tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50400321527862685352026-10-01T14:22:28.949-04:00Keeping it blue crabs to Barqs root beer simple in the best place on God's Green Earth, The Gulf Coast! Gulf Coast Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02242546213121503302noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040032152786268535.post-76618625788014649752014-07-28T12:39:00.002-04:002014-07-28T12:41:15.350-04:00

We decided on a mid afternoon Saturday visit to try this one out for the first time. We had pretty much struck out so far in the cute little 'ville called Safety Harbor but wanted to see if we could break the string of bad luck eateries here. When we arrived it was around 3:30 PM I believe yet there were a couple of tables in and one duo outside in the heat eating. Our server, and darn it

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Starting to look at top ranked eateries lists for some validation that would put Tampa even in the top 50 US markets for dining out. Sure there is Bern's but one place does not warrant dining Mecca status and there are many better steak places too. Gavot list? No Tampa entries on their 2013 top 40. In fact, none in Florida. One in New Orleans, August. Tough crowd. Bern's did make their top

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Todd Sturtz' New Book (From Foodspotting.com) We got a gent here who wrote a book all about the Tampa, Florida food scene. Yes, you read that correctly, Tampa AND food scene all in the same sentence. Now, mind you, I admire someone, anyone who has enough passion to actually write a book on any subject and especially when the challenge is great to make that book relevant based on the subject

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Not Alexa, one of the founders and current owners but Alexa.com, an Amazon company who tracks internet data and publishes it on websites around the globe. Let's take a look at some of the current information available for Foodspotting.com. Some of it may surprise you. Chooky Work Spot (From Foodspotting.com) The first and most obvious thing I wanted to know is....WHO visits Foodspotting the

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Update: this is also posted on the FS site if you scroll to bottom of page and click Support and FAQ. Chime in with your ideas since we as members can make the site better and more of what we want to see. Grobi Is Another FS Power user (From Foodspotting.com) In this week's article we will review the newest set of guidleines set up by FS and that i have been given permission to post here by

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The latest robust discussion on the the Foodspotting site now is centered around what actually constitutes a "qualifying" spot on the site. Is it JUST restaurant dishes only? Does the cocktail or beer you have with it come under the guidelines? How about the bread basket? Water service? Menu? Napkin....lol.?  Web Images Seem To Be Acceptable Can homemade dishes, meals and other items be

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I have been participating in a new hobby for about two years or so now I guess. It is a foodie site called Foodspotting and is a place for posting food and related pictures called spots. They have just announced that they will join Open Table, an outfit I have used for years now to reserve tables at restaurants. Seems OT bought them for $10 million so Alexa and team must be pretty pleased.

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I was able to get away for a few days recently and stay out farther along 30A in the Rosemary Beach, Seacrest Beach area and what a relaxing time it was for me. Daily walks, networking and a few dozen good raw oysters were some of the highlights of my getaway. The Scene On The Main 30A Just East Of Alys Beach The scenery and personality of the area differs depending on which little slice of

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As promised, here is a Candy Corn compendium for one little enthusiast. In this biting journalistic piece we will explore together, the little pieces of fall fun and see what makes them a longtime tradition in the realm of candy. Yummy Candy Corn According to the TLC website here is the candy corn story...... Every Halloween, bags of triangle-shaped, yellow, orange and white candies

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Tommy Counts To 50 Tommy was learning how to count His number expertise beginning to mount One day he was playing with his best friend Ben And Ben challenged Tommy to count up to ten Tommy just smiled held his hands up and spoke loud And his fingers went up and Ben he was proud When he made it to ten his friend smacked his back And told Tommy "great

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Today, I am going to show Aven how he can, with his mommy's or Ton Ton's help, make his very own favorite breakfast item, the Egg In A Basket. This dish goes way back to my own childhood where my mom would make these for me and the other kids in the house as a special treat and to this day it remains a simple AND yummy dish for a quick breaksfast. Eggs are high in protein and not nearly the bad

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View Larger Map The G'Daddy and Aven project is well underway and will be finished soon. The banktube connecting Mill St. in Portland to Walnut Grove in Tampa will intersect in Silver Dollar City, where the state of the art clubhouse is also being built. The tube net is aptly named Aventube and the meeting point clubhouse is being called G'Daddyville for the time being.  Part Of The Tube

