Rain Check, from the Target's notes.

"There's no such thing as bad weather, there's only the wrong clothes."  -Bill Connolly
Storm rollin' in over the St. Martins. 7/6/2017

   Every week of the summer is important. Missing just one single week can mean the difference between having a great or just average season. Memories needed to get through once winter comes. Because of this fact we hardly ever cancel a session until after we hit the beach to actually lay our eyes on the true local conditions.  That being said, this week we cancelled early. While Salisbury was had sun breaking through the clouds, the beach was under a monsoon rain of Biblical proportions. So I headed to DWatt's new home in Ocean Pines to check out current living conditions. I had previously done a drive by, but this was my first time actually in the house. I must say this is a serious upgrade to his previous abodes. Perhaps I gave the Watt too much credit. Should be saying kudos to Lisa as it was much too nice for him to have picked out. After getting the complete tour we headed out to grab a bite to eat.

   With the weather still a problem we stayed local in the Pines  and headed to Southgate Grill. Couple facts: 1) in a strip mall at the OP South Gate, 2) same management as Backstreet Grill here in the Bury. For a rainy Thursday night there was a good crowd and the only open seats were at the bar. Fine with us. With the crowd the lady barkeep was busy filling orders and our initial wait time did seem to drag. Lisa ordered a Lemon Drop Martini, Wattman his beer, and I my Shandy.  It seemed my beverage got lost somewhere in the delivery process and was only cool not cold when it was finally delivered several minutes after everyone else was served. For our meal we started with Lemon Pepper Wings. While they were special priced, crispy, and well cooked, they lacked any favor at all. We might have been eating naked wings because neither of us could detect any real kick at all. Our second choice was the Blackened Shrimp Quesadilla. Also bland... nothing other than a little shrimp and cheese on the inside. Our final choice was the Turkey Gobbler Sandwich with bacon and cheese. This was the best part of the meal for all of us (sounded a little like a culinary fable...just waited for the monsoon outside to blow our Grill down). 

The bar did have a nice arrangement of flatscreens and decent music in the background.  Also had front row entertainment by the couple sitting two stools down that were having a fight at the bar. Nothing like getting to hear a marital spat slinging dirty laundry to add a bit of spice to the evening. Nice place, but nothing exciting here. The prices were great for being so close to OC. Easy stop on the way out of town. May be worth a return in the future. For now...the Revival needs to get busy!

THE RATINGS -

Lemon Pepper Wings: C-

Shrimp Quesadilla: C

Turkey Gobbler: B

Beer: C+

Atmosphere: B

Value: B+

Overall Score = 2.54