Goosby's Calabash
Out to Sea (Her View)
On a whim we decided to test the waters at Goosby's Calabash seafood joint. I use the word joint because it is only one step above "a dive" and a far cry from being considered a quality establishment. The decor reminded me of a nightmarish mega-buffet you'd see at the beach complete with gigantic buoys scattered about the front lawn. When we pulled in the parking lot at 7pm there were a grand total of 3 cars!! RED FLAG!!
Let's move onto the food. This place is not exactly a health food paradise. The menu consisted of a buffet loaded with fried fish, fried scallops, fried calamari...you get the point, it was a veritable smorgasbord of artery clogging concoctions. I was not pleased!! The one item on the buffet not deep fried in a vat of lard was the "blackened" tilapia. Folks let me cue you into something...blackened should not be a fancy cover up for BURNT!! The only saving grace was the cole slaw - but then again how hard is it to chop some cabbage and mix it with mayo! The most painful part of our dining experience was when the bill arrived. $38 was way overpriced for the quality of food.
Sorry Goosby's but its time you pull up your anchor and ship out to sea!!
Ship Wreck!! (His View)
Ooh Goosby's. We probably should have ran for McDonalds when it took us 5 minutes to decide if they were open or if the three cars parked in the lot were just part of the scrap metal collection on the front lawn. I had hoped for such good things, but then again how often can you find good seafood this far inland. Little did we know there would be crispy critters lurking inside. I think Goosby's should change their motto to "when in doubt, fry it!" Holy arteries! I have never seen such a heart stopping (not in a good way) display of fried sea creatures in my life. They did attempt to provide some type of nutrition by trying to blacken some type of fish. Usually you blacken with spice and a hot skillet, not cooking yesterdays fish until it surrenders every ounce of moisture and begs for mercy. Overall, stay away. FARRRRR away. Just a little pirate humor to make light of the fact we paid $38 for 5 years worth of damage to our artieries.
On a whim we decided to test the waters at Goosby's Calabash seafood joint. I use the word joint because it is only one step above "a dive" and a far cry from being considered a quality establishment. The decor reminded me of a nightmarish mega-buffet you'd see at the beach complete with gigantic buoys scattered about the front lawn. When we pulled in the parking lot at 7pm there were a grand total of 3 cars!! RED FLAG!!
Let's move onto the food. This place is not exactly a health food paradise. The menu consisted of a buffet loaded with fried fish, fried scallops, fried calamari...you get the point, it was a veritable smorgasbord of artery clogging concoctions. I was not pleased!! The one item on the buffet not deep fried in a vat of lard was the "blackened" tilapia. Folks let me cue you into something...blackened should not be a fancy cover up for BURNT!! The only saving grace was the cole slaw - but then again how hard is it to chop some cabbage and mix it with mayo! The most painful part of our dining experience was when the bill arrived. $38 was way overpriced for the quality of food.
Sorry Goosby's but its time you pull up your anchor and ship out to sea!!
Ship Wreck!! (His View)
Ooh Goosby's. We probably should have ran for McDonalds when it took us 5 minutes to decide if they were open or if the three cars parked in the lot were just part of the scrap metal collection on the front lawn. I had hoped for such good things, but then again how often can you find good seafood this far inland. Little did we know there would be crispy critters lurking inside. I think Goosby's should change their motto to "when in doubt, fry it!" Holy arteries! I have never seen such a heart stopping (not in a good way) display of fried sea creatures in my life. They did attempt to provide some type of nutrition by trying to blacken some type of fish. Usually you blacken with spice and a hot skillet, not cooking yesterdays fish until it surrenders every ounce of moisture and begs for mercy. Overall, stay away. FARRRRR away. Just a little pirate humor to make light of the fact we paid $38 for 5 years worth of damage to our artieries.
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