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The Old Salty Dog

The Old Salty Dog

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I found The Old Salty Dog Restaurant to be a good place to eat in Siesta Key. We stopped by the Old Salty Dog our first week at Siesta Key for an early dinner.

The Old Salty Dog
Our First visit

I had the traditional English fish and chips which were great.

The Old Salty Dog
Fish and Chips

My wife had the Captain’s Plate, which is a filet of Mahi with shrimp and two sides.

The Old Salty Dog
Captain’s plate

We enjoyed sitting at the Old Salty Dog, eating our food and enjoying the view around us. The restaurant has open air seating beside the sidewalk allowing you to enjoy the warm breezes and a view of the area. With the word Dog in its name, you know that they would have hot dogs on the menu.  The Salty Dog has two hot dogs on the menu one is a regular hot dog, but the other is a beast. I think the people from Hillbilly Hot Dogs may have consulted with them. It’s called “Our Famous Salty Dog”. I read about it and wanted to try it but in the end common sense won and I passed on it.

The next week my brother and sister-in -law came down to stay a few days with us. We told them about the Old Salty Dog and we decided to go there for dinner.

Our second trip
The Old Salty Dog
Brother and Sister-in-law

The Ladies ordered hamburgers.

Hamburger

My Brother-in-law and I decided to tackle The Old Salty Dog.

Brother-in-law facing the challenge

I have to warn you this is not just a big hot dog. The wiener is dipped in batter and is then deep fried.  We decided to go a step further. We order the Loaded Salty Dog, which comes with Sauerkraut, Bacon, Grilled Onions and Mushrooms and three cheeses. After going through the items on this giant hot dog, I have to include the picture one more time.

The Old Salty Dog
Yes this is a Hot Dog

How did we do? Well, we clean our plates and we were glad to know we had stomach pills back at the Air BnB house if needed.

 

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Life on a Deck at Siesta Key

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  1. This past February, we went down to Siesta Key to avoid snow, ice and cold in general.  Siesta Key is a great place and I hope to write more about it, but first I just want to tell about the great time we had on the deck at the back of the house.

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The house sat on the edge of a canal and the deck gave a great view up and down the waterway.  Every morning I would start my day with a cup of coffee on the deck.  It was amazing to see the fish jumping and swimming in the water.  I tried to get photos of them but was never lucky enough to time a jump or to get anything besides the top of the water.  We did however, have other visitors.  Everyday I would see a bald eagle fly over going to the gulf to hunt fish.

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One day I saw him returning with fish and an army of sea gulls following behind trying to get him to drop it.  We also had lots of other birds visiting us and I wish I could have gotten photos of all of them.

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One of our more interesting guest was a manatee.  The large animal didn’t get real close to us, but it did keep bringing its head up out of the water to look at us.

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There was another special guest who made everything even more special.

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My grandson came down and spent a few days with us.  Looking back over our time in Florida, I can think of lots of wonderful things we did, places we went and great food that we ate.  The deck however, still stands out.  I sat there with coffee in the morning, I read several books as well as spending time writing.  I watched wildlife, I fished, I grilled several nice meals and ate them there.  Most of all I got to spend time with my family and made lots of memories of us together.

Next year as people look for resorts and amusement parks, I think I will look for a nice deck overlooking a canal at Siesta Key.