If you are in Sanibel or Captiva or Fort Myers, definitely - definitely - go to the Lazy Flamingo.Īnd while you’re at it, click “ follow” on our front page to receive blog posts in your email box. Really, how many things in life are better than sitting outside on a beautiful night eating mesquite grilled grouper, caesar salad, and raw oysters, and drinking a cold beer? And I like to eat mesquite grilled grouper and caesar salad. Inside was packed, and outside was a beautiful evening, and I was ready to eat, so we chose to sit outside. You also can order at the dark, nautical-themed bar and eat at one of several tables outside, in the breezeway. The restaurant itself is in one side of the building, with a peninsula bar flanked by tables on the outer edges. The Lazy Flamingo is in a dogtrot building. It’s a side benefit of eating oysters on the half shell, and one not to be sneezed at. The rest of the lemon juice and some Tabasco and every last atom of the horseradish went into the cocktail sauce, which I dearly love to put on saltines. The oysters were nice and cold and briny, and wiggled with delight at the drop or two of lemon juice I added to each before I slurped it from the shell. It’s delicious, and the caesar salad is way above average. That’s all you really need to know, except for the fact that the grouper is really fresh, and neither over- nor under-cooked. She had me at mesquite grilled grouper, so Nancy and I went. What you really want to hear, though, is that she always orders the mesquite grilled grouper and the caesar salad. She then volunteered that she and her husband usually go to the Lazy Flamingo there on Sanibel, right by the Captiva line (there’s another in Ft. She offered two very highly regarded expensive restaurants, both of which seemed like they would prefer that I wear long pants. With a trustworthy source, such as a woman who came up in Montgomery and lives in Sanibel and the North Carolina mountains and says “Roll Tide” to you, you should ask, “Where do you usually eat?” Actually, I ask that of a lot of people, but often take the response with a grain of salt. It’s always good, for example, to ask where the police eat lunch, at least in places where there are a lot of police officers. When you ask a stranger where you should eat, they almost always will recommend a very expensive restaurant. I have Auburn relatives whom I dearly love, but I stay away on Thanksgiving.Īnyway, the lovely woman on the beach now lives in Sanibel and the mountains in North Carolina mountains. If you wear an Alabama hat, you will meet people.) We chatted (I chat with people who say “Roll Tide” … or “Hey”), and I ascertained that she grew up in Montgomery and has both Auburn and Alabama relatives. A woman gave me a “Roll Tide” (I had on my Alabama hat. The next day, I took a long walk on the beach. I had spent most of my research time identifying the best sunset bar (The Mucky Duck on Captiva: Sanibel faces south, and most of the places that face west want you to stay for dinner.) Yelp and Trip Advisor weren’t particularly helpful. Earlier this year, Nancy and I spent a couple of days in Sanibel Island after a week in Marco Island.
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