Copeland’s
4310 Southside Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32216-5474
(904) 998-4414
We were looking for somewhere to eat late on a Saturday night. I say late, but it was around 10pm. Not much was open, but we came across Copeland’s on Southside Boulevard in Jacksonville, FL. We are not much into chain restaurants, but we decided to give it a try. The restaurant wasn’t too busy, a few large parties were finishing up and there were a few couples having dinner. We were seated in the back of the restaurant and our waitress came to take our drink order. We were looking at the menu and saw that they had quite a variety of food. A little something for everyone.
Burger Without a Bun
It’s tough for me to find something to eat sometimes; I have Celiac Disease which is an allergy to gluten found in wheat, barley and rye. Basically, I’m allergic to flour. This menu, as diverse as it was, posed quite a challenge for me. Everything was breaded, battered and fried. You will usually see me ordering a salad in a pinch, but I was salad-ed out this evening. I finally decided on a burger minus a bun with an order of fries. Pie had shrimp scampi on a bed of pasta. The appetizers were all things I could not eat, so we also ordered an order of fries for a starter. Luckily, the fries were good. Our waitress was tough to find once she brought us our dinners. It seems that they were beginning to close down the dining room and she was running around filling salt and pepper shakers and polishing tables. We needed ketchup and some extra napkins. Another waiter was nice enough to bring these to us. We finished our dinner and were going to order a dessert. The waitress was nowhere to be found again. When we finally got her attention, she put down her cleaning supplies and brought us our check with out asking if we wanted dessert. Oh well. We paid our bill and headed towards the door.
Shrimp Scampi
I must say, I was not impressed with their food. It was ok and that was about it. I didn’t find anything special about it at all. Even though their fries were good, I wouldn’t care if I didn’t ever have them again, they were just ok. The dinner was a little more than we usually spend, coming to about $45 for the both of us. I thought it was too much given we had French fries for an appetizer and didn’t have any dessert. All in all, it was a good experience; it was reinforcement as to why we don’t go to chain restaurants. On our way out, Pie went to use the rest room. He said there was graffiti on the walls and the bathroom was basically trashed. This surprised him since Copeland’s seems to try to be more than an average restaurant. We asked for a menu (we always do this when we leave so we can reference it later) and they didn’t have one for us. It took some rummaging around for them to find a take out menu to give us. We noticed they have a kid’s menu. It has a variety of choices for the kiddies’ palate and all for under $4.00.
If you are into overpriced chain restaurants with mediocre food, Copeland’s is the place for you. However, we won’t be making a return visit any time soon.
Review by Rhonette, email: rhonette@piesplate.com
Agree with the review. I havent eaten there since July 2008 because of my last experiance there. I will say their corn and crab chowder does rock though