A rose by any other name, may swell as sweet, but Rose's smells like fresh seafood and the sea (as it should).
Tomorrow we are having a BBQ for the Memorial Day weekend and one of the things we decided to make wash fresh gulf shrimp. Given the havoc of Hurricane Ike last year, I wasn't sure what the state of the seafood markets were. For us, the seafood markets consisted of some rather ramshackle buildings on a spit of land sticking into Galveston Bay in Kemah. But, when they say fresh fish they mean straight off the boat that morning fresh so who cares what the building looks like.
Needless to say, pretty much nothing on that spit of land survived the hurricane and the 10-15ft water that was there. In fact, the much more solidly built Pappadeaux's restaurant built on pilings above ground was also completely destroyed, as in no longer in existence, not just flooded, and has not been rebuilt. But for tomorrow's BBQ, John and I ventured down this morning (just in case we needed a backup shrimp hunt tomorrow) and were pleasantly surprised. There are 4 or 5 seafood places open, some just in portable buildings but more then half the spit is still flattened. But Rose's Seafood was having their Grand Opening in their brand new and very nice new building. I was really happy with the seafood selection and their new digs are a huge step up for the family run place. Happy to see some of the businesses recover in one of the worst hit areas around here. Hope the shrimp taste as good as they look!
12 years ago
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It's good to hear businesses are reopening! I will miss Pappadeaux though.
I heard Pappadeaux is rebuilding, same place, more hurricane proof building. they managed to get all their staff jobs in other Pappa's family restaurants for now.
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