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Reviews Anyone?
What
is Gourmet Home Cooking?
"Where to eat in Canada", one of North Americas
most highly regarded restaurant guides, described
Bernie Peck's culinary masterpieces as gourmet
home cooking. It's an accurate, albeit simple
description of a cooking style that has taken
Bernie almost two decades to perfect. Just as
a bridge is built to join two lands, The Iron
Bridge's focus is to link European, Middle Eastern
and oriental influences to our Alberta heritage.
We bring imported tastes to your palate by offering
Food and Wine Festivals such as "The Bridge to
Alaska", "The Bridge to South Africa', "The Bridge
to New Orleans" or "The Bridge to Australia' and
also our Wine Tastings on the first Wednesday
of every month.
The
Iron Bridge's kitchen applies new age thinking
mixed with old world traditions to successfully
render tastes that tantillate your palate in a
warm and friendly setting. The Iron Bridge's Gourmet
Home Cooking, bridging the gap between ordinary
fare and exotic delicacies.
Join
us often, and experience the joy of travelling
the world of flavours from the comfort of gourmet
home cooking.
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Iron
Bridge Striking & Stylish
TOM
ELSWORTHY'S MEAL TICKET Gives IRON BRIDGE
A Four Out Of Five Spoon Rating!
Bernie
Peck, amiable owner and operator of the reliable
Red Ox Inn in Strathern, was made an offer by
his staff that he couldn't refuse. They now run
it while master Peck reinvents himself himself
as the principle force behind Iron Bridge.
Strikingly and stylishly renovated, Iron Bridge
has a very inviting atmosphere. The blend of dark
and blond
woods, with comfortable seating and soft lighting,
puts patrons in the mood to dine in style.
The menu combines a lot of themes that are popular
these days, with chicken, lamb and beef dishes.
The accompanying vegetables have that crunchy,
slightly undercooked texture popularized by the
Red Ox Inn.
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Home cooking with a gourmet flair
Tables hard to come by at Iron Bridge
JAY
O'NEILL
Journal Staff Writer
When
Iron Bridge co-owner Sandy Nesbitt was told his
restaurant was not some high class eatery, he was
thrilled. "A customer came up and said we were the
best three-star restaurant he's ever been to," Nesbitt
said. "That's what we really wanted."
Be it Bernie's Cape Breton Seafood Chowder or a
slice of Navajo Fried Corn Bread to a plate of Black
Tiger
Shrimp or Mesquite and Grilled Spicy Italian Sausages,
the menu is littered with items that would please
anyone's appetite."It is gourmet home cooking,"
Nesbitt says. "There's always healthy portions,
with four vegetables, crisp broccoli and cauliflower.
The kind you would get a home Mom's cooking with
a gourmet flair."
Just as important to Nesbitt was having a decor
that matched the food selection. There's the open-beamed
ceiling with dangling dome lights and candle lanterns,
lots of exposed brick, plenty of birchwood and wheeled-partitions
with iron chairs and curved aluminum railings.
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John Daniels enjoys some bridge...
REAL ESTATE WEEKLY, April 3,1997
TRENCHERMAN BY JOHN DANIELS
...at
the
Iron Bridge
Restaurant
If the average Edmontonian had a nickel for every
time he's he's driven by this building, they would
be able to make a major contribution to the retirement
of the provincial debt. It's been a garage, a vocational
school, a restaurant and a empty building. Now it's
a restaurant again and it is a marvelous place to
go for a meal.
They call it the Iron Bridge, they make reference
to the fact that hey provide spirits and gourmet
home cooking and you'll find it on the north side
of 102 Avenue, perched on the east bank of Groat
Ravine. They're located at the east end of the old
Groat Bridge, built back in 1912, and like the building
which houses the restaurant named after it, the
bridge is still solid and serving the public admirably
in 1997.
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Highlights from a year of delicious discovery
WAYNE MORIARTY, Edmonton Journal
Restaurant Writer, Friday December 27, 1996
DINING OUT
Here's the yummiest year-ender your going to read
in this newspaper. It's the Golden Plate Awards:
an annual list of 10 most interesting discoveries
in a year of chomping through the restaurant beat.
Iron Bridge, 12520-102nd Ave., 482-5620 Bernie Peck
was the owner of the popular and successful Red
Ox Inn. He sold that little room and moved across
the river into the cavernous digs where the Mongolian
Food Experience used to be on 102nd Avenue. Peck's
new menu is more extensive, dramatic and creative
than the "comfort" food he served at the Ox. Many
tasty specials to consider. Or just go in and order
some nibbles like pizza or pates with a latte or
a glass of wine. It's a beautiful, comfortable room
with a charming and helpful staff of servers.
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the
IRON BRIDGE, "A Work of Art from the Ground Up!"
By Greg Reimer, G.M., The
Edmonton Bulletin, February 27, 1998.
Many Edmontonian's are indeed proud of their past
history, places that have been built to stand
the test of time. We can find great works of art
in this city and we are fortunate to now enjoy
the Iron Bridge Restaurant!
If anyone knows the fine gourmet talents of Bernie
Peck or remember him as the master chef at the
Red Ox Inn, make sure the Iron Bridge is next
on your list.Bernie Peck & Sandy Nesbitt are
the ideal team when it comes to success in the
business of fine food. They have created a place
that's comfortable, offers many terrific and tasty
choices. My favorites are many and I'm sure you'll
find out exactly what I mean the minute you, "take
a bite." An absolutely pleasurable experience.
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