Iron Duck Restaurant

Iron Duck is one of our favorite restaurants! We’ve always had amazing food, great drinks and top notch service (Evie is the best!!). The staff is so friendly and makes you feel like family. Having Celiac Disease, I appreciate all of the gluten free options and precautions taken to make me feel safe. I cannot recommend this place enough! Everyone that we’ve recommended it to ends up loving it just as much as we do!

First time dining at Iron Duck. My husband and I and another couple decided to give it a try last night. The online information looked interesting, and they have the ability to make an online reservation, which was a positive in my book! When we got there, we were charmed by the train/boxcar design, which continued inside with subtle and classy train-themed decor inside. Overall, the ambiance inside is very warm and inviting. We were seated right away, even though we were about 15 minutes early for our reservation. Our waitress came right over with water and menus. Immediately my husband was enthralled with the unique cocktails available. He ordered their signature Post-Modern Margarita - it was phenomenal. Other cocktails enjoyed throughout the evening included the End Paragraph and The Gentleman. We all tried a sip of each and all agreed they were really good. We also had a nice bottle of an Italian Red Blend wine with dinner - very reasonably priced and also very good. Caleb, the owner, brought over his bourbon/spirits menu (we had asked to see it)...and that launched a very fun evening speaking with him about the restaurant, the alcohol options, his vision, etc. We learned a lot and really enjoyed our conversation with him. For food...we started with the bread service, bone marrow and caprese salad (this last one was a feature -- they have their own garden out back, and the heirloom tomatoes came from it...so good!). For dinner, our party had the chicken sandwich, filet, jambalaya and duck tacos with squash fritters (these last two were both appetizers, which my husband put together for his meal). Everything was delicious, with impecable flavors. It was honestly hard to chose what we wanted to eat, because everything on the menu looked very good. For dessert, we ordered all three available -- chocolate bundt cake, summer berries and gelato/cookie. All three were gluten free, which was nice to see -- in fact, the menu overall has a ton of gluten free options (I believe I heard the waitress say they have a separate GF fryer in the back, for things like the fried chicken sandwich, which was fantastic to hear). The only "criticism" I can offer on the food was I expected the jambalaya to have a little more sauce to it, which would be more in line with traditional jambalaya. This dish was more like the consistency of fried rice --- that being said, it was still very delicious. Just enough spice and very full of flavor. The summer berries were magnificent and the gelato was among the best we've every had. We also tried their signature barrel Whistle Pig (and each couple ended up leaving with a bottle to take home). All in all, we were delightfully surprised to find this hidden gem....we absolutely, 100% will be back!

We came for the gluten free cheese curds, which were delicious, but the Boulevardier cocktail and duck tacos were also incredible! We'll be back to try more from the menu (and start with the cheese curds, of course).