chad
somebody shut me the fark up.
Greg (aka Parrothead) made it to Clearwater this afternoon. He brought his friend Tom with him and we made the most of the short time available.
They got to the house about 12:45 and we decided lunch was first priority -- we headed over to Fred Fleming's a local/regional "chain" and I had a half rack of ribs while Greg piled into a three meat combo plate: ribs, brisket, and pulled pork. Tom had catfish (they do a good catfish), ribs, and pulled pork.
After food and a couple of adult beverages we piled back into the Suburban and headed into scenic downtown Dunedin to a gift shop Tom knew about. Well it was packed with parrothead/island/tourist stuff. I think Greg about overloaded when he saw the about 3' high carved parrot with serving tray -- then saw the "matching" gator-waiter and shark - both in Hawaiian shirts and Margaritaville grins.
We headed down to one of Frenchy's places on the beach -- drinks were so-so and the place was pretty crowded and LOUD -- we left about the time the second shift of tourist with walk-around-town-coupon maps showed up. Did a quick tour of the beach area and then headed over to Eli's.
Eli's is a small 'que joint in Dunedin. They cook with 100% oak in a huge trailer smoker. The smoker is in it's own screen shed out back. Tom was lagging on us and stayed in the truck while Greg got a full-rack of ribs to- go for the trip back to Winter Haven and I got a 1/2 rack to keep momma happy (she was very appreciative!!
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Headed back to my place for a pic or two and then Tom and Greg headed east to central Florida.
It was great hosting a "brother" even if for just a couple of hours. Hope he had a good time.
They got to the house about 12:45 and we decided lunch was first priority -- we headed over to Fred Fleming's a local/regional "chain" and I had a half rack of ribs while Greg piled into a three meat combo plate: ribs, brisket, and pulled pork. Tom had catfish (they do a good catfish), ribs, and pulled pork.
After food and a couple of adult beverages we piled back into the Suburban and headed into scenic downtown Dunedin to a gift shop Tom knew about. Well it was packed with parrothead/island/tourist stuff. I think Greg about overloaded when he saw the about 3' high carved parrot with serving tray -- then saw the "matching" gator-waiter and shark - both in Hawaiian shirts and Margaritaville grins.
We headed down to one of Frenchy's places on the beach -- drinks were so-so and the place was pretty crowded and LOUD -- we left about the time the second shift of tourist with walk-around-town-coupon maps showed up. Did a quick tour of the beach area and then headed over to Eli's.
Eli's is a small 'que joint in Dunedin. They cook with 100% oak in a huge trailer smoker. The smoker is in it's own screen shed out back. Tom was lagging on us and stayed in the truck while Greg got a full-rack of ribs to- go for the trip back to Winter Haven and I got a 1/2 rack to keep momma happy (she was very appreciative!!
).Headed back to my place for a pic or two and then Tom and Greg headed east to central Florida.
It was great hosting a "brother" even if for just a couple of hours. Hope he had a good time.
