Sola's Grill

At a Sauble Beach grill, the path of least resistance is a burger and a good view. Sola's keeps both and then overdelivers on the plate — dill-brined fried chicken, homemade birria, beer-battered haddock — while keeping the visit itself loose: no reservations, a counter to order from, and a Lake Huron patio you carry the food out to once a table opens. The rhythm is built for a beach day. You arrive between the water and the shops, settle the order while you wait rather than over a set table, and, timed right, you eat on the patio as the afternoon tips toward the sunset Sauble is known for.

The handhelds are where the kitchen shows its hand. Sola's Fried Chicken Sandwich is the menu's clearest anchor — hand-breaded, dill-brined chicken under mayo, lettuce and tomato, the brine separating it from a generic fried-chicken order. The Birria Beef Sandwich is the richest lane: homemade birria beef and mozzarella on a toasted bun, white onion and cilantro on top, a cup of consommé alongside for dipping. Burgers hold the middle, from the straightforward Sola's Choice on a six-ounce patty to the Big Eddie, a two-patty build stacked with bacon, Forty Creek BBQ sauce and onion rings. For the shoreline order, beer-battered haddock comes as a sandwich on baguette with tartar and slaw, or as the full fish and chips.