And Finally Part 1

We are home safe and sound, so this will be my last posts.

After leaving Perdido Cove Resort in Pensacola,  we travelled west along the Florida Panhandle and  stayed in a the beautiful Bella Terra Resort in Foley Alabama.

During our time there, we had a chance to revisit Joe Patti, McGuire's Pub,  and celebrate Bernie's birthday two times.

McGuire's Pub is an experience not to be missed.

• Awarded the Golden Spoon Award and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for many years and recommended by Mobil Travel Guide and AAA, this 400 seat, 20,000 square foot landmark restaurant and pub is reminiscent of a turn-of-the-century New York Irish saloon and they serve the best steaks, seafood, burgers, and Irish fare this side of Boston. They are open daily for lunch and dinner.

McGuire’s Irish Pub first opened in 1977 as a small neighborhood pub in a shopping center. In 1982 McGuire’s moves to its current location; Pensacola’s original 1927 Old Firehouse. Inside the pub you’ll find a turn-of-the-century, New York Irish Saloon themed 615-seat restaurant.

It is celebrated for its atmosphere boasting more than one Million signed dollar bills hanging from the ceilings and walls of the Pub. 

Now an estimated at 4 million dollars just hanging around!!

It has its own brewery

 an enormous wine cellar and

too many rooms to even count.


Our appetizer:

IRISH BOXTYS An old Irish favorite, “Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan; if you can’t make

boxty, you’ll never get a man”. Garlic Mashed Potatoes hand rolled in Herbed Bread Crumbs
and Flash Fried. Served with Salsa, Guacamole Dip and a Horse Radish Sour Cream Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

These were delicious !!

Well worth the visit.

The first time we celebrated the birthday boy,

we went  out for din din with Jan and Bob.

We had attempted to dine at Lulu's, but the all the spring breakers and their family had the same idea.

Because we would have had a 2 hour wait, we decided to move on and had a great meal  at the Oyster House located in Gulf Shores Alabama.

Good dinner, good friends, good drinks with breathtaking water views and sunset.

Never ones to miss a photo op....

Thanks for the gifts and the very unique gift bag, Jan and Bob!

On Bernie's actual birthday, April 8th, the birthday boy requested to make a return visit to McGuire's Pub.

Our dinner consisted of:

IRISH POTATO SKINS Baked Irish Potato Skins loaded with Smoked Gouda Cheese
and Applewood Smoked Bacon 

SHEPHERD’S PIE A True Irish Country Meal . A Casserole of Ground Steak
with fresh Vegetables topped with Smashed Irish Potatoes, Cheddar Cheese
and Baked to a Golden Brown . .

FISH & CHIPS Free Range Fresh Fish caught daily in the Irish Sea by McGuire’s

Cousin Nathan and battered in McGuire’s Red Ale . Served with Homemade Coleslaw .

I wonder who ate what?

The restaurant birthday song totally surprised Bernie!

I must apologize for the brevity of the following video, but just trying to multi task by singing and trying to capture the moment.

A birthday gotcha moment!

Bernie's delicious, amazing, scrumptious,  birthday delicacy, that I of course, did not have to bake, but had the pleasure of sharing!

Another fun night!

Movin' on ...