Parkway Pourhouse

Nice! Parkway was just minutes from our worksite. So why not try it out at the end of a rough day. This place is casual enough to bring your work crew. A great beer selection for both classic and current favorites. Menu selection was awesome in my mind, maybe I was hungry. My coworkers seemed to enjoy their food as well. The atmosphere is very casual with the wait staff friendly and professional. They made menu suggestions as well as the better ones to try. I knew what I wanted and went for the Jalapeno Corn Fritters, Red Fish Tacos with a side of seared okra. God! I was in heaven for a short while. Parking can be tight when they are busy and I felt pricing was very fair.

When I see the term “pourhouse”, I generally expect a burger and beer joint. This restaurant has shredded that assumption. Yes they have a wonderful selection of craft beer and drinks with Chattanooga Whiskey (made right down the street), but the food is unbelievably good. For starters we had the gator bites, which were made of gator sausage with caramelized onions, topped with cheese and fresh green onions sitting on a bed of stone ground brown mustard. The slight sweet of the onions and spice of the mustard left us nearly licking the plate. For my entree I had the smoked salmon patty. Im always hesitant to order salmon patties as I fear someone is in the back opening a tin can and mixing in crushed soda crackers, but no worries here. The salmon had a subtle smoky flavor and the texture was meaty with no trace of fillers. I’m certain no tin cans were involved in making this salmon patty. It also had stone ground mustard, a sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and onion and served on a Niedlov’s bun. Every bite was delightful. My husband had the blackened fish tacos, which was a huge step outside his comfort zone, and he declared them good. The atmosphere is laid back with a sports theme, large screen TVs, and putting green. For this reason, service was a tad bit slow. The parking lot has plentiful spaces and you do not have to pay to park. The check for an appetizer, two lunch entrees and a beer was $49.

I have to give a shoutout to my server/bar tender Morgan, who did a great job. I asked lots of questions to have an allergy to gluten. You will see on the menu that they have marked the gluten-free options with GF to make things easier for customers like me. As you will see from the first pic, I chose the seared okra, which was as amazing as the pic. Next, i had the Coleslaw that has a different experience with a taste white vinegar and horseradish with a bite to it. Lastly, for the main course, yummy Jamba-sotto without shrimp. This was a different taste with chicken and pork but very tasty. Oh, I almost forgot they have a flourless chocolate cake. Yes, you are reading that correctly and just look at the picture of it. It was cake was devine. I slowly enjoyed every morsel of it. I would highly recommend this restaurant if you are in the Chattanooga area or visiting. It is a sports bar feel with lots of TV'S to watch games, but the owners are avid golfers, so this golf flags line the walls. Go ahead, see for yourself, and tell them I sent you.

We had such a limited amount of time (regrettably) in Chattanooga so we were looking for a place that opened early. We can't get over how much this area has built up since we started coming here. Food was OK, but we just had appa and a couple of beers. Friendly staff with a nice dog-friendly patio with good shade. We look forward to coming agaim when we're in town.