Lucky Dill Deli
5 Stars (Read below.)
2800 Alt 19, Palm Harbor, 727-789-5574? or luckydilldeli.com
Some people were highly skeptical, even critical, of CL's Holiday Auction. Much of that was heaped on one auction lot, where we gave people a chance to purchase a five-star restaurant review from yours truly, likely the only five-star review you'll see from me until things change dramatically in the Tampa restaurants scene. Of course, we said that we'd make it clear that the review was an auction lot and not a typical, unbiased critical appraisal of a restaurant, but people were still itchy, including my lovely counterpart over at the St. Pete Times.
In my opinion, critics of the auction lot were missing the boat. I knew that readers would get the joke — especially since that joke garnered cash for the well-deserving Tampa Children's Home. I had a more serious concern: How would I write a positive review — a five-star review — if a crappy restaurant won the bidding?
Thankfully, that turns out to be a moot point. Although, before I sat down at Lucky Dill Deli in Palm Harbor, I still had some concerns.