Macca's Florida Seafood Grill & Bar: A Tropical Delight Close to Home
Louisville seafood lovers don't have to travel through four states to enjoy a Florida-style feast of scallops, clams, crab, plantains and even alligator tail--they can find it all at the Westport Village Macca's Florida Seafood Grill & Bar. From the mounted alligator on the wall to the Gulf Oysters appetizers, Bottom of the Sea Calamari and Cuban-influenced black beans and rice, Macca's Florida Seafood brings diners just about everything Florida has to offer except for the sun and waves—and maybe an Orlando theme park or two.
For an appetizer, you can't go wrong with the coconut shrimp, $6.99. Main-course possibilities range from the surf & turf classics — ike the Land and Leg Feast, $27.99, and 12-ounce Caribbean Sirloin, $14.49 — to nearly every variety of South Florida seafood delight. You'll get a surprisingly generous serving of fried coconut shrimp, clam strips, hand-battered whitefish with French fries and coleslaw with the $12.99 South Beach Bucket. Served with food spilling out of an actualy gleaming metal pail, it lives up to its name in every way.
The Island Crab Cakes, $11.49, come with pan-seared crabcakes, Caribbean rice, black bean sauce and a fruit salsa. The Untamed Plantain, $14.99, allows you to substitute chicken, mahi-mahi, scallops or tuna steak for the crabcakes.
If man-bites-alligator sounds like good dinnertime news, try the Everglades Bucket, with clam strips, island crabcakes and "Gator Tail," popcorn shrimp-style nuggets of battered and fried alligator, along with fries and coleslaw on the side. It's 14.99.
Macca's also has a kids' menu for the small fry. Each of the eight items includes a side of French fries or strawberry applesauce.
And what would a trip to Florida be without a tropical drink? Macca's bar serves up specialties ranging from spiced rum to the Gator Mango Mojito and the Tropical Martini — vodka, coconut rum and pineapple.
Posted on Jan 24, 2011 by Bill Wolfe
