The Usual Suspects Cocktails and Grill

The menu at The Usual Suspects Cocktails and Grill reads like a rap sheet. The Boss, The Gangster Colossal, Gotti's Buffalo Chicken, The Soprano Steak Sandwich, The Mobster's Great Canadian Club — the kitchen has dressed a Niagara Falls pub-and-grill in prohibition-era costume and named half the burgers after men who would never have eaten this well. The joke holds because the food underneath it is honest. This is wings, pizza, burgers, fish and chips, and poutine on Drummond Road, priced for a weeknight table rather than a tourist one, and open since 2023 in a casual storefront that used to trade under a different name.

Start with the Jumbo Wings, which is the cleanest read on the kitchen. They come by the pound and run through a sauce list deep enough to argue over: usual suspect spice, lemon pepper, buffalo, honey garlic, honey hot, garlic butter, and sweet chili Thai. From there the menu wants you to commit. The Boss is the burger that captures the place — cheddar, bacon, a buffalo chicken finger, onion rings, and a 40 Creek BBQ drizzle stacked on the patty until it stops being a sandwich and starts being a dare. The Usual Suspects Pie turns the theme into a pizza, loading pepperoni, bacon, peameal, mushrooms, red onions, hot peppers, a three-cheese blend, and the same 40 Creek drizzle. Around those sit the steadier orders: Fish and Chips in beer-battered haddock, Classic Poutine under curds and gravy, a French Onion Soup capped with bread and Swiss, and Tacos Grande built on beef, chicken, or haddock. The appetizer page is its own argument for showing up hungry — Nachos Supreme stacked to a party size, Homemade Mozza Sticks, Coconut Shrimp, Sweet Potato Fries, and a Spinach Artichoke Dip that arrives with both nachos and pita.