Winter Bruise, tales from the Watt

"Winter broke off, finally, a long ash crumbling at the end of a cigarette, burned out, weak and emptied." -G. Galloway
Don't get your hopes up! Brief sunrise over the St. Martin Rivermouth,  2/27/2019

   Winter on the Delmarva Shore. You can catch the sunrise. Sometimes the sunset. But, the inbetween is usually dreary, cloudy, cold. Not bone chilling Chicago cold, but miserable cold. We get some snow. Not Syracuse snow, but mostly annoying trifling snow. Two to four inches, if not just a dusting. Enough to fill our highway drainage ditches with a few vehicles here and there. Make driving just hazardous enough to force me to drive the speed limit. Got that going on now. That black ice cold. Too warm to snow. Too cold for comfort. Icy rain to close out February. Can't help but feel bruised if you spend any significant time outside. As we skid into March, the next few weeks call for a front that will continue to stave off Spring. Waters have been dangling around the 40F mark. Waves...chop to semi-clean. Even the Ocean flaunts the bruising mottled, blue-gray color of winter. Savings Time is around the corner. maybe it'll help.
   Enough whining. Our evening's trek led us to a house of warming, the first newbie of '19. Green Turtle West. Let's clarify. In Crew Times, myself and the Target have done the original Green Turtle in the OC. And, in our OCBZ days we had wandered through the Turtle West. However, it has been 'bout 15 years since those times and as the Crew, West is new.

View from the end.

Good to see they've remodelled and updated over the years. Typical sparse, winter crowd. Locals. We saddled up at the end of the bar and were promptly met by our bartender. Couple of drinks ordered and we proceeded to peruse the menu, while Target focused in on the Maryland basketball game. LWatt immediately eyed the Rockfish Bites, Target and I settled on the Bangin' BBQ Wings, and the Turtle Turkey Burger with cheddar. The wait wasn't long, which as far as the fish bites, was too bad.

Not good. Fishy taste. Guaranteed they were frozen. Like for a while. And the breading was less crunch more mealy. Not fresh at all. The burger met the mark. Good taste, cooked through. Not a standout, but worth ordering again in the next life. My favorite was the wings. The BBQ sauce had a bite, but was not overly spicy. Plump, juicy, well cooked. Among the best wings I've had in a while. LWatt and Target enjoyed 'em, but did not share my enthusiasm. It's a majority vote I suppose. Nice sports bar. Fair selection of cold beer. Plenty of flatscreens around. Pool tables, darts, and video games. Our service was good. Price was on point for the offseason. Would be worth a look in busier times. For now, a good stop to ease the bruises from fighting off Old Man Winter, and a nice start for our new year's Quest.

THE RATINGS-

Rockfish Bites: D+

Bangin' BBQ Wings: B+

Turkey Burger: B-

Beer: C+

Atmosphere: B

Value: B

Overall Score = 2.58