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    Parker's Sandbar

    3.8 (12 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:59 pm

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    This is a Chicken breast sandwich? What do you think? Please don't waste your $'s here.

    Without question, the worst dining experience I've had in at least 3 years. I should have known better and turned back to the car when arriving at the main entrance only to find the bartender smoking and not acknowledging our arrival in any way...no hello, welcome or even a simple smile. Obviously neither a well- seasoned, trained or supervised hospitality staff member. But he was a sign of what was to come. Our smiling server arrived quickly and took our drink orders...things were looking up! I asked about the day's specials and she advised the soup of the day and crispy chicken breast sandwich. My buddy ordered the soup and I went for the chicken. Our order arrived promptly. Soup was barely warm and the chicken breast sandwich had become a spicy, pre-formed/pressed, breaded patty. Nothing close to what she had described. (See photo) I don't like spicy food or chicken patties and would not have ordered the sandwich if the description would have been anything close to what was served. I upgraded to tots...received cole slaw. I don't like cole slaw. We were able to fight off the gnats/small flies that were much more interested in our food than we were but my buddy finished his soup...he was starving after a day on the water. We looked for our server but never saw her after seeing her filling "to-go" boxes for whom we assumed were other guests...wrong again! Finally after more than 10 minutes the bartender asked if we needed anything and we answered "our check." It was then we were told our server had gone home. She had obviously been filling the "to-go" containers for people (or raccoons?) at home. The Sandbar is an interesting setting but it's noisy and certainly DOES NOT offer the "spectacular lake views" they promote. It features 7 TVs but all but one were frozen during the time we were there. They tag guests with a 2.9% card fee and the music from the kitchen was almost as loud as that in the dining area. There's more (like filthy cooks visiting the bar area for beverages) but who even cares. Unfortunately, it's one of a very small number of restaurants in the Moose Lake area but after our experience at Parker's, I'd try any of them. My recommendation to other Yelpers is to do the same until this place takes service, training and some level of supervision seriously.

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    4.3(124 reviews)
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    We are from out of town and after we rode the Duluth River train, we pulled up the gps map to look…read morefor some restaurants in the area. We drove by a few that didn't look as interesting as we thought they would, and then decided to try this one, even though it was way away from where we were it looked like a good menu. We were not disappointed. Service was great. Food was great. We are an older couple so we're happy to see that they had seniors menu with some smaller size burgers. Amazing flavor on the burgers and the best french fries that we have eaten in a long, long long time. We only get to Duluth about four times a year, but we decided that this is where we're eating every time from now on.

    Accidentally found this place on maps. Tip: always zoom in and out in an area when looking for food…read moreas the buttons seem to pop at different "elevations". SO glad I stopped. I had the special, a simple cheeseburger and fries. Simple it was not. This will now be my go-to place for a burger whenever I'm in town. The burger is never frozen, the fries are real and fresh cut (but they do it right and soak them in water). OMG, I was expecting a typical flat little burger and a half a dozen bites of fries...oh no, bring your appetite my friend! The burger was juicy and thick but also fully cooked. The fries were divine! They were golden brown with a perfect crisp, skin on for flavor, and not too skinny nor thick AND didn't leave me wanting more. I ALWAYS want more fries. I made the mistake of saying "no" to tomato and lettuce and onion. They are usually a little limp leaf of nearly white lettuce and a paper thin slice of lacy flavorless wet tomato. Nope, not here. I saw them preparing other baskets as I was sitting at the counter awaiting my order...the fixings were thick, bright, and crunchy! Don't skip it. I'm also super excited to try their other dinner selections like meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy. I have a hunch the potatoes won't be instant. I'm curious about breakfast too, although I'm never in town that early. They have a small selection of desserts as well. They also serve my favorite root beer, 1919, along with 1919 cream soda which I didn't even know they had! Just like the quality and quantity of food, the service is what I remember it used to be. I was greeted with a genuine warm and welcome smile. I wad given an appropriate amount of time to decide before being pestered multiple times. My questions were answered without a look of annoyance and I wasn't made to feel like a bother. The small talk was personable and appropriate. Service sets the tone and I felt comfortable and belonging. The ONLY reason I didn't give it 5 stars was it kinda yucked me out nobody wore gloves at any point. Grabbing fistful of potatoes out of a bucket of water would require a type of dishwashing glove, and I get that they are fried in hot oil so that didn't bother me as much. It was more the handling the raw fixings without gloves and noting that the lettuce (as beautiful as it was), and I'm assuming the other vegetables, we're not washed prior. I don't think many restaurants do for the reason of preparation speed and ingredient longevity. That part bothers me everywhere because all I can think of is pesticides and germs. I don't typically end on a less than positive note but, I knew this one was going to be lengthy and people's attention spans short. I lied, I will say this...I left very happy and satisfied and NOT smelling of grease! In summary, GO!

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