McGregor's Grill & Ale House (near the Stadium)

Thank you for stopping to read mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog.  Kirk is out and about today and so is Ed (from Yuma), so Cathy is writing a short post.  

Continuing my quest of stopping at bars and pubs near  the Jack Murphy San Diego Chargers  football stadium, McGregors was noticed one weekday.The frontage faces North and around noon, the sun is just right above the buildings in this mall, located a block West of the San Diego Mission and in the first block East of the football stadium.During the week, you walk right up to the end of the bar area (above), order, pay and have a seat; the food will find you.There is a billiard/pool table area with shuffleboard and darts.  Plenty of seating inside and out in front.Above, the 1/2 lb corned beef sandwich ($11.25) on grilled rye with Swiss cheese and a spicy (horseradish) mustard. Really good, lean corned beef; this sandwich could be shared (and it was).One Friday during Lent, I was alone and decided the 'Seafood Combo' ($8.95) would be a good choice. Homemade clam chowder bowl (excellent) and aBaja fish taco (fresh, crispy with a light beer batter), made this a perfect meal.Another visit had me trying a bowl of the homemade chili ($6.75) which was a really filling, tasty meal.  The spices were perfect, and even the black beans were complimentary along with the meaty chunks of coarse ground chuck.The half spinach salad ($6.25) is also a perfect size for a meal.  Baby spinach leaves and plenty of crispy, thick chopped smoky bacon pieces topped with a house made Dijon based salad dressing made this a very good choice. The other day, The Mister and decided to share a McGregor Burger ($8.25). A 1/3 lb burger made with fresh (never frozen, as are the burgers at all the bar-pubs in this part of town) ground beef, served with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, grilled onion and pickles as well as a choice of sides (you can see we chose the onion rings).  This was a very good burger and was cooked to a medium-rare, as requested.  The beer battered onion rings were excellent...whomever works the fryer here is an expert.

There are still a few more bar-pubs in the area, and I'll be 'researching' those soon.  Have a great weekend!

McGregors Grill & Ale House 10475 San Diego Mission Road San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 282-9797 Website

Comments

[J.S. @ Sun Diego Eats]

McGregor's actually makes our favorite bacon cheeseburger in SD! We've tried a lot of them around town but their 1/2 lb burgers are always cooked well and you get good amounts of everything - cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms (add on), and I like iceberg lettuce on a burger. Decent prices too, compared to some of the so-so chef-y burgers we've tried.

[jack]

Looks good Cathy. I've never eaten here, only had drinks. In the same shopping center is Chicago Bros Pizzeria. Have you been there?

[ken]

Hope you'll eat and do a review at San Diego Brewing. At least, I think of them as near the stadium. Thanks!

[Cathy]

The bacon topped burgers here are really good, J.S. I think the prices are pretty fair, especially since McGregor's isn't in the 'dive' category.

Oh jack! I always look (and ask) for items that are listed as or most likely are house made, not frozen or canned and have been delightedly happy here (and the other places in the first link). I've never posted about Chicago Bros...

I did, ken. http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2007/07/san-diego-brewi.html Then again, that was in 2007...time for a revisit post...prices and selection have changed. It is one of so many choices in the area.

[Soo H.]

Mmm... I need to try more pub burgers. :-)

[Cathy]

Kirk and I haven't done a "Burger Week' in a few years, Soo...but there certainly are great choices available.

[caninecologne]

I'd like to try that corned beef sandwich one day. I like that the pubs in this area have access to good meat for their burgers with Iowa farms in the vicinity.

[Cathy]

This whole part of town is interesting, cc. The 'pre game' businesses have been well established East of the Stadium and will continue on, with or without any teams. The selections of business are quality.

[Lynn @ Oh-SoYummy]

San Diego Burger Week just ended a week ago and I went crazy and sampled tons for $5 (on the blog). This place was also on the list but I didn't make it out here. Did you have any other good burgers lately?

[Cathy]

Hi Lynn- what a great post you have! I couldn't have eaten so many burgers in consecutive meals; I tend to get bored with the same food.

My most favorite burgers (lately) come from three places: JT's Pub and Grille http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2015/01/jts-pub-grill-stadium-area.html; Wong's Dragon Room http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2014/09/the-dragon-room-at-wongs-golden-palace-la-mesa-breakfast-and-lunches.html and Elsa's Kitchen http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2011/02/burger-week-2011-elsas-kitchen.html