"The small Panhandle town of Carrabelle remains a quaint slice of Old Florida."
So says the St. Petersburg Times in a recent article about this charming hidden treasure.
On Friday, September 19th, the City of Carrabelle officially opens a new two-lane boat ramp at the end of Marine Street.
This is part of the ongoing Wharf project to increase public access to the Carrabelle Waterfront as the area is enhanced as a traveller's and boater's destination. The project includes a staging dock, a new state of the art fish cleaning station, parking and a storm water drainage feature. This new ramp is located just down Tallahassee Street about 3/4 mile from SeaSide Village. This is one of several free boat ramps that provide public access that surround the Carrabelle marina.
Speaking of which, it's all I can do to avoid stopping at THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE just past the corner of Tallahassee Street and Hwy 98. This big red food truck is where they are cooking up the most amazing FRESH fried grouper and shrimp ever! Before going right onto your plate, the seafood has been diverted that morning from the fisherman's boat before it goes to one of the major supply houses around the corner for shipping out of Carrabelle. You can either sit at the picnic bench outside or take it with you in your car or boat. We docked the boat briefly the other day and 5 of us got ourselves 4 meal baskets (for them), and 8 sides of grouper "to go", and they did all "go"! While it was my idea to get the side orders, I had to fight the boys for even my share of them. Since I'm on Atkins, I just had the grouper on its own. (What's a little bit of fried coating gonna do when you are out in the boat getting fresh sea air? It doesn't count.) They make some of the best seafood I've eaten anywhere, the freshest, sweetest grouper, and fantastic preparation in a very light frying batter. This is a charming, clean little treasure of a place. These folks previously ran a big local restaurant and decided the big red truck was much easier and manageable at this time of their lives. While the husband operates a local commercial fishing boat, the wife does the cooking from his catches. Hence the name, "The Fisherman's Wife". They are doing great business. If you drive by and didn't know it was there you could miss it, thinking, who eats fresh seaforod from a food truck? (Some of the best Mexican food in America is out of a big truck that sits on a street in a neighborhood in San Francisco.....written about all the time, so these hidden jewels are not to be overlooked.) My point being that I have trouble going past this corner location without stopping. I have grouper eyeballs lately. yummmmm.
On Friday, September 19th, the City of Carrabelle officially opens a new two-lane boat ramp at the end of Marine Street.
This is part of the ongoing Wharf project to increase public access to the Carrabelle Waterfront as the area is enhanced as a traveller's and boater's destination. The project includes a staging dock, a new state of the art fish cleaning station, parking and a storm water drainage feature. This new ramp is located just down Tallahassee Street about 3/4 mile from SeaSide Village. This is one of several free boat ramps that provide public access that surround the Carrabelle marina.
Speaking of which, it's all I can do to avoid stopping at THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE just past the corner of Tallahassee Street and Hwy 98. This big red food truck is where they are cooking up the most amazing FRESH fried grouper and shrimp ever! Before going right onto your plate, the seafood has been diverted that morning from the fisherman's boat before it goes to one of the major supply houses around the corner for shipping out of Carrabelle. You can either sit at the picnic bench outside or take it with you in your car or boat. We docked the boat briefly the other day and 5 of us got ourselves 4 meal baskets (for them), and 8 sides of grouper "to go", and they did all "go"! While it was my idea to get the side orders, I had to fight the boys for even my share of them. Since I'm on Atkins, I just had the grouper on its own. (What's a little bit of fried coating gonna do when you are out in the boat getting fresh sea air? It doesn't count.) They make some of the best seafood I've eaten anywhere, the freshest, sweetest grouper, and fantastic preparation in a very light frying batter. This is a charming, clean little treasure of a place. These folks previously ran a big local restaurant and decided the big red truck was much easier and manageable at this time of their lives. While the husband operates a local commercial fishing boat, the wife does the cooking from his catches. Hence the name, "The Fisherman's Wife". They are doing great business. If you drive by and didn't know it was there you could miss it, thinking, who eats fresh seaforod from a food truck? (Some of the best Mexican food in America is out of a big truck that sits on a street in a neighborhood in San Francisco.....written about all the time, so these hidden jewels are not to be overlooked.) My point being that I have trouble going past this corner location without stopping. I have grouper eyeballs lately. yummmmm.
Judy
