Shorty's Surfside & Topside - Grayton Beach

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May 17, '09 · 7:58 PM13,110

We just finished eating a wonderful meal at the former D&K's in Grayton. The new restaurant Shorty's features a nice lunch and dinner menu. To start we had a hit with the Lime Soup. Just as the menu said, it was light and refreshing, great taste, great presentation.

Our second course featured the Surfside West Indies Salad and the Grilled Fresh Black Grouper. The salad was huge with Romaine hearts topped with a generous portion of fresh, Jumbo Lump Blue Crab meat with bell peppers, tomatoes and scallions. It was a meal by itself. The Grouper was simple, well cooked and very Fresh. It was prepared with a lemon butter sauce. The sauce was not over powering. You could taste the fresh fish. For sides, we picked the Asparagus w/ Balsamic Glaze and the Zucchini & Yellow Squash prepared with Dill. The vegetables like the rest of the meal were done well. Our compliments to the Chef.

To finish it off, being in the old D&K's, we had to have Kathy's Key Lime Pie. As always, it was incredible. It was a nice touch having the former owners creation still on the menu.

Shorty's will open to the public on Monday and we recommend giving it a shot. The staff has some of the area's best and most recognizable faces. The owner Henry Patterson has assembled a winning team.

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Beach Fanatic

Nov 12, '09 · 4:43 PM#52

Had to go dig this old Thread up. We finally got around to eating at Shorty's this afternoon. We didn't go out too much to eat during the season.

The food was great. Didn't order too many exciting things, but what we did OMG. The chili dog. I really don't like big dogs. But decided that I would try this one and just cut the dog in half lengthwise. Tasted it first and decided the dog had such a good taste that I would go for it. My friend ordered the Red Beans, rice and sausage. I am from LA and know my beans. These were the best I have had down here in a very long time and would put them up against most any in LA. We both had the Mac and Cheese because I had read so much about it and knew we would have left overs as we always do. Great also. We decided to finish my dog and take the Red Beans and Mac home. Then we started planning our next meals with Shorty's food.

No, we weren't finished. We then ordered the Bananas Foster for dessert. If you haven't had it go to Shorty's and order it for lunch. We could have ordered and eaten 10 bowls of it.

The service could not have been more attentive. Sodas were refilled right on time. Our guy was polite, nice and informative. Thanks for the great service.

This might just be our new find in a long time in SOWAL.

Thanks Shorty for the great meal. It was greatly appreciated.

COME ON SOWALers let's keep this one around!!!

SoWal Expert

Nov 12, '09 · 5:06 PM#53

It is a gem- and everytime there is a mention of Shorty's, I get a shrimp po boy craving.

Beach Fanatic

Nov 12, '09 · 6:27 PM#54

Sweet! Did they open the windows back up? That would be fantastic!

AMEN to that !!!! I can't believe they were ever closed off in the first place, but I knew there was reason we stopped going there.

Beach Fanatic

Nov 12, '09 · 7:31 PM#55

AMEN to that !!!! I can't believe they were ever closed off in the first place, but I knew there was reason we stopped going there.

I can deal with windows that have been enclosed when the food is this good. It still has a better view than the Red Bar and Stinky's. And it is more user friendly during most of the year. In the dead of summer one can get only so much cool from ceiling fans and a partial breeze. In the winter one can get only so warm from outdoor heaters. Then when the semi outdoor places, ie Tarpon Club close the plastic windows one can't see to well out of them. Still nice, but nothing is perfect. The view from Shorty's Topside is absolutely wonderful.

The old Grayton Cafe was great and had no upstairs view either. I would kill for it to be back. I remember the last Key Lime pie I had there. It was right before Opal. Sometimes restaurants need to be about food.

Beach Lover

Nov 17, '09 · 3:29 PM#56

Anyone ever investigated establishing a shuttle of some kind from across 40A to the ZOO/SHORTYS/REDBAR area? Maybe an extra long golf cart thingy that would run every fifteen minutes or so? Having had the parking problems and being a bit too far to bike (from Inlet Beach and back) for us, we've longed for some alternative to the congested parking in Grayton and bet that residents rue the day people discovered it. As an aside, I first stumbled on it in 1979 in a backroad excursion in my 1972 VW van when the streets were all sand from 30A to the beach and the Butler store was in opertaion if I rememeber correctly. Anyway, just saying....

Beach Fanatic

Nov 17, '09 · 3:41 PM#57

Best dern mac and cheese I have ever had in my life!!!!!

Beach Fanatic

Nov 18, '09 · 5:56 PM#58

Anyone ever investigated establishing a shuttle of some kind from across 40A to the ZOO/SHORTYS/REDBAR area? Maybe an extra long golf cart thingy that would run every fifteen minutes or so? Having had the parking problems and being a bit too far to bike (from Inlet Beach and back) for us, we've longed for some alternative to the congested parking in Grayton and bet that residents rue the day people discovered it. As an aside, I first stumbled on it in 1979 in a backroad excursion in my 1972 VW van when the streets were all sand from 30A to the beach and the Butler store was in opertaion if I rememeber correctly. Anyway, just saying....

We are investigating the possibility of a shuttle. We would love to see you at Shorty's -- this time of year, parking is rarely a problem!

Henry
Shorty's Surfside

SoWal Expert

Nov 18, '09 · 9:08 PM#59

We just came home from our son's 17th birthday dinner. Awesome food, very awesome service, Jen and Balder singing like angels despite our loud mouths- it was a great evening.

Thanks Henry- Shorty's is the best family place for us. :wub: