SPLASH AN OCEAN GRILL

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER LOCATION

SPLASH, VAN DYKE AND DALE MABRY IN LUTZ

My "BOOTH NEIGHBORS" GULF SHRIMP TACOS, BELOW

(the kids were fascinated by the t.v. JUST FIVE BUCS ON TUESDAYS!

camera--and by the fact that I ate (it's one of many "stimulus dinners")

so much food)

The night before show #05, which aired Saturday August 29 on NEWS TALK 820 AM WWBA, BAY NEWS 9 CAMERAS IN TOW, TAMPA BAY ON DEMAND REPORTER HAT ON STRAIGHT, I dined at this tremendous Seafood and Landfood Landmark in LUTZ. I've known one of the managing partners, Chip Roehl, since the mid 1980's, when he was in on the very beginning, with the then, extremely popular SHELLS SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS.

CHIP ROEHL AND MIKE REEVES

THIS GUY KNOWS SEAFOOD FOLKS

Remember when the SHELLS, near Kennedy and Dale Mabry, was packed wall to wall from 5pm until late, nearly 7 days a week? Chip and his partners, were the reason. They did it right. When the company went public, and some 50 restaurants were subsequently built, Chip and others left, to build SPLASH, AN OCEAN GRILL, in what he called a "perfect area for a special kind of seafood restaurant."

HERE'S WHAT WE WERE SERVED

LOOK FOR THE VIDEO ON BAY NEWS 9,

AND TAMPA BAY ON DEMAND CHANNEL 340.

IT WILL AIR IN MID SEPTEMBER. YOU WILL

BE AMAZED AT HOW FAST I DEVOUR A SEA BASS!!

Since that section of Dale Mabry, in Carrolwood, has one chain restaurant after another, Chip and friends felt that

the neighborhood would really respond to something special. He knew the folks out there well, got to know their

tastes, knew they had a sophisticated palette, and the rest, as they say, was history. Splash opened in 2001, and the

business has boomed ever since. Splash does a great job on seafood, and their beef ifs NOT an after thought.

Try the STEAK OSCAR..video below tells the story.

For real savings at SPLASH, try one of their nightly stimulus dinners)

(www.splashanoceangrill.com/stimulusdinners/html)