Thursday, October 25, 2007

 

Dining in the Keys, if you have to...


Last week on our way to Key West, we ran into Philosophy prof. Anne-Marie Bowery on her way to New York. As one might expect, the trip made her get all philosophical, in a good way.

Meanwhile we went on our way to Miami and then Key West. Some people have have been asking what we ate in Key West-- always a good question when GED3 is along. Here is a brief rundown of the places we dined:

Sarabeth's: This is a preppy jam place which is an outpost of a well-known New York brunch spot. They have many different kinds of jam. The owner was quite kind to us.

McGrubby's: Poseur picked this one. It was basically unclean, but cheap. Everything there was fried, from conch fritter to hamburger buns. They also not only had football on the televisions, but people playing football right in the restaurant, which was messy.

Limey's: This place takes key limes to the extreme-- everything is made with key limes, including the lime n' oreos burger which is their specialty.

Dumpy's Seafood Prison: Dumpy's had an odd theme... prison dining. Everything was served on metal trays by waiters dressed as prison guards, and you had to sit at long tables with people who appeared to be real prisoners. It was fun!

Comments:
The Seafood Prison sounds like dinner at home when I was growing up!
 
HAHAHAH There are SO MANY great restaurants in Key West but it is hard to recommend one because a lot of them come and go. Then the ones that are always there are sort of touristy. YOu can eat some weird stuff there... I ate alligator, and turtle there. Conch, and bunch of other crap.

Its a really fun place but I have found that its a place that most people either LOVE when they first get there and continue to love it or they hate it right away.

You never said if you went to the Hemingway house to see the 6 toed cats.
 
I think that prison place sounds outrageous. In a good way.

The lime 'n Oreo burgers, on the other hand . . . like, did they crush the Oreos into a patty, and put lime juice on it and put it in a bun? Weird.
 
Yeah. How was the food at each of the establishments?

Do they steal your cherry jello(tm) in Seafood Prison. Does the waiter take you under his wing protecting you by making you his b!^{h? How many cigarettes for the pie? (Sorry, I just can't stop).

How was the fried conch?
 
To be honest, Osler chose every restaraunt we ate at. He really has a knack for finding the most delicious food establishments (no lie -- every place we ate it for dinner was really good). Then he would bring in me and Gordon, who would then promptly re-enact that scene from the Meaning of Life.

"Wafer thin mint?"

Oh, and if a place advertises a Maryland crab cake, do not believe them. It is a lie. Unless you are either in aryland or the waitress calls you, "Hon".
 
We did have some serious eaters aboard...
 
Wow, what a shame. You went to Key West and didn't eat at Sloppy Joes? Gordon would've never left.
 
I second - Osler is an expert at picking excellent dining establishments.

Sarabeth's was definately the best place the team dined at. It could be due to the fact that we ordered every single dessert on the menu and shared=) The key lime pie was amazing.

And what he didn't tell you?? We were forced to leave Key West early due to hunger – the Key West restaurant owners refused to allow our team to eat on the Island due to GD3 and Poseur’s unnatural appetites.
 
nowhere else in the world has better key lime pie..seriously.
 
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