Peter Stromquist

Category: Seafood

  • Nana Js Soulful Kitchen Review Ocean Springs MS

    Nana Js Soulful Kitchen Review Ocean Springs MS Nana J’s is one of those places that leaves you really conflicted.  On the one hand, you want to tell everybody how wonderful it is.  On the other, you don’t want to go back someday and find a line out the door because it’s become so popular. […]

  • Frankes Cafeteria Review Little Rock

    Frankes Cafeteria Review  – Little Rock, Arkansas Touted as Little Rock’s oldest operating restaurant, Frankes is cafeteria-style American and Southern classics, with a set number of entrees available each day as well as different specials each day of the week.  Grab a tray and walk through the cafeteria line where the servers will hand you […]

  • Bluff Lake Catfish Farm Review – Maquoketa, IA

    Bluff Lake Catfish Farm Review You must do this once, at least. An actual catfish farm that has a restaurant open only Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, each night offering a full menu as well as one or two AYCE specials. I went on a Friday night, specifically for the AYCE catfish, your choice, whole […]

  • Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR

    Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR Meh. Though I didn’t go for the beer, but I hear it gets high marks for a microbrewery. (What’s smaller than a microbrewery? A mini microbrewery?  Anyway, this place is pretty small, in a pleasant residential section of LIttle Rock. Some friends wanted to meet there, so meet […]

  • Fat Baby and Alises Carryout Review Biloxi Mississippi

    Fat Baby and Alises Carryout Review Biloxi Mississippi I write a lot about gas station food because I eat a lot of gas station food.  I’m not talking about a bag of Lay’s and a Slim Jim or six, I’m talking about gas stations that offer hot lunch, either ala carte to take out or […]

  • Shaggys on the Beach Review Biloxi Mississippi

    Shaggys on the Beach Review Biloxi Mississippi It was just a gleam in the founder’s eye – to turn an old bait shack in Pass Christian, MS into a food and beer joint. Hurricane Katrina put his plans on hold for awhile, as it did all of us who lived in the area. But, as […]

  • Biloxi MS Shrimp Tour

    If you’re vacationing, on business, or just passing through the Mississippi/Louisiana/Alabama Gulf Coast, make plans and time to take the 90 minute Biloxi Shrimping Trip, a tourist attraction since 1954. Your affable captain and mate will take you on a highly education yet entertaining cruise through Biloxi Bay, explaining the local shrimp industry, the life […]

  • Cracker Barrel Review, Mount Vernon, IL

    Review of dinner at Cracker Barrel restaurant in Mount Vernon, Illinois

  • Chums Shrimp Shack Review – East Dundee, IL

    (This will be the longest intro to a review that you’ve ever encountered!) When I was a sprout growing up on the shores of the Big Kitch-Gumee (Lake Superior), once per year, in late Spring, when the rivers feeding the lakes reached a certain temperature, the waters would be chock-a-block full of a small silvery […]

  • Kiefs Reef Review – McHenry, IL

    There are lots of bars and eateries along the Fox River in Northern Illinois. If you’re a boater, you can navigate the river up to the “Chain of Lakes” where you’ll find even more choices. At nearly each one, there are docks to tie up your craft if you feel like having lunch, dinner, or […]