drew1955

I moved to Seabrook in 1977, and would like to mention some area memories: There was an Alfie's Fish and Chips on Nasa Road 1 in the late 70's. My strongest memory of my sole visit was that the ketchup bottles on the tables had been refilled so many times that the labels and caps were gone, and ALL of the bottles had aluminum foil lids. I did not return. Webb's Cove in Seabrook breaded their fried shrimp with crushed pecans. The Kemah Steakhouse (wiped out by Alicia) had the following: "the 440"-4 oz boneless sirloin w/ 4 fried oysters, fries and coleslaw ($4.40); "the 660"-6 oz sirloin w/ 6 oysters, etc ($6.60); and "the 880"-8 oz sirloin w/ 8 oysters, etc. ($8.80). My alltime favorite "surf-n-turf". Ruby's Chinese/League City: the first time I had Peking (Beijing?) Duck. Frank's Shrimp Hut (now a Hooter's/ NR 1 and TX 146); shrimp po'boys for $2.25. A story; Frank supported the wrong candidate in a Seabrook election. As a result, he was arrested and handcuffed by Seabrook PD during a busy lunch time for a "zoning violation". Frank put a petition in his restaurant calling for an end to the political harrasment, and got a few thousand signatures (including mine). Result; no more problems with City Hall. The Crazy Cajun: popular with celebrities (Dolly Parton, Gene Hackman, Burgess Meredith, Teri Garr) visiting Clear Lake. My favorite: bacon-wrapped barbecued oysters. South Texas Smokehouse: barbecued buffalo (bison) brisket on Saturdays. Waite's Wharf/Kemah (another Alicia victim): A SF buffet that I rated better than the San Jacinto Inn. Reason for this heresy: al-you-can eat frog legs. T-Bone Tom's/Kemah (before Tom Fitzmorris' death in 1997). Still in business, but with a gutted menu (no more BBQ ham). Finally, the Panama Griil/Seabrook (now occupied by a Moody National Bank). Where I discovered black bean soup and orange roughy. Waiters dressed like Parrotheads. And one of the few restaurants where the staff remembered that I don't like lemon in my iced tea. The Grill burned down due to a suspicious fire started in an adjacent business, and the Grill's owner could not afford to rebuild (so I was told by a former employee).