If you could, where would you eat every day in SoWal???

[drsvelte]

My great grandma had an antiques shop on Royal Street in New Orleans back in the 1940's and '50's. She was a widow and lived in hotel for women. What's unreal, is that she had her own table at Antoine's (http://www.antoines.com/) where she took her meals most every day. This I would of course die for (but maybe change out for Galatoire's every once in a while:biggrin: )

So, in SoWaL.com land, if you could lunch or dinner in the same place everyday or so, where might that be?

[Smiling JOe]

My great grandma had an antiques shop on Royal Street in New Orleans back in the 1940's and '50's. She was a widow and lived in hotel for women. What's unreal, is that she had her own table at Antoine's (http://www.antoines.com/) where she took her meals most every day. This I would of course die for (but maybe change out for Galatoire's every once in a while:biggrin: )

So, in SoWaL.com land, if you could lunch or dinner in the same place everyday or so, where might that be?
Around here, the menus never change (I just read in the Walton Sun that St Joe has hired a chef from B'ham specifically to address this issue with all of its restaurants) so eating at one place meal after meal would quickly grow old. My father has eaten most meals at the same restaurant for the last 20 years, sitting at the same table everyday with the same old crowd. I like to feel comfortable, but that is beyond comfort.

If I were forced to choose, I would eat at Borago due to the facts that they have the best staff in town and that there menu is great, even if it has not changed in years. :D Rat's! I retract that statement. I forgot about heart attacks that goes along with rich foods. The "same place" which I choose is my own house. Great prices, great cook, good company, mostly healthy, no lines, no wait, no bad service, etc. - just a few reasons why. I really would not like to eat at any place day after day. One thing that makes some dining moments fun is the fact that they are special and we don't have them often. Moderation brings more reward. You too, will soon grow tired of the best foods when consumed every day. It soon becomes average food, even if the food itself doesn't change.

[Tootsie]

well, I don't know if I could eat at the same place every day in sowal - we just do not have the same level of New Orleans excellence in dining here (who does?). but I could split it between :arrow:

Royal Orchid Thai Restaurant (overall great food)
Smiling Fish Cafe (best salads, best grouper sandwich, best cheeseburger..)
Coco's Mexican Restaurant (good margaritas, cheese dip, salsa and chips, and typical family mexican fare - comfort food).

Not that any of these is the best food in town, but they are what I prefer to eat, and they are all very friendly family places frequented by locals.

I do love Borago's like Smiling Joe - but it's not exactly authentic Italiano as I would prefer - though delicioso! veal meatballs and tomato sauce on polenta.... yummmm. :D

[southof30A]

I would vote for Cafe Tango, unless I could somehow secure a table at Southof30ACafe every day.

[Moondance]

I have simple tastes, and I can't decide, but one of the following each day, some days all three:

Seagrove Market
Smiling Fish
Snapperheads

(I like grouper sandwiches)

[Beach Runner]

1. My house when my daughter is cooking (grilled seafood, bruschetta, homemade salsa, just among a few of my faves).
2. Arugula salad and either grilled fish (pricy) or pizza (cheaper) at Cafe 30-A.
3. Blue Mountain salad with catch-of-the-day and house dressing at Shades, along with one of Patrick's gold margaritas.

[joho]

Breakfast: Don Pedro's:bow:

Lunch: Smiling Fish :cool:

Dinner: Cafe Tango:clap_1:

[Landlocked]

Joho's Back!

[KY oyster eater]

Breakfast: Don Pedro's:bow:

Lunch: Smiling Fish :cool:

Dinner: Cafe Tango:clap_1:

I went to Hooters today. In Louisville, KY. They had some nice Oysters. A little more expensive than Dustys' in Panama City. But still really good.
The Old Florida Fish House proved to be pretty darn good when we were in Seagrove last week. Ate there twice. A pleasant experience both times. :clap_1:

[kathydwells]

Anywhere where I could get fresh raw oysters everyday!!!!

[jdarg]

Anywhere where I could get fresh raw oysters everyday!!!!


Kathy- you can get a job at Hooters and eat raw oysters every day! Kentucky Oyster Eater says they are good!

And I bet you would have great stories to tell if you did.

[kathydwells]

Kathy- you can get a job at Hooters and eat raw oysters every day! Kentucky Oyster Eater says they are good!

And I bet you would have great stories to tell if you did.

I just have a few things to say on this subject...I am not in my teens or twenty's anymore....and let me tell you I am not as "perky" as I used to be. I don't think they would hire me. But, it was a nice thought. :biggrin:

[Smiling JOe]

Kathy- you can get a job at Hooters and eat raw oysters every day! Kentucky Oyster Eater says they are good!

And I bet you would have great stories to tell if you did.

Be careful when going to a restaurant where the focus is not on the food, esp. when eating raw foods.

