Herbies!

Lay Day: Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, FL MM 1195

Weather: Wind ENE @ 15 knots; temp in the low 70s day and night; mostly sunny

Comment: As usual, we followed our routine (already established in a previous post). After breakfast and the Cruisers' Net, we usually do some boat chores. The wind kicked up a bit of a chop in the harbor, making for a wet dinghy ride so we postponed the chores until tomorrow.

We did make it ashore however, and watched a fifteen minutes worth of TV in the marina, played shuffleboard at the Community Park, and then walked to meet Joe and Dee at Banana Bay Resort and Marina. After some conversation, we were off to Herbie’s for dinner. Everyone but me ordered the Grouper Basket *$8.50) and reported that it was very good. I had the Stuffed SHrimp in a Buttered Rum Sauce ($17.95) which was “out of this world” delicious. It has to be the very best shrimp meal I have ever had! There were seven lightly breaded stuffed shrimp in a tasty buttered rum sauce that was sweet to the palate. The meal was served with string beans and a baked potato. There was enough buttered rum sauce to put a nice coating on the potato.

For desert, we shared the Herbie’s Bananas. Another treat that was delicious. It featured sliced bananas with hot fudge and a buttered rum sauce and a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream. What a treat!

Herbie’s is a charming, very low key casual eatery. The main dinning room consists of picnic tables. there were four or five large (seating for 6) and an equal number of small tables (seating for two or possibly four small people). When the wait staff asks for your order, you had better be ready. They don’t like to wait around for you to make up your mind. It there is any hesitation, the server will “be back a little later.”

Herbies is famous for conch fritters and chowders. We didn’t try either on this night but will be back. The establishment is open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch (opens at 1100 hours) and dinner. We have thought about going to Herbies for years, but each time we walked or rode our bikes past, the place was closed. Now that we have a bead on their hours, we’ll be back!