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Stopped in a little place in Augusta, Georgia today for a quick bite. Augusta is much more famous for the world's best golf tournament but down on the river in downtown is a cute little cafe and sweetery, as they call it, for lunch and some cake. Lot's of cake. Decisions, decisions So, as we waited for out table the little fella and I perused the cake cabinets up front and I told him to decide

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And mean MUCH MORE to the receiver than you will ever realize. This Christmas, in the true spirit of the season, which is the celebration of the greatest birthday in human civilization, why not let His love shine, through you and find opportunities to give to others you would not normally think of giving to. You say money is tight? I hear you brother. Many of the gifts I am talking about do not

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The Quarter: Always Exciting As many times as I have been to New Orleans for business and/or pleasure, I still have a built in GPS if you will, that leads me to the same places time and again. In this edition, I will cover one of my French Quarter eating/beverage tours. If I had to guess I would say I have done this tour in some form or fashion well over 100 times over the years.

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              Seafood. Fresh. Simple. Delish. Waterfront. Pictures tell the rest. Enjoy. A must hit spot when visting the little Island of Anna Maria Island is the Rod and Reel Pier. They are actually out in the bay on the end of the pier. An upstairs dining room and a downstairs bar where you can also eat. I submit,

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Expensive and Tasty The search.....I mean chase is on to try and find the restaurant(s) not OUT of the seasonal and succulent Stone Crab claws that are actually harvested right off the west coast of Florida where they reside. Tonight we ended up visiting three different places and did not actually eat any of the coveted claws BUT we did have an enjoyable evening nonetheless

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  For now, this will be my third and final entry into the Seafood Hole In The Wall Hall Of Fame. For now. After hitting Harbor Seafood over in Kenner, La. and then stopping in for some oysters at Hunt's Oyster Bar in Panama City, Fla., we head south to another Florida locale for a fresh out of the water Grouper sandwich or Oyster Po-Boy in Anna Maria Island, my new favorite beach

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   Yeah, that's the ticket! I'm talking about some grilled cow. A steak. A big one or a small one. A medium rare one or a medium well one. (Others are really not steak anymore if they are raw or shoe leather). Filet, Strip, T-bone, Ribeye, Porterhouse and Prime Rib. One of life's simple pleasures is sitting down to a nicely cooked, sizzling steak brought out with some complementary sides

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Hunt's Oyster Bar, Panama City, Florida As Carl, our friend from Caddyshack once screamed....."It's In Da Hole!"......the best seafood places are usually just that, in a hole...... in the wall. We started over in New Orleans on our HITW Seafood journey and now we travel east a bit to Panama City, Florida to stop in at #2 on my list of seafood delights in a humble space. The place? Hunt's

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It all started rather simply. A meal at a Waffle House in a Florida town. My son and I on Christmas Eve almost 9-10 years ago now. I really do not know what started it except that we did buy a meal fairly often for a military table or for someone anonymously to pass on a blessing to them. But on this occasion it was decided that we would buy the entire restaurant their meals in the spirit of

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    Are there places I like Better than Ezra? Yes. But it does hold some promise for another try next time I am down in Bradenton. My first trip to this little place, hidden off one of the main drags was a study in contrasts and irony. I decided to give them a try based on my research on Urbanspoon and a conversation I had with one of the Marriott foodies who knows the area very

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  I finally succumbed to taking the exit to Ybor City after terrible traffic detoured me once again here in fabulous driver Tampaland. And it led me down 22nd to a place I had tried once before and where we had some issues. I let some time go by to let the place work out some of the kinks and the shills tire out on giving glowing reviews that seemed out of place.   Here I was,

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From The Mr. B's Website Best thing I ever ate? It gets a "B"! As in Mr. B's Bistro in New Orleans. A place I have dined in over 50X in my life and that I look forward to visiting each time I have the opportunity to travel to the Big Easy.Mr. B's is the benchmark, or should I say, a benchmark restaurant for me as I eat in other cities and the total experience here has almost always been

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