complaining.

Overall I have to say this is a great little hidden gem. If you can get past the semi-sketch neighborhood on the drive in and not really look too closely at the cleanliness of the place then I think you’ll be happy with the food, service and atmosphere. And if you can’t, well, that just means more cheap drinks and food for us then I guess.

Picked by: Steph