Hard Times Cafe Menu – Rockville, MD

Type : American restaurant

Location : Rockville, MD

Local chain dishing up chili dishes, wings & burgers in a simple setting with flat-screen TVs. Based on 584 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery

Hard Times Cafe 20850

Address:
1117 Nelson St, Rockville, MD 20850

Phone: (301) 294-9720

Website: http://www.hardtimes.com/locations/rockville/

Hours

Monday

(Labor Day)
Closed

Holiday hours
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12–8 PM
Thursday 12–8 PM
Friday 12–8 PM
Saturday 12–8 PM
Sunday 12–8 PM

Menu

Appetizers
Corn Dog Nuggets
Nathan’s all-beef mini corn dogs with mustard dipping sauce (nathan’s)
$9.49
Loaded Fries
Chili and cheese or bacon and cheese
$10.89
Deep-Fried Pickles
Southern-style deep-fried breaded pickles with dipping sauce
$9.49
Santa Fe Egg Rolls
Crispy tortillas wrapped around chicken, black beans and corn with melted jack cheese
$9.89
Chili Nachos
Chili, melted cheese, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and sour cream
$12.49
Onion Rings
Fresh-cut colossal onions hand-dipped in beer batter
$9.89
Chicken Tenders
Hand-dipped tenders with bbq, ranch, honey mustard or served texas hot-style.
$9.89
Jalapeno Pepper
Deep-fried jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese
$9.89
Burgers
Black & Bleu Burger
Crisp bacon and melted bleu cheese crumbles.
$13.49
Whiskey River Bbq Bacon Burger
Bacon, cheese with thick, rich bbq sauce and two onion rings.
$13.49
Bacon Cheeseburger
Crisp bacon and choice of cheese.
$13.49
Chargrilled Burger $12.49
Sliders
Mini Elvis Cheeseburgers
3 mini burgers with cheese and a pickle.
$12.49
Mini Chili Cheddarburgers
3 mini chili burgers with cheese and onions.
$12.49
Chili Dogs
Authentic Coney Dog
Two all beef dogs with just the right amount of cincinnati chili, shredded cheddar and onions.
$11.89
Cowboy Kielbasa
Grilled kielbasa topped with bbq sauce, cincy chili, fresh-cut fries and coleslaw. Served with a side of onion rings.
$11.89
Wings
Grilled Wings
Original texas, honey mustard, chili lime, honey bbq, old bay, sweet red chill or teriyaki
$13.49
Boneless Wings
Original texas, honey mustard, chili lime, honey bbq, old bay, sweet red chili or teriyaki
$11.99
South To Baja
Southwest Patty Melt
Angus-certified char-grilled burger with grilled onions, jack cheese and chipotle mayo on texas toast.
$13.49
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Grilled chicken with melted cheese and pico de gallo folded in a toasted tortilla.
$13.49
Chicken Alamo
Spaghetti mixed with a blend of parmesan and ranch dressing topped with tomatoes and spicy strips of chicken.
$13.49

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Reviews

Leslie M
Let me start off with the fact that the staff and even the chef were absolutely amazing! Their service and friendliness was so emensely kind and comforting. The staff was very attentive and helpful! As for the food….

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Erdem Adisanli
Was my first time ordering from there and the last time, $16 for such tiny bowl half of it stuffed with bread anyways!? Also it was the driest chili I have ever had

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Tom P
This review is mostly for their wings, which are fantastic. They make Texas style wings, which I don’t know exactly what that means, but I think it involves a rub, and then the key to their deliciousness, getting finished on the grill I would come here just for the wings, and the good service, but having chili is just a bonus. I think they have 3 or 4 types of chili, including Cincinnati style, Texas, and vegetarian, and multiple ways to have it served; over spaghetti, over corn bread, over Fritos, etc. Be warned, they aren’t open at all on Mondays.

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Rod Rodriguez
This place is rustic and dark. But that is the charm of an old time joint serving 4 styles of chili including a vegetarian version (spicey!!).

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Alexis P
The service here is very nice. Overall the food was pretty mediocre. The fries and everything else that was fried tasted funny (maybe it’s the oil?). The “fried chicken” is actually just chicken tenders. And most of the stuff was relatively unflavored. This might be a better place to grab a beer instead of food.

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Kevin Hill
Food never disappoints, don’t let the fact of it being in shopping center and dive bar feel persuade you from going in. Great chili, wings and burgers.

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matthew albritton
Gordon Ramsay and Kitchen Nightmares couldn’t save this place. My friend and I were visiting a friend at a nearby nursing home. This was the closet restaurant around. We got there around 4 or so. We were the only customers there. That’s should have been the first clue… the place was filthy and old. Our booth had food crumbs on the seats. We ordered sweet teas, the server brings them and leaves. I had to get up to ask for a straw.. They weren’t sweet.. then another server came up to take our orders.. I ordered a cheeseburger with fries and my friend ordered the chili burger with onion rings.. and we asked that server to please bring us some sugar for the teas.. he forgot.. we had to ask him again.. My burger was obviously a frozen, pre made patty.. tasted like rubber… the bun was ice cold and hard.. How do you not grill the bun of a burger?? The fries were few and far between but the ones that were served with the burger were squished and greasy.. My friends onion rings looked like they had been made ahead and nuked in a microwave.. they weren’t crispy at all. Her chili burger had shredded, cold, unmelted cheese just piled on top. Her burger’s bun was hard and cold as well.. back to the atmosphere… The owner must love white Christmas lights and pics of old Hollywood cowboys.. because they are everywhere. And covered in cobwebs..

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George Truly (kyrol)
I ate most of it before I remembered to take a picture. The exterior does nothing to help the place. The inside has fantastic atmosphere, staff is helpful and the building is clean. If you like Chilli and wings you have to stop.

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Ethan Riegel
Amazing, no frills, comfort food. It is physically impossible to leave this place not absolutely full to the gills with chili.

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Jonathan Alfaro
The Five Guys of Wings!! I swear I saw God smile when these wings were made! Delicious, full of flavor and has meat!

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