Mike Duffy's Pub & Grill — Restaurant in Town and Country

Not one person wearing a mask. Eww, with covid numbers this high, I want to see the people serving my food wearing a mask, because I doubt they are vaccinated since only 50% of the county is. I'd hate to see what their kitchen is like if they don't value good sanitary practices during a pandemic. Food quality is fair. Pricy for what you get.

Health codes and national CDC guidelines are not synonymous with local guidelines. Furthermore, the CDC does not have authority to require masks nationwide, as I'm sure you are aware. So the best they can do is place recommendations based on their EXPERTISE (which they DO RECOMMEND). An owner or manager of a restaurant can do what they like, but that does not mean that they have the health and ID expertise to follow what is actually best practice. St. Louis County would have adopted (and medical and infectious disease experts did recommend mask mandates) a mask mandate, had there not been extreme racial hateful responses at the county board meeting. Customers should be aware of business practices, despite what an owner or manager's personal beliefs may be, as I would not have ordered there had I realized no one handling my food would be wearing a mask (keep in mind many other restaurants are requiring employees to wear a mask due to high rates of covid...

Upon arrival at Mike Duffy’s I was greeted and seated by friendly wait staff immediately, menus were given and drink orders were taken immediately upon being seated. The atmosphere was that of an average family pub and grill, with plenty of seating, including; bar, front dining, backroom dining, and patio seating. I ordered the Louisiana chicken with fries, chili, and reuben with onion rings. The Louisiana chicken was nicely breaded and covered in a sweet buttery very mild sauce; it had a great taste, but didn’t live up to the name Louisiana, as the tang of vinegar base in a Louisiana sauce didn’t come through, and the fries were average. The chili was a bean and beef based offering, it was tangy, sweet, and thick, exactly what one would expect from a mid-west chili offering. The reuben had salty, tangy, and sweet elements, a little too sweet for my taste, the salty corned beef flavor didn’t really shine with this reuben. Overall the experience at Mike Duffy’s was average for a pub and grill. The highlight of the experience, was the light, yet crunchy...

The one & only time I visited, the patio service was horrible. Waitress forgot drink request as well as side sauce I asked, nicely, multiple times. She acted like she was having a bad day & it showed on us. Waited more than 15 minutes for the check...not a big deal but added to the bad food, wrong order & just felt they didn't want us there.

UPDATE: 10.01.2021

So....a funny thing happened on the way to a review. The manager of the restaurant called me & we spoke for 15+ minutes. He listened, he cared, he was honest & he wanted to fix the issue. We both agreed the waitress may have had a bad day so another visit is warranted. A gift was mailed; he stepped up & truly wanted to make it right. I'll be visiting with my family soon and one thing is certain, if all businesses had managers like Duffy's then services would be much better. Duffy's has been around for a long time & I see why. Here's to a better experience & wonderful food!!! ...