"Blue Fin has best seafood in the area"

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I have never been to Blue Fin but it seems to be always busy from a passerby standpoint. The outside bar is always packed.

Several restaurants in that location have failed so they must be doing something right.
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I am a New Englander...we know seafood. Twice I visited Blue Fin to get their clam chowder and I have to say it didn't come close...it was grey and gummy. The best chowder is at Lighthouse Rest and best Lobster bisque is at Palmer.
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I agree with Kidnerkim. Love Fisherman's on 44, about five miles east of 75. Nothing to look at, but great food.
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That is a subjective question..I did not like it.
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I am a New Englander...we know seafood. Twice I visited Blue Fin to get their clam chowder and I have to say it didn't come close...it was grey and gummy. The best chowder is at Lighthouse Rest and best Lobster bisque is at Palmer.
We are from NE as well and I agree on the chowder. Also light the haddock and clams as well. Not sure about these other places as I have not been but if fried seafood is not on the menu I most likely will not go. I do like a good scallop wrapped in bacon though.
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Default Bluefin Has Best Seafood In The Area

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Sam's St. John's in Lady Lake. It is definitely an eccentric looking place, but I have had the best halibut in decades there.
Daily specials, with shrimp almost always being one of the special. Large portions. Good chowder. Great values on their lunch menu as well.
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What about O’Shucks on 301? Always looks busy but I can’t bring myself to eat there by the looks of the place
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What about O’Shucks on 301? Always looks busy but I can’t bring myself to eat there by the looks of the place
I was told that the most popular item was the hamburgers.
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Default Fish dining experiences are personal and varied. . . from experience

Well, we have to weigh in as we went to eat seafood Saturday night, being from New England, CoachK and I have some experience:

The best experience for us both is night time tuna on our own gas grills which I reeled in earlier the same day off of Cape Cod. I must've ate $300+ of less than 12 hour old tuna tataki at restaurant prices that night. We get fresh Alaskan salmon flown in from the fish market during June and as a teenager, I used to dig and prepare steamers as well as quahogs for home made chowdah.

Note: southern warm water fish is very different than northern cold water fish.

First rate :
Blue fin and Bonefish

Second/Third rate:
Sam's St Johns. . .
The shrimp boil was very good,
the scallops, old and frozen.. . . didn't even taste like scallops.
7PM, and the restaurant emptied out.

However, every one is unique and needs to check out the seafood restaurants themselves, as seafood is an acquired taste, as well fresh vs frozen and fried versus broiled/grilled. . .

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[QUOTE=CoachKandSportsguy;1965439]However, every one is unique and needs to check out the seafood restaurants themselves, as seafood is an acquired taste, as well fresh vs frozen and fried versus broiled/grilled. . .CoachK and Sportsguy[/QUOTE]

Bingo!!!!!

Example.......Oysters.
Very different from different areas.
NE, SE, Gulf, West Coast.

O'Shucks is a great place to go.
I've sat at the bar and watch a guy down 48 slim-ball and four beers.
Their oysters are usually NE.
West coast tastes like metal.
(my taste buds)


Clam Chowder..............same thing.
Different tastes/preferences by different people.
Jus because you live in an area, does not make you an expert.
It's what you are use to, what you like.

I dew () like being in the NE, getting a fresh red snappy thing and throwing it into boiling water. Yum!!!
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Blue fin is good but I prefer the fisherman on 44 in Tavares. Not much to look at but the food is awesome@
Fisherman is in Inverness….
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Yelp rates the best seafood, best restaurant in all of TV to be The Anchor Room above Red Sauce in Sumter.
Just don’t try to get in!
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Yelp rates the best seafood, best restaurant in all of TV to be The Anchor Room above Red Sauce in Sumter.
Just don’t try to get in!
Never heard of it.
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[QUOTE=dewilson58;1965441]
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However, every one is unique and needs to check out the seafood restaurants themselves, as seafood is an acquired taste, as well fresh vs frozen and fried versus broiled/grilled. . .CoachK and Sportsguy[/QUOTE]

Bingo!!!!!

Example.......Oysters.
Very different from different areas.
NE, SE, Gulf, West Coast.

O'Shucks is a great place to go.
I've sat at the bar and watch a guy down 48 slim-ball and four beers.
Their oysters are usually NE.
West coast tastes like metal.
(my taste buds)


Clam Chowder..............same thing.
Different tastes/preferences by different people.
Jus because you live in an area, does not make you an expert.
It's what you are use to, what you like.

I dew () like being in the NE, getting a fresh red snappy thing and throwing it into boiling water. Yum!!!
I raise my own oysters on the Chesapeake Bay. Salty and delicious. Always fresh.
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[QUOTE=Bay Kid;1965532]
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I raise my own oysters on the Chesapeake Bay. Salty and delicious. Always fresh.
Cool.
Is a license/permit required????
Personal use or can you sell???
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