SEAFOOD SUPREME
Beach Waves Grill
By Margaret Word Burnside and Aaron R. Fodiman
The BBQ Bacon Wrapped Scallops at Beach Waves Grill on Indian Rocks Beach are
grilled and served with a delicious barbecue sauce.
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delicious, and we can
recommend them all.
They serve domestic,
imported or draft beers,
some wine and some
frozen margaritas. The
service is warm and friendly, as everyone
pitches in to make your meal a pleasure
and to be sure you get everything you
need as soon as you want it. If you have
room for dessert, the Key lime and peanut
butter pies are awesome, but the fried ice
cream and fried Oreos are amazing must
haves. If you can’t make up your mind,
have their Megalodon dessert with its two
scoops of fried ice cream, six fried Oreos
with whipped cream topping, chocolate
syrup, and then lit up with sparklers. It
will more than satisfy your sweet tooth.
Dining at Beach Waves is a joy that is
both affordable and filling. You will want
to come back often because it is the kind of
laid-back, beach-vibe place that everyone
is bound to enjoy. 9
EDITOR’S NOTE: Beach Waves Grill is
located at 2300 Gulf Blvd. on Indian Rocks
Beach, (727) 593-FOOD (3663).
CUISINE
an authentic Creole chicken ‘n’ Andouille
jambalaya, along with a variety of tacos. A
house or a Caesar salad can be had with
chicken, shrimp or grouper added.
Nine sandwiches range from grouper
to the Steak and Cheese Philly. There are
baskets of grouper, fried shrimp, clam
strips and chicken tenders, as well as
other selections to diversity the menu, such
as pad thai and a number of fried rices,
including a pineapple shrimp fried rice.
For an entrée, you can order mahi or
grouper, shrimp and scallops, crab cakes, a
sea scallop platter, a chicken breast served
grilled, Cajun, barbecued or fried, a bacon
wrapped filet mignon, or a whole rack of
barbecued baby back ribs. These come
with a choice of two sides, and you can
add shrimp to any of them. The sides
range from salads to potatoes, but we
suggest the sensational hush puppies and
Mexican street corn. Every item we ate was
Casual seafood
dining is taken
to a new level
by chef and
owner Mike Fisher
at Beach Waves Grill
eatery on Indian Rocks Beach. He has
drawn from his 30 years of experience at
other top-ranked seafood restaurants and
created his own version of fun dining. His
gourmet flair and a small, intimate beach
setting make it easy to enjoy his tasty,
casual food.
The menu’s appetizers range from a
delicious seared ahi tuna, served rare,
to barbecue bacon wrapped scallops or
shrimp. Each has its own uniqueness, such
as the raspberry colada sauce with the
coconut shrimp, or the smoked Amberjack
fish spread enhanced with jalapeños and
lemon. Wings can be ordered hot, mild
Thai chili, or garlic parmesan, and grouper
cheeks are served with a wonderful
homemade tartar sauce and can be ordered
grilled, Cajun or fried. There is also fried
calamari, a giant jumbo lump crabcake,
fresh oysters, buffalo shrimp, a fabulous,
not-to-be-missed crab ‘n’ corn chowder and
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