Oops. So Much For Our Favorite Florida Restaurants

[swilshire Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swilshire]

Ruby Tuesday has been good, with the Garden Bar coming with the lunch menu.

Ruby Tuesday is a chain headquartered near here. They have closed two of the local locations in the last couple of months. Don't know how many are gone nationwide, but they are definitely cutting back. Sorry to be the bearer of more bad news.

Sheila

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A fraternity brother of mine started another chain in your area, Clearwater to be specific.

Guess which one?

[swilshire Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swilshire]

A fraternity brother brother of mine started another chain in your area, Clearwater to be specific.

Guess which one?

Hi JLB,

If this is directed to me, I'm in Tennessee.

Maybe I misread your message.

Sheila

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Sorry, a Senor moment.

Without looking back I mistook you for Nancy.

Same question for Clearwater, FL.

(PS: There are at least two major chains from the Tampa Area).

[Nancy Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Nancy]

JLB,

How about Hooters or Outback.

Nancy

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Yup, that would be the two.

Here's my frat bro, Ed Droste:

Business: Hooters' big gamble

JLB,

How about Hooters or Outback.

Nancy

[swilshire Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swilshire]

I've never been to a Hooters, but we enjoy Outback from time to time.

Sheila

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Ed has always been a goer and a doer. He was President of Boys State and President of his class at Moo U. He is a major player in our fraternity still, making large donations and matching others.

He and some others from the fraternity went to FL to get rich, and struggled. The way it was told in the Des Moines Register, he and some Waverly, IA friends brainstormed the basic Hooters concept, a place guys might like to go hang out, and opened a place in Clearwater. When it did not sail, Ed resorted to tactics like putting on a chicken suit and performing out by the road.

Two of the group that went to Florida are no longer with us. One had his ashes scattered in the Gulf.

One of the others wound up as a US Homes/Lennar President, and not long ago moved on from that to another project. Jeff, I believe I still have one of your sweaters that I borrowed.

All great guys. Good Iowans.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

We had our annual Shells fix today and it was great. I forget how much better it is than Led Robster.

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We had our annual Shells fix today and it was great. I forget how much better it is than Led Robster.

Ditto, New Year's Day and last Friday night.

Very busy and as good as ever.

[buff Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close buff]

I got food poisoning at the Shells in St pete.a few years back. Sometimes cheap isn't good. There are so many good restaurants in Florida. Why even bother or mention the chain ones. like outback

[Marti Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Marti]

Anna Maria Island


What better way to experience Florida dining and fresh seafood

than to pair it with a tropical frozen cocktail and a beautiful sunset
from inside the dining room or outside on the covered deck
while looking out on the white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.

One of our favorite restaurants in the 1980s
was located on Anna Maria Island in Florida.
Forgot what the restaurant was named back then
It was located on the Northern tip of the island.

Still have the photos of our Black Mustang Convertible with
the top down parked across from the restaurant with the
beach and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the background.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

If it is peanuts on the floor that excite you, there are other chains that have this. Personally, I don't like peanuts on the floor.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

There's a Hooters on Ft. Myers beach now.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I got food poisoning at the Shells in St pete.a few years back. Sometimes cheap isn't good. There are so many good restaurants in Florida. Why even bother or mention the chain ones. like outback

Shells is no longer a chain. There is just one, the original one, run by the original owners. Original menu.

They were not involved in the chain ones.

No peanuts on the floor any more. I had that conversation with one of the founders last Friday night.