We took a 40 minute drive to St. George Island (East Point) Florida today. It's about a 10 minute drive from Apalachicola. We had heard great things about Blue Parrot Oceanfront Cafe. The exterior was exactly what you expect of a Gulf side restaurant.
Of course today, with the quickly approaching Hurricane Milton in the southern part of the state, the outer bands of wind and rain had started. We had to be seated under a covered deck dining area but had a nice view of the Gulf.
The menu offers all the goodness of the Gulf from oysters, crab, shrimp, and grouper to oysters on the half shell from Rattlesnake Cove Oysters.
I'll post pictures of the menu later in this post, but for now, let's get to eating!
Our server was Renea, and even though she had several large tables, she made sure we were treated and served like we were the only table in the restaurant!
We started with a half dozen of raw oysters. These oysters are farm raised in the Apalachicola Bay area and they taste like the raw oysters I remember from my childhood. Fresh and mildly flavored, these were some of the best raw oysters I ever remember enjoying.
Of course, a cup of horseradish was provided with lemon slices and ketchup so we could make our own concoction to top the oysters.
And trust me when I tell you, they take their hot sauce seriously here! Look at the size of this bottle.
I wanted to try the onion rings and Sweet Harold wanted to sample the hush puppies, so we ordered both!
The onion rings were perfection. Not in the least bit greasy or oily, these were thinly sliced, battered lightly, and fried perfectly. The remoulade type dipping sauce was delicious.
The hush puppies were I honestly believe the best ones I've ever had at a restaurant. I asked Renea to please inform the person in charge of cooking hush puppies today that these were even better than my mama cooked. That's saying something.
After trying these two fried options, I knew I was going to have my fried oyster fixed today! The lunch menu offers a fried oyster basket with fries. Yes, please.
For a lunch portion, there was a surprising number of oysters here! The fried counterparts were as delicious as the half shell oysters.
Sweet Harold ordered the grouper finger basket and, once again, an ample serving of fresh grouper. He was well pleased with his lunch.
Before we finished our meal, we had already made the decision to keep Blue Parrot Oceanfront Cafe on our list of places to dine when we're in Mexico Beach.
Yes, we were sad we didn't get to try the fried shrimp, so we had a meeting of the minds and ordered some to go, along with a slice of key lime pie, to bring back to the hotel to have for supper tonight! I'll post those separately on FB.
Here are the pictures of the menu.
Thank you Blue Parrot and Renea for a wonderful and delicious lunch!
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