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Mike Duffy's Pub & Grill
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Categories: Sports Bars, Restaurants [Edit]
Neighborhood: Kirkwood124 W Jefferson Ave
Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 821-2025
- Price Range:
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- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Smoking:
- Yes
9 reviews for Mike Duffy's Pub & Grill
I don't know how many lunches and dinners I have had cut short between my "mommy friends" and me due to our fidgety children and their need to get up and get moving. By far the worst part of entering into Mommyland is how quickly your list of "must try restaurants" turns into "must get a babysitter" requirements. I know for me it seems like the only places that I have to choose from if I want to bring my kid to go get some dinner and a beer include either a pizza buffet or a life sized singing mouse. Yuck.
Can't mom get a decent bite and a beer?
That's where Mike Duffy's comes in. Locally owned and operated, Duffys is one of the most adult and kid friendly eateries in the Lou. The place is always packed, the restaurant is chocked full of bustling kids and adults alike and they even offer video games, an extensive kids menu, not to mention kids eat FREE...yes you heard it...FREE on Tuesdays.
When it comes to the food, think high end bar menu. While best known for their pizza and burgers, my personal favorites are the chicken salad croissant (seriously delicious) and the three cheese lasagna. One funny little side note: they even have a live web cam on their website which is kind of fun for the voyeur in me
Went here last night after finding out about the long wait at Amigos, which is unfortunate.
I had the fish sandwich which was overdone, over-breaded and very greasy. The accompanying chips were way to salty, and I like salt. One friend got fries with his chicken tenders instead of slaw as requested and the other's chicken sandwich was apparently very dry.
On the plus side, the servers were nice and although it was pretty bad, my fish sandwich was obviously hand battered-a rarity these days.
I've heard the pizza is good. I'll get that if I ever go back.
This plave it definately overrated. I use to come here a lot after salsa class and before work. (since it was in Webster Groves.) Usually I got their a 15 minutes before they were suppose to stop serving food (and they still tell you they stopped serving food.) And everytime I have been there and maybe only 5 people at the bar it still takes about 10 minutes to get a drink. If this didn't have a good set up it would be one star.
This seems to be the place I end up when I try to go out in Kirkwood and everything else is too packed. Mike Duffy's somehow never gets that packed. That either says something about the bar, the food, or the people that generally hang out in Kirkwood. I have no idea what it says or if that's a bad or good thing, but hey, it must say something.
The food is decent, but nothing great. The service is much the same. I never wait forever for service, but I have certainly sat in wait for long stretches with an empty glass. The beer is super cheap after 10 on the weekends, you can get a pitcher for $4 I believe. Where can you beat that? And the awesome green astro-turfish carpet, well, that certainly gives the place some charm.
It really is just a decent little sports bar off the main drag in Kirkwood. It's nothing great, but it will certainly fill your pub and grill needs. The TVs are not huge though, so if you are looking for a big screen sports experience, I suggest seeking entertainment elsewhere.
Provel cheese... What the hell is provel cheese? Throughout my entire life, we have ventured to St. Louis to visit relatives and eat at Frank and Helen's to get pizza with Provel Cheese. You'd think it's a mixture of provolone & mozzarella. Not at all! And, when we ate at Duffy's last night when visiting mom, we let our taste buds deduce that Provel must be some sort of cheddar cheese mixed with mozzarella. Nope! Per Wikipedia, and I think they're right, Provel is produced with cheddar, Swiss, and provolone. It is soft at room temperature, with a gooey and almost buttery texture, and thus has a low melting point.
Judging from the menu outside, Duffy's looked boring, just like most bar-food establishments. But shit, the pizza rocked!
New Yorkers and Chicago peeps are SOOO proud of their 'za. There is actually a "St. Louis Pizza" thing! That IS boasted on menus now! And that's because of the Provel cheese served on extremely thin crispy crust. It is different, used rarely outside of St. Louis and has been around since 1947 (again per Wiki). It's very good. Very creamy. Melty in the mouth kind of cheese.
Duffy's 'za rocks! And I've wondered what the **** Provel was since I was a little kid (other than good!). Eating Duffy's St. Louis style pizza last night inspired me enough to find out. And I did. And you can get Provel from the deli at the local Shop 'n Save (should be called "Try-n-Save", btw). And I got fatter.
I'm very impressed with the pizza from Mike Duffy's -- thin, thin crispy crust with such melty provel cheese, it makes me wonder if there's more to the 'provel' mystery than just cheddar, Swiss and provolone, something the natives of St. Louis may not be telling us (e.g., It's in the water!). Whatever it is, it keeps you wanting more no matter how full you may be, just for that warm, gooey sensation.
Drink prices are unbelievable, especially for something containing whiskey.
And they carry a Ms. Pacman stand-up arcade, people. Duffy's endeared to us from that point even before we'd had the pizza and drinks! ;)
Across the street from PJ's in Kirkwood. Its a sports bar.....I guess.
Wednesday night is always fun. Even if you can't sing (I can't)
Maybe I've just been here too much over the years....I am somewhat blah about the place.
lunch here is a kirkwood tradition...
fat onion rings, good anglo quesas, hamburgers & fries, beer... i like to lunch here when i am occasionally in kirkwood. usually lots of people so may be a wait at meal times. pretty good chili, too.
not meant to be a 5-star restaurant, but can be lots of fun! wait service is adequate, not particularly attentive, but probably depends on the day or person you get.
just off the main drag in kirkwood...
I complimented Mike the other day about his pizza's and found out about this forum. When Mike took over the Dominos next door and then had to create his own pizza, I wasn't sure what the end product would taste like. My family will testify that Mike got all the ingredients correct. We're addicted to a couple of pizzas a week and they're always, "One large pepperoni and one large hot wing to go."
