Pelican Larry's is that special place in Naples (Florida) where we stop on our way from the airport to the beach. It's perfect: dive bar meets fresh seafood meets deep fryer. It's our place. At Larry's, a key job of the (cutie pie) bartender is to shuck oysters.
And at Larry's, the oysters are served with Saltines, cocktail sauce and horse radish... not the fancy New York mignonette and other various jus meant to be drizzled just so.
There is also a killer grouper basket available - five or six pieces of just caught grouper, dredged is a thin layer of crispy batter before getting dunked in the deep fryer.
Maybe living in New York has sheltered me too much from the sheer thought of divey bars serving respectable seafood as snack. Who knows - but I sure appreciate it when I come down here. A visit isn't complete without conch fritters. Some special blender of herbs give these a wonderful flavor after biting into the piping hot, crusty exterior.
In the past, we've enjoyed peel 'n eat shrimp, crab cakes, calamari and a whole slew of the other seafood options on the menu. Did I mention almost nothing is over $10? So next time you are in Naples, want to catch a game (any game - there are over ten TVs just at the bar), eat delicious seafood and cheap beer (less than a buck on Monday nights), Pelican Larry's can be your place, too.
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