Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:25:53 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Like you, the name tilapia, just turns me off. Now give me some walleye....

Now where have I heard a preference for walleye before? (-:
I'll bet it's the favorite eating fish of 80% of the people up here.
Fishermen, anyway.
Lake perch and bluegills are probably next, then crappies.
But that's from when those were all plentiful.
Remember the Twin Drive-In on Milwaukee, north of Palwaukee airport in
Wheeling?
That's all condo's now. But across the street from there is a
restaurant called Bob Chin's. Opened I think in 1990.
The Twin closed about '95. I do miss the drive-ins.
He flies his fish in - all sea fish - every day. Never had a bad
piece of fish there. About one in four times there they had Florida
grouper, and that's my pick. Otherwise tuna, swordfish or dolphin.
Come to think of it I only got the tuna once - didn't care for how
they cooked the thick steak. Too raw. So 1 miss in about 20.
Check it out next time you come up. I've heard the prices are steep
for dinner, but I always went there with the business lunch crowd,
and a nice fillet with sides was only about 10 bucks.
Haven't been there in 2 years though.
Here, found this:
http://www.bobchinns.com/bc_food.html
The sample lunch menu doesn't look like it has the selection
of fish you'll probably see, usually at least 3 types of fillets.
I always got them grilled "blackened" style.
Never tried the crabs or lobsters, but the fried squid and clams were
good.
Going to try to get up to Kenosha to the Brat Stop later this summer,
and take a look at the boats too.

--Vic

Bob Chinn's is outstanding! I was there just a few weeks ago. The menu
is a legal-sized piece of paper that they print daily. I had a large
lobster tail and stone crab claws were the appetizer. I stayed at the
Westin right up the street. They offered to drive us there in their
airport van if we wanted to have *extra* Mai Tai's. We were picked up
by some friends instead.

Ever been to the Stage Stop, Vic?