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| - One may wonder why in the heck I'm giving a dive bar 5 stars. Well...that's my point. It's a dive bar but that's mostly just it's outer core it's facade!
Been driving by this place for years and always wanted to venture inside to see what a place that has a huge rooster out front, with an M&M on the roof, and a Captain Morgan pirate striking its pose on the front porch. The parking lot is always packed. Something has GOT to be good about this place right?! Plus, the sign out front stating they have the most World's Famous Chili got me wondering too.
We recently moved closer to it and on our first night living in our new place, we realized it was Friday Fish Fry Night. I must admit, I was a bit nervous to step inside wondering what type of folk were awaiting us. At first we couldn't find the entrance...was it door #1, door #2, or door #3? Hmmmmm. I'll let you go on the same adventure I did and figure that out for yourself.
Yes there are the type of people that you always see in a dive bar present in Roman's. And yes, the decor is divey. But one must overlook that because their fish fry is the BEST I've had in the valley. It will run you about $9, but you get 3 really nice sized cod fillets breaded and fried to a perfect crisp. Not soggy. Not dried out. Perfectly cooked and tasty. It comes with coleslaw which I think is pretty decent for a dive bar...could use a little more celery see or even dill. The fries are decent as well, not bad, again, for a dive bar. They also give 2-3 hushpuppies, which I've never had included with a fish fry before. I really don't like hushpuppies at all...but the seasoning they add to their version is PERFECT! And just like the fish, they are cooked just right.
We've been back one other time since and it was just as good. We plan to continue going back and bringing any of our friends and family members that visit too.
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