From The Beginning To Now HARRY PARKER &

ERICA REED

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I am pleased to make St Louis & Edwardsville our home and to be at your service.

I graciously look forward to serving you again, again, and again. As they say in the Big Easy, “Laissez les bon temps roulez” or “Let the good times roll.”


Realizing a lifelong dream can be exciting and challenging. My dream was to own a restaurant business that would allow me to build on my passion for people. I spent 28 years in Corporate America developing my business and customer service skills. After a short involvement with a franchise, I felt constrained in presenting a dining experience indicative of the Southern and N’Awlins hospitality that I had come to know. I wanted to make good on a burning desire to create and deliver a dynamic dining experience to every customer. In 2004, I began the journey as Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill with a commitment to serve quality food with superior service in a smoke-free environment.


The selection of the name, Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill, is based on the great recipes, foods, families, and friends in and around Gulf Shores, Alabama. Many of you know it from experience… a simple life, where great food and friends meet, greet, and relish the next opportunity to do it all again. We hope that you will discover that the best food doesn’t have to come from chefs in fancy restaurants, but by families in local towns with recipes that date back centuries. Simple family recipes that allow that true nature of freshly prepared, hand-battered, and hand-cut seafood to come through.


If you are looking for a place to go and want to experience great home cooking with soups, desserts, seafood, and Cajun/Creole meals prepared fresh, then our restaurant is your everyday Gulf Coast cuisine place. We are your local family village where people live well, share great food, and enjoy the presence of each other.


We are pleased to be at your service. As owners, our commitment is “Felt Leadership” which allows us to personally greet you, get to know you…but more than anything else, say thank you for the opportunity to serve you. Our goal is to bring the very best of the Gulf Coast & N’Awlins to you. We look forward to serving you again, and again…and again.


Visit us at Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill

EDWARDSVILLE GULF SHORES

215 Harvard Drive

Edwardsville, IL 62025

Phone: (618) 650-9109


CREVE COEUR GULF SHORES

12528 Olive Blvd.

Creve Coeur, MO 63141

Phone: (314) 878-3306


ST PETERS, MO GULF SHORES

5256 N Service Road,

St Peters, MO 63376

Phone: (636) 279-1610

Email Us:

harryparkr@aol.com



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