A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
For more than 35
years, Chef Erwin
Scheuringer and
Eugen Fuhrmann
have operated E&E
Stakeout Grill in Belleair
Bluffs, a landmark
restaurant with chefdriven
cuisine in the
E&E Stakeout Grill
By Margaret Word Burnside and Aaron R. Fodiman
American tradition of a
steak lounge. Known for
its hospitality, outstanding
fine wines and signature
cocktails, E&E Stakeout
Grill serves lunch and
dinner Monday through
Friday, and dinner only
on Saturday and Sunday.
Dine indoors or outside.
Takeout with curbside
pickup is available.
The extensive menu offers small plates
and salads such as Maine Lobstercargots
in a garlic herb butter; a jumbo shrimp
martini with Absolut Citron cocktail sauce;
claw, backfin and lump crabmeat cakes;
a Kokopelli Salad of grilled chicken with
romaine lettuce and Salem Amish bleu
cheese; and a Salmon Tower Salad of
greens, mango and avocado with organic
rice wine vinaigrette.
The dinners include a choice of starches
and a vegetable, along with fresh baked
bread and herbed olive oil. You can choose
skewered tips of filet mignon; panko
herb crusted stuffed chicken breast with
cheddar cheese and ham; medallions of filet
mignon; bone-in pork chop; New Zealand
CUISINE
Photography by Noraa
This 12-ounce New York strip steak at E&E Stakeout Grill in Belleair Bluffs is
cut from the short loin, which is among the most tender sections of beef.
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portabella mushroom and
fontina cheese.
E&E has a children’s
menu, daily specials and
from 4 to 5:15 p.m., early
dinner specials that are a
true bargain. The lunch
menu is slightly more
abbreviated than dinner
with special lunch pricing.
Desserts, like everything
else served at E&E, are
pure delights you will not
want to miss. From their
lava cake to the very berry
white chocolate mousse
with raspberry melba
sauce, you will not want to
share whatever you order.
Be sure to call for
reservations, as even
during the pandemic, E&E is filled with
local loyals who dine there regularly.
Monday and Tuesday evenings feature
1¼-pound Maine lobsters out of the
shell with blue crab stuffing, which are
sensational. For dining pleasure, E&E
is a sure bet with its attentive service,
wonderful flavors and exquisite but
comfortable décor. The restaurant is among
our favorites. 9
EDITOR’S NOTE: E&E Stakeout Grill is
located at 100 N. Indian Rocks Road in The
Plaza shopping center in Belleair Bluffs,
(727) 585-6399.
lamb chops; mac-n-cheese pasta with white
truffle oil; and Maine lobster out of the shell
or grilled shrimp. For steak lovers, there
are three sizes of center cut filet mignon,
a New York strip, the E&E rodeo steak,
two sizes of prime rib, and a surf and turf
consisting of the E&E rodeo steak with
a crab cake. Seafood offerings include a
Maine Lobster tail, South African lobster
tail, local grilled or pan-fried or grilled
black grouper when available, Atlantic
salmon, Carolina pan-fried rainbow trout,
delicious crab cakes of claw, backfin and
lump crabmeat, and shrimp al Greco with
white wine, olives, feta and tomatoes over
eggplant. There are also chicken or steak
fajitas, and a ½-pound hamburger with