06/11/2026
You all always get on to me and tell me to “be nice to places that just opened. They’re trying”. Yeah…I’m gonna listen to none of that advice and tell you about my experience with Jesse's Grill in Morrilton.
I called in my order under the name “Joe” because I didn’t want them to know it was me. Picked up 2 burgers, loaded fries and 2 side order of fries. At the window I also ordered a single burger just to see, in case they recognized me if it tasted like the others. Spoiler it didn’t. Oh and I do have some legitimate complaints that I hope they fix about their food.
Starting off with their packaging. I didn’t know what to make of it. The paper bag was nice clean and new. Not like the trashy plastic bags you get in other places that make your food sweat so by the time you get home the bread is a wet sponge. The burger container made me pretty sure they had a Time Machine back there because it was like a 1995 Big Mac container. Cardboard and sturdy. The burger took me back a little. The meat patties looked too thin to hold juice or flavor. Apparently I need to get my eyes fixed because I was wrong. Full of flavor.
The fries. Oh man those fries. Crispy, salted perfectly and with that garlic aioli, mama Mia muy grande delicioso.
Now to my legitimate complaint. Their loaded fries. It’s a solid meal. Like really good meal. My issue though is that when I got the food my kids were in the car. So as I’m driving, these tiny wild creatures are devouring the loaded fries. By the time I could stop, all the toppings were gone and I ended up at a red light face deep into the container trying to get some of the cheese. I came up for air when the light turned green and the guy behind me honked only to see that I had bacon in my eyebrow. I ate the bacon. The person next to me saw it all and judged me heavily. I managed to cut the corner of my lip on the container and now everyone has to put up with my jokes of “I need to go to the doctor. My Lipitor”
Oh and the reason the burger I ordered after they knew it was me didn’t taste the same as my first delicious burger is because I never got to take a bite. It was stolen and ingested but the kids won’t say who did it.
P.S. you can borrow the Lipitor joke. I stole it. Last pic shows the dipping accident that caused me to almost bite off my own arm.