[KY oyster eater]

I'm hearin' ya SJ! I guess the reason I love my oysters so much is my Uncle Mac used to bring back to Louisille burlap bags full of oysters from Appalachacola in coolers full of ice and all the men would go downstairs and take turns shuckin'. All us kids would be runnin' around like banshees' and occasionally they would offer us one. The kicker was you got to get a swallow or two off a bottle of beer if you ate one. They drank Falls City and Sterling, two of the local brews.
I like my oysters on a fresh saltine with a dab of Tabasco. I'm gettin' hungry. To heck with the family, I'm drivin' back down today!!! Don't I wish.....missin' the beach and the laid back atmosphere that is SoWal. KOE :bow:

[KY oyster eater]

Anywhere where I could get fresh raw oysters everyday!!!!
I likes the way you thinks! A woman after my own heart!!!!! Have you tried ''Hunts'' yet. I've heard from a very reliable source they are the best in the general area....in PCBeach I go to ''Dustys''.....perfect setting, well almost.....succulent oysters and super cold Budweisers!

[NotnKansas]

Borago's for sure. And the Taco Stand in seaside. We hit is up almost every day for 2 weeks - and are still not sick of it. :D

[30A Skunkape]

JDarg's house:wave:

[Beachbummett]

I got all excited and thought Moondance was back! :clap: Then I noticed the year of the thread. :(

Whatever happended to Moondance?

I agree Skunky....let's go to Jdarg's every day to eat. :clap:

[Smiling JOe]

I agree Skunky....let's go to Jdarg's every day to eat. :clap:
May we? :idontno:

[kathydwells]

May we? :idontno:

What's cookin' at the dargs? :idontno:

[kathydwells]

I likes the way you thinks! A woman after my own heart!!!!! Have you tried ''Hunts'' yet. I've heard from a very reliable source they are the best in the general area....in PCBeach I go to ''Dustys''.....perfect setting, well almost.....succulent oysters and super cold Budweisers!

I haven't tried Hunts...where are they located? I sure wish I had a dozen succulent oysters and a cold brewski right now. :drool:

[Beachbummett]

What's cookin' at the dargs? :idontno:

my favorite thing she makes is this salsa type dip, with black beans, corn, green onions and I can never remember the recipe (perhaps i don't want to in hopes that she will just continue to make iit) and it is most excellent with lime tostitos!

then we can go down the street to Punzey's and eat orange manderin cupcakes!

then over to Beachmom's for her chili cheese bean dip!

[Beachbummett]

I haven't tried Hunts...where are they located? I sure wish I had a dozen succulent oysters and a cold brewski right now. :drool:

We will have some in a few weeks when you come down. First we will do 331 and then over to Dusty's (love that place, what's there logo "okay food, warm beer and ugly waitress?) then we can try Hunt's.

[Beachbummett]

May we? :idontno:

soon we can have tomato sandwiches.....until then maybe she will whip us up some fried green tomatoes!

[Beach Runner]

Wow, I looked back at my answer from about two years ago.

Right now my favorite restaurant in SoWal is Borago because I love Italian food and appreciate how they make a point to know who you are at that restaurant. But sometimes I just want comfort food like pizza or a burger. So I'd have to say either Café Thirty-A for the former or Bud & Alley's for the latter.

[Smiling JOe]

I haven't tried Hunts...where are they located? I sure wish I had a dozen succulent oysters and a cold brewski right now. :drool:
>>> Hunt's Oyster Bar (http://www.huntsoysterbar.com/) <<<

[GraytonBound]

You got me! I thought Moondance & LL had resurrected :eek:


Hard to answer this one, probably Smiling Fish :idontno:

[jdarg]

What's cookin' at the dargs? :idontno:

Tomatoes. Duh. :roll: But I'm thinking some burgers.

[30A Skunkape]

Tomatoes. Duh. :roll: But I'm thinking some burgers.

Dargaritas?!http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/party/party0009.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net)

[jdarg]

Dargaritas?!http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/party/party0009.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net)


No!!

My my you have gone all fancy with your smilies, Skunky boy!

[Chickpea]

Sashimi at terrace at Fish out of Water OR tapas at Bud & Alley Terrace -to me it is all about the view, being outdoors and staring at the Gulf at dusk...

[NoHall]

The food we had at Torre Rosa was some of the best food I've ever eaten. Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know you will!) but I think it was Blue Mountain Catering, and I think they run Stinky's Fish Camp (or something like that.)

Yum.:drool:

[Hop]

The food we had at Torre Rosa was some of the best food I've ever eaten. Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know you will!) but I think it was Blue Mountain Catering, and I think they run Stinky's Fish Camp (or something like that.)

Yum.:drool:

i second that emotion...

[NoHall]

i second that emotion...

(Close 2nd: late-night skrimps at Hop's!)