CONSTANCE: We planned for months and the day finally came - FLA Thanksgiving vacation - complete with Flat Stanley packed as carry-on, his "homecoming". It was the perfect travel day - we even got bumped to an earlier flight at no extra cost and arrived 3 hours early. My brother pulled in some favors at work and met us at the airport. We got "home", unloaded the suitcases, grabbed my sis-in-law and the kids and headed to lunch at Beef O'Brady's. We don't have those in Erie, but nationwide, there are over 254 locations ... and they serve over 2 million wings a week so you know they'll be good.
We ordered three different kinds of wings to please our guest bloggers that ranged from 8-year old Emme and 10-year old Andrew up to a 40-something Me! Medium ... Sweet Jalapeno and Kickin' Bayou BBQ. We quickly learned who liked the drummies and who liked the boney wings and dug in - thankfully there were wet naps!
The medium were pretty tangy. Napkins were definitely being used as Kleenix. And the Sweet Jalapeno were also very good - kinda gummy and tangy both. But after everyone had sampled, the clear winner was thumbs up Kickin' Bayou BBQ!! Hints of honey, BBQ and mesquite I think. A flavor combo like no other tried this year. It was really fun having a group blog vacation ...
We spent Thanksgiving Day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom to celebrate my niece Emme's 8th birthday (so technically she was only 7 at the Beef O'Brady's blog). And Friday, the day after Thanksgiving was really our turkey dinner celebration. But come Saturday, we were hungry again (ha!) and had carry-out wings from Frankie's. Frankie's used to be located right on the harbor where all the Disney cruises launch. But in the past three year, if I remember right, they've moved to the main drag in Merritt Island, N. Courtney Parkway, and are located in the bowling alley.
My brother ordered for us, and we had #2 wings with extra hot sauce too. These were delicious. They were crispy ... flavorful. And we got a quart of ranch dressing too. Nice! We cheered the FLA Gators and Tim Tebow to victory and even dressed Daisy the puppy in a Tebow jersey to celebrate!
You might be asking - what about the pizza part of the vacation blog? That came Sunday night. We went to see Blindside (excellent movie - a must see!) and then out for pizza in nearby Village of Cocoa, complete with a park and ice rink (yes, in FLA!) and Santa! Ryan's! Which incidentally had an Amber alert from the prior day, where a father "kidnapped" his son. This and the Tiger Woods story broke during our FLA trip.
We ordered pizza by the slice and I tried the white pizza with eggplant. Here's a link to the piture in my Facebook album to see how huge and incredible this za was (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=852121&id=1419060740). Hand-tossed crust - yum! I wish an Erie pizza place would offer eggplant za- baba ghanouj za!
Overall, the Vacation Pizza and Wing visits are an 8 outta 8 slice review. The best part? Having a family that is definitely a 8 outta 8 slices!
The FLA 411:
Beef O'Brady's
1450 N. Courtney Parkway, #36
Merritt Island, Florida, 32953
Phone: (321) 455-6665
http://www.beefobradys.com/index.php
Frankies Wings & Snackbar
600 North Courtenay Parkway
Merritt Island, FL 32953-4749
(321) 452-5557
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&source=hp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=frankie%27s+merritt+island+florida&fb=1&gl=us&hq=frankie%27s&hnear=merritt+island+florida&cid=8535783847195804062
Ryan's Village Pizza
405 Delannoy Ave
Cocoa, FL 32922
(321) 634 - 5555
http://www.cocoavillage.com/gallery/shops/delannoy_avenue/ryans_village_pizza
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