Annette Roberts is the new owner of the Highway 37 bar, renaming it “Island’s Edge.” Roberts has completed a number of renovation projects to the full-service bar. On May 21, the bar formerly known as “The Edge” got a new look and name. “Island’s Edge" is located at S826 State Road 37, Mondovi.

New owner brings major changes to Hwy 37 bar

Longtime bar on Buffalo River gets new name—Island’s Edge
Business is good. I have absolutely the best group of ‘regulars’ that come out. The people in this area are so nice and very helpful!” Annette Roberts, owner of Island's Edge

 

by Dana Serum 

 

Last fall, Annette Roberts, a former Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota, area resident, was looking for a nice piece of land to purchase so that her rather large family would have a place to get together. 

“I had an idea that I would find this piece of land somewhere within the vicinity of the Twin Cities,” Roberts said. “After a lot of searching and failing to find something I liked, I widened out my circle of search and found the property that was ‘The Edge.’”

  After coming down to view the property several times, Roberts said she couldn’t help but absolutely fall in love with it.  

Before becoming a bar owner, Roberts said she was employed through a company in the Twin Cities, working on the electrical engineering side of a design team, while raising her four daughters: Erin, Kevyn, Andrea and Kasie.  

“I always had a second job, that was managing bars and bar-tending,” she added. 

Previously known as The Edge, Danny Dregney and Tatum Johnson owned the bar on State Highway 37 a few miles south of Mondovi for about five years. Before that, the bar was owned by Johnson’s father, Charles Huck, who had it for around 30 years.

After spotting the property, Roberts decided she was ready to change her career and start a new journey in Mondovi.

“I decided that this property was not only a place to get family together, it could be the beginning of a new life for me,” Roberts shared. 

It didn’t take long for Roberts, who is the sole owner of the bar, to get busy renovating Island’s Edge.

She began her adventure by spending time remodeling the bathrooms before opening on Feb. 27. Since then, Roberts has tiled the entire floor of the bar, replaced the bar top, created outdoor seating with picnic tables and umbrellas, and cleaned up the grounds. As of May 21, Roberts began painting the entire exterior of the building and putting up a new sign for the Island’s Edge.

Roberts also obtained a license to begin serving food at the bar.

“I am starting out with Heggie’s pizzas and my goal is to be able to serve panini sandwiches,” she said.

In addition to food, Roberts shared  she will have a full-service bar and a frozen drink machine, “So I can make some fun frozen drinks for the summer.”

So far,  Roberts believes she made the right decision making the move. 

“Business is good. I have absolutely the best group of ‘regulars’ that come out,” Roberts said. “The people in this area are so nice and very helpful!”

Roberts said she spent much time gearing up for her grand opening event, which was held on May 23.  

The band Rock-a-Billy Riot from Mondovi performed during the event.  Roberts shared that she had many family members come to the event from Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, California and Florida, adding that she was able to clear a large camping space on the “island” for them to stay, and mowed trails out to the Buffalo River.  

Island’s Edge is located at S826 State Road 37, Mondovi. The phone number is (715) 946-3037, and the email address is islandsedgebar@yahoo.com, and also has a Facebook page. 

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