Righteous Food

Most of our recent beach vacation food was fish---natch!

But....we had one great non-fish mid-day treat at Preacher's Kitchen in Gulf Place on 30a. It's just 2 doors down from The Perfect Pig (a "praise the lard" type place)---which also has, familiar to the Liles, a Seagrove location---in Flip Flops former location. Both are owned by the same family.

We were drawn to Preacher's Kitchen because of the name. It's a counter service, build your own burger type place but we just got smoothies. Peach pina-colada was dynamo combo---delish.

"Righteous Food" sign above the counter had my mind whirring----"belly up" to the counter and get your fill. Satisfaction guaranteed!

The owner is also a preacher so I'm sure he, too, understood the spiritual implications.

We have access daily to "righteous food." We just need to open God's word and feast.

Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; (Jeremiah 15:16)

Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Psalm 34:8) 

Truly satisfying righteous food.

Lunching a bunch on 30A...and beyond

So many choices for lunch on the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida. Some better than others.

One "dining" consistency, regardless of time of day, throughout 30A and the beach roads beyond has been fantastic "wait staffs." Hospitable service makes lunching, dining or just munching more fun.
Local Catch was a fave for us---

 ---good food, homemade tortilla chips with my Mile 4 grouper salad* served  w/ the house white sauce. (Plus, I had the creamy balsamic on the side as well. Both were tasty!) Hubby's shrimp po boy came with the house habanero infused cocktail sauce. He loved it!!

*Featured in Southern Living Magazine, so the menu says.

Casey, our waitress, made the entire lunch a fun event----we left with extra chips, sauces and 30a coasters along with a rec for BBQ place we had to try----It was tasty---almost Memphis style BUT no slaw on the sandwich, just pickles. Who ever heard of such?

We also tried a "snack basket" of oysters and shrimp at Dusty's. The oysters were good but no better than Seafood Mkt Cafe which is a lot closer to our 30a condo.

Sometimes lunch consisted of a salad on the condo balcony. A plain salad that reached a new level when topped with shrimp from Goatfeathers, which they steamed for us. Following that with a piece of key lime pie was a perfect lunch.
Our final lunch out was at Great Southern Cafe in Seaside. My salad was good and hubby's warm pimiento cheese with pita was tasty. It was nice to sit on the porch but....he chef must not be from "The Real South" because the sweet tea was not sweet enough for this sweet tea aficionado.

Daughter Molly says she prefers Summer Kitchen Cafe in Rosemary Beach on 30a....but we'll have to save that for another trip.

Appetizers on 30A

An appetizer is to stimulate one's appetite----as if hubby and I need help for that. 

But....tonight we stumbled onto a "NEW to us" place, as Johnny Earle's Grayton Bar and Grill (in his old place, Criolla's) is closed indefinitely. Just around the corner we found Chanticleer Eatery off CR 283. What a find. 

We just had appetizers but we will be back----because they were delish!! 

Chicken Bruschetta Flatbread for hubby.

Guacamole Bites for me. 

Plus, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is on their playlist. It played. We danced.

We had to---it's the rule!!

What a fun staff who allowed it. Luckily we were in a front room by ourselves

Breakfast and Brunch on 30A

FIRST THINGS FIRST---many restaurants are not open on Monday.

Many don't open for breakfast until 9 am when they do open. Beach time allows for sleeping in.....

 Of course, we had made a Donut Hole "run" on Day 1. So we had our favorite specialty bread on hand for our morning toast, not mention donuts and as well as a key lime pie to munch on all week.
Reminder: specialty breads sell out early in the day.

A Tuesday breakfast at Grayton Beach's Another Broken Egg had me "partially" eating a side order pancake that was the size of my head. Hubby had his weekly egg fix with an omelet---and the girl next to us (think size 0) was eating a cinnamon roll french toast covered in blueberries, strawberries and whipped cream.

Tomorrow's treat will be an "all the rage" cinnamon roll from La Loba's Bakery in the High Point area at Blue Mountain Beach. Signage is almost larger than the bakery tucked in the corner past Big Daddy's Bike Shop/Rentals.
We can walk to it from the beach....up the access steps at section 35.

Dining our way along 30A!!!

30 A---one l-o-n-g dining adventure. From Blue Mountain to Seaside, Seagrove, Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach and beyond.

We always start with our old faves. Usually our first stops. They never disappoint.
First daylight hours stop Seagrove Market Cafe!! Their oysters are THE best---fried of course---Seagrove Market Cafe wins "Best Fried" on 30A every year.

Friday Night---crab cakes at the Red Bar in Grayton Beach. Larry likes their gumbo and thinks it's better than that at Seagrove Mkt.
If taking kids go early before 5 pm opening. Beware---parking is limited and music can be loud in the front room.This trip (3/6)our hostess Victoria Mullins knew cuz Jay Liles, who used to sing there on Friday nights. That's why we always try to go on Friday.
(Family aside: Cuz Scott said today was actually Jay's, now a law school grad, birthday.

NOTE: Crabcakes only available at Red Bar on Fri. and Sat. night.

Oh my....put away the scales.