Voyageur

I've been eating here with my parents ever since I've been a kid, and always found the food and atmosphere pretty good.    The main draw is the scenery--if watching freighters chug up the river is scenery-I personally love to watch them.

I've always enjoyed their simple "American" food menu, such as the crab cakes, clam chowder and club sandwiches.  I always seem to be the youngest person eating there-looking over the vast sea of cotton heads. And I swear they've had the same waitresses for the past 30 years!

So after your meal you can stroll the boardwalk, sit and watch boats or cross the road to do some shopping, get some ice cream, or drive south to nearby Marine City where you can enjoy a leisurely stroll through the various antique stores.  Cripes, this is sounding more like a travelogue than a restaurant review!

Went to lunch here on a recent visit. Food may be decent, but I had an interesting experience. Decided to try the hot turkey club, just to be different from a regular club. The good - lots of fresh turkey breast, and not the luncheon meat type. Real white meat turkey breast. The bad - wasn't much of a club, no lettuce or tomato, just turkey, bacon, and cheese. Appeared to have been grilled like a patty melt. As I was eating it, I kept thinking something is different about this. Suddenly realized what the problem was, and told the waitress. She told me it should have been made differently and that she would check with the kitchen about that. Then she comes back with the bill, without another word about it. WTF? Oh well, so much for customer service.

I've been at The Voyageur for lunch at least once every winter for the past 9 years.  Part restaurant/bar/bowling alley-anyone from St Clair likely frequents this place on the regular.  The restaurant/bar offer a fantastic view of the water/freighters/neighbors to the north- though from here I guess they are technically neighbors to the East?

The food is decent - they have a variety of seafood options, though it doesn't seem like any of it is actually local catch.  Service is pretty decent, in an old-school kind of way.  All around, it's a decent stop-in if for no other reason than the view :)