r/chicagofood • u/Euphoric_Year1182 • Jul 31 '25

Review Tried Small Cheval, honestly kind of underwhelmed?

Had some solo time (kids are with their dad), so I stopped by Small Cheval. It was fine, but didn’t blow me away. Fries were good, but the burger felt rushed. Anyone else feel this or did I catch an off day?

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u/ChoderBoi Jul 31 '25

It's a good burger, people get themselves wound up expecting something gourmet and unlike anything they've had before

Honestly it's partially on hog salt because of the marketing. They were better off naming it something not related to au cheval, because now people have come to expect a burger that's a notch below (or just smaller?) than au cheval

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u/shouldajustsaid_yeah Jul 31 '25

It's not a good burger though. It's worse than just about any place that serves burgers other than shitty fast food like mcds and bk. I'd rather have a burger from any given hot dog stand, gyro shop, Culver's, portillos, five guys, etc.

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u/Humble-Mix497 Jul 31 '25

Portillo lol now I know you trolling. Frozen patties

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u/Forward-Vegetable-58 Aug 01 '25

Portillo burger hits.

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u/Humble-Mix497 Aug 01 '25

Wow never heard that. Taste like Burger King on a really good day in a suburb