UGLY GROUPER – Restaurant

A big, loud, open-air room on Marina Drive in Holmes Beach, minutes from the Anna Maria beaches, with live music and a wait most evenings that moves quicker than it looks. Grouper is the whole point: grouper tacos wrapped in fried cheese, a blackened grouper sandwich, island kabobs glazed with pineapple and jalapeno. Around them sit crab-topped fried green tomatoes, classic fish and chips, crab-stuffed shrimp and pulled pork sliders, with local beer on tap. Guests keep coming back for the tacos and for servers who will tell you honestly what to order.

Cuisine: Restaurant