Parkside District (Lawrenceville, GA)

 909 Parkside Walk Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Parkside District is a fairly new "seafood and meat" restaurant in a Lawrenceville strip mall, just north of Atlanta. It is not really a pig out spot, and has a stylish interior, but as so many (Southern) American restaurants it has a menu with many pig out favorites, such as burgers, fried chicken, etc.

 

 

My wife and I get two traditional starters, which are presented with a bit of a fancy twist. The "Crispy Calamari" ($13.95) comes with fried jalapenos, a "green goddess drizzle", and a "thai basil marinara". They all taste terribly bland. We get the "General Paul's Wings" ($10.95) with "Sweet Hotlanta" sauce, which is a kind of zesty sweet and sour sauce, which actually works well. The wings are tasty, but not very special.

 

I have "The Double District" ($14.95), which are "duck fat-induced" 1/2 lb beef patties, bacon, red onion, sweet pickles, "roasted garlic aioli" on a brioche bun that comes with herb-seasoned fries. The patties are well-done (the waiter didn't ask how I wanted them) and the burger is fine, but nothing remarkable. I ask the fries without the herb-seasoning, which might have been a mistake, as these are pre-fab thick Burger King fries, tasteless (and I doubt the herb seasoning would have saved them). Given this experience, we decide not to have dessert here.

VERDICT: 78/100

Parkside District came highly rated online, which would not have been surprising had it been in a small town, but in the suburbs of Atlanta there is so much better food to find. It offer non-remarkable food in a nice setting.