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What to expect: Traditional "family owned" type restaurant. Clean, themed decor (seafood, of course), booths large enough for families, and wonderfully friendly wait staff.
This restaurant is owned and operated by the family who founded the South 21 drive-ins in Charlotte. They have a lot of the sandwiches that made South 21 famous in the area. Face it... they've survived this long in Charlotte because they make good "every-day" food that lots of people enjoy.
Our visit: My husband and I visited this place after driving by it every day for 9 years! It's kind of out of the way. You can see it from Albemarle Rd, it has a huge whale on the sign! But for some reason, we just never made it in until today.
We sat down, ordered fried squash as an app and were trying not to woof down the little hushpuppies our waitress brought. We looked over the menu and both ordered fried dishes. I ordered a combo plate with flounder and shrimp, hubby ordered the "Deluxe Combo" with a deviled crab, flounder, whitefish, oysters, scallops and shrimp. Now, don't get me wrong, what we ordered was superb! It wasn't greasy, and everything had it's own flavor coming through. However, when the owner, Chris, came to greet us and we mentioned we'd never been there before, he said he wanted to let us sample a couple of things to give us an idea of what else they did with seafood.
Here's what we were given to sample:
Sweet Potatoes--- perfect and SO yummy!
Yankee Pot Roast--- good enough to make me forgive the entire north for putting sugar in cornbread! (well, almost... i'm a cornbread snob, sorry)
Roasted Ribs--- perfectly tender and nicely seasoned
Shrimp and Grits--- absolutely AMAZING... they make the sauce in house (tomato cream w/herbs), the grits were creamy and luscious, the shrimp was tender and wonderfully seasoned, and the sausage was thinly sliced and had just the right kick. I'm still sad I didn't just order a full meal of that to bring home.
Grilled Whitefish--- OK.. they're just genius with this... seriously. Greek seasoned, just a little splash of lemon and you will be in heaven!!!!
By the time we left we were so full we could barely move! The owner was SO nice and you could tell he genuinely wanted everyone there to feel welcome and appreciated. This place just went on my top ten of locally owned establishments in Charlotte. Give them a shot, you will not leave disappointed. If you're not sure you like what you have, seriously, just talk to Chris, he'll make it right!
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