Fried bacon wrapped figs at Bellini's (La Fogata)
Bite-size morsels of deep-fried fat and fruit, easily popped into your mouth and washed down with a dusty martini.
Smoked fish spread at Backfin Blue
Live like a Florida cracker, and eat a cracker out on Backfin's side porch. Saltine, that is, covered in smoked fish mashed with mayo and accompanied by a frosty domestic brew.
A plate of pasta at Pia's
Doesn't matter which one, as long as you're sitting out back at the picnic tables.
A slice of pie at Peg's
Sure, I'm stretching to squeeze in another pizza for dessert, especially since Peg's won't open till the fall, but I gotta be consistent.
Restaurant row: Gulfport
This article appears in Jun 13-19, 2007.