Friday, January 18, 2008

Dockside Daves (St. Pete) - Highly Recommended


Wow, is the food here good. This is a typical local fish shack. In New England we are used to plastic "silverware" and "glasses"; here, at least, you get metal and glass! We ate at both the St. Pete beach and the Mideira Beach locations and liked the St. Pete location a little more.
The fried shrimp are close to perfect. We had them both with the regular batter and with the "country fried" batter, which is less puffy and has more pepper in it. The onion rings are a food group of their own here, and the waffle fries are very good. They also serve sangria with powdered cinnamon - a first for me and very good. Another time we tried the country fried grouper - very good but a little over cooked for my taste - I like almost all fish on the slightly underdone side.
I would definitely recommend driving out of your way to either of these places for really fresh seafood.

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