The restaurant carousel continues to spin in and around Destin. McAlister Deli in Destin appears to have closed. They have been in town for many years but the building is now dark and the sign is gone so I would say they are done.
There are a couple of new places that will be opening in the near future. Asiago's Skillet is a breakfast place on the island next to Helen Back. They are getting ready to open a second location Destin. It will be on the harbor in the same building Landshark Pizza is in. They will be a late night place open from mid-night till 11 am or so serving just breakfast especially for the late night drunks on the harbor. LOL No time frame on when they will open but I expect it will happen in a few months.
Down on the island on north side by the strip clubs there is going to be built a big two-story restaurant right on the bay. The Gulf Okaloosa is a new place from the folks that have The Gulf in Orange Beach, AL. The concept looks like it will be a fun place. This will take some time to build but probably by the end of the year they could be open I would think.
On the down side Mamma Sherry’s pizza and wings is having a hard time getting through the winter. There was a story in the Destin Log highlighting their struggles then the other night WEAR TV did a piece on them too. Wow…someone likes them to get them this much publicity. Sunshine Cindy and I have only been there once and it was okay but nothing special. We will have to try them again as we want to see everyone succeed.
This past Saturday was the big Mardi Gras parade in Harborwalk Village. Thousands of people lined the route while almost 100 floats took part in the parade. I walked with the parrot heads as we always have a big group in the parade. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time.
Before the parade I started the day at Crab Island Cantina with a Bloody Mary that was great. After the parade my first stop was at The Crust Pizzeria. Charley was there and Biker Joe came in at the same time I did. With the parade still going on no one was in the place. We all had a chance to talk and catch up. Charley poured us each a few shots of Fireball too. I like Charley! LOL From there I went to Harry T’s where some of the parrot heads were partying. Then it was to Hooks on the Harbor. Sitting there I could listen to the music from AJ’s as they had a good Zydeco band.
Wayne joined me at Hooks and we went to the Boathouse. We ran into a bunch of friends there plus Wayne was filling me in on his trip to Belize. He had a great time down there. Last stop of the day was at Landshark Pizza to have a pizza before heading home. Landshark was busy with the evening dinner crowd.
Super Bowl Sunday saw Sunshine Cindy and I go to Charlie’s BBB Bar inside of Crab Island Cantina to watch the game. We had about 20 of our friends join us. Josh, Mike and the staff took great care of us. Julie and Alan were the last two in our Super Bowl Pool with Julie having Denver and Alan with Carolina. Not only did Julie win the pot she also won the big prize in the “squares” contest. She went home about $600 richer. Good for her!!!
Our pup Chaos keeps growing. She is up to 32 pounds now. She is now able to leap on and off the sofa too. We took her to the dog park a couple times this week including on Sunday. She loves the attention she gets from all the people there and she loves to play with the other dogs. The dog park is great as she can run and burn off energy.
This week we have a parrot head meeting at Landshark Pizza on Friday. Then Sunday we are having a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey watching party at Charlie’s BBB Bar. The game starts at 5. Come out and join us!
Have a great week. See ya next Monday!
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