Nice Read...It hurts to read how poor Harbor Docks is now cause that's one of the places that I used to go to back in the 1970's....Sadly I have to agree with you...the last time I went Everyone's Fish smelled like an old shoe...As for your bread complaint I totally agree with you...The South and Destin Area in particular don't put much thought into bread at all..very poor quality with a particular pet peeve of mine being all the places that serve Po Boys not on French Bread...ummm it's not really a Po Boy if it's not on French Bread... As for La Famiglia I have to say you made a bad order..It is an excellent and very authentic restaurant if you order Italian Meals....Seafood at an Italian Restaurant is a stretch to put it mildly...nice write up again.looking forward to the next 2 Installments
With regard to La Famiglia - Italian/Mediterranean cuisine is usually very fish/seafood focused, and the menu at LaF reflects that. However, it is true that a lot of Italian-American restaurants, like Chinese-American restaurants, use food service seafood. That was why I asked first. I noted the heavy Italian accent of our server - he should have known exactly what I was looking for if he was from the old country. Had he warned me off the seafood instead of extolling its virtues, I think we'd have all been happier. Nevertheless, I like the place enough to want to give it another chance - for something other than seafood!
Also - I've had fabulous fish and/or seafood at Borago (where I also had horrible shrimp), Locanda (restaurant deceased) and Enzo's - we didn't return to Enzo's this year because when I called to ask if they had any fresh fish or seafood, they said no. I hope to rectify that next year!
