ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE’S LIKE SUPER SECRET LIKE JAMES BOND BARBER MONDAY AT 10 AM. MANY
MICHIGANDERS LOVE TO SPEND A
WARM SUMMER EVENING OUT ON THE
WATER, BE IT ON A BOAT OR
LOUNGING ON A FLOATY OR
DIAGNOSING OFF A DOCK. BUT WHAT
ABOUT A FLOATING RESTAURANT?
THAT SOUNDS PRETTY AMAZING,
RIGHT? WELL OUR MICHELLE OLIVER,
YOU KNOW HER IS THE FOODIE. SHE
FOUND A RESTAURANT IN MOUNT
CLEMENS, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY
DINE ON THE WATER. GET READY TO
DINE IN THE D AT THE OCTOPUS
BEER GARDEN ON THE CLINTON
RIVER. IMAGINE THIS COOL BREEZE
OFF THE WATER, THE SUN SHINING
DOWN ON YOU A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL
AND SOME FRESHLY FRIED WALLEYE
ON THE TABLE WITH THE SOUND OF
MUSIC LINGERING IN THE AIR.
THAT’S THE KIND OF NIGHT THAT
AWAITS YOU AT OCTOPUS BEER
GARDEN IN MOUNT CLEMENS. IT’S
KIND OF GOT A BIT OF A FLORIDA
YOU’RE ON VACATION. JUST NO
WORRIES IN THE WORLD TIME
RESTAURANTEUR BOB PALACE, RUNS
THE RESTAURANT WITH HIS FAMILY
AND NAMED IT AFTER HIS LOVE OF
THE BEATLES. STRAWBERRY FIELDS
WAS OUR FIRST BEATLES THEMED
RESTAURANT AND WHEN WE DECIDED
IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THAT
WE WEREN’T SURE WHAT THE NEW
RESTAURANT’S NAME WAS GOING TO
BE. MY WIFE CAME UP WITH PENNY
LANE. WHEN THIS PLACE BECAME
AVAILABLE. WE WERE TOSSING NAMES
BACK AND FORTH, AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY A FRIEND OF MY
DAUGHTER’S THAT THROUGH
OCTOPUSES BEER GARDEN OUT THERE
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HERE WE
ARE, BUT PERHAPS THE COOLEST
PART OF THE WHOLE PLACE. IS THAT
YOU’RE ACTUALLY ON THE WATER.
THIS RESTAURANT IS ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY ON THE WATER AND THAT
THE MAIN PART OF IT IS A 1945
BARGE. THIS IS A SMALLER BARGE
THAT WAS AT IT LATER AND THEN
THE REST OF THE SEATING AREA. IS
FLOATING DOCKS AND THE FOOD FITS
THE ATMOSPHERE. MIDWESTERN
COMFORT FOOD, SUMMERTIME LIKE
STUFF. YOUR MOM OR YOUR GRANDMA
WOULD MAYBE SERVE YOU THAT WOULD
BE REALLY SPECIAL. WELL THIS IS
A DELICIOUS LOOKING SPREAD, SO
LET’S GET INTO THE MENU AND
WE’RE GOING TO START OFF WITH
ONE OF THEIR SALAD. THIS IS
THEIR WATERMELON SALAD, WHICH
HAS FRESH WATERMELON HEIRLOOM
TOMATOES. FETA CHEESE AS SHERRY
VINAIGRETTE OVER TOP, AND IT’S
SERVED WITH A SIDE OF PITA BREAD
. IF YOU’RE MORE IN THE MOOD FOR
A SANDWICH, CHECK OUT THEIR
SMOKED TURKEY MELT, SO THIS
OBVIOUSLY HAS TURKEY ON IT AS
WELL AS BACON, SWISS CHEESE,
GARLIC MAYO ON RYE BREAD.
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT WARM
WEATHER THAT JUST MAKES ME WANT
TACOS AND THEY HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE
FROM. THESE ARE THERE MAHI MAHI
TACOS WHERE THE FISH IS
BLACKENED, SERVED WITH OUR HOUSE
MADE TARTAR SAUCE. YOU GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF COTIJA CHEESE ON
THERE. CILANTRO FRESH LIME TO
SQUEEZE OVER AT PLUS THE HOUSE
MADE GUACAMOLE. NOW THEY ALSO
HAVE PULLED PORK TACOS, WHICH
HAVE RADISHES, PINEAPPLE, SALSA
AND FRESH JALAPENOS. THEY HAVE A
LOT OF OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN BUY
BY THE POUND FOR THE WHOLE TABLE
TO ENJOY. AND ONE OF THESE IS
THEY’RE CAJUN STEAK BITES. THESE
STEAK BITES ARE CODED WITH CAJUN
SEASONING. YOU’VE GOT SOME
BARBECUE SAUCE AND THEY’RE
CARAMELIZED ONIONS. ALL SERVED
ON TOP OF GARLIC BREAD. ANOTHER
GREAT OPTION FOR THE WHOLE TABLE
. ARE THESE COCONUT SHRIMP? SO
YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, CLASSIC
COCONUT SHRIMP. THIS IS SERVED
WITH A PINEAPPLE SALSA AND A
SPICY COCKTAIL SAUCE. AN OPTION
FOR THE WHOLE TABLE THAT CAUGHT
MY EYE. IS THIS WALLY? IT IS
FRESHLY COPS FROM THE GREAT
LAKES. LIGHTLY FLOUR. DO YOU
HAVE A LEMON BUTTER SAUCE ON TAP
, AS WELL AS CAPERS, FRESH
PARSLEY, AND IT’S SERVED WITH
THEIR TARTAR SAUCE. NOW IF
YOU’RE GOING FOR ONE OF THESE BY
THE POUND PLATTERS FOR THE
TABLE, YOU MIGHT WANT SOME SIDES
TO ROUND IT OUT. IN SOME GREAT
OPTIONS ARE THEIR HOUSE MADE MAC
AND CHEESE. WHICH IS TOPPED WITH
PRETZELS, OR YOU CAN GET THEIR
MEXICAN STREET CORN AND FINALLY
, FOR DESSERT. THEY HAVE THEIR
BEER MASU FUN TAKE ON TERRORISTS
DO WHERE THEY SOAK THEIR LADY
FINGERS IN, UH, VANILLA PORTER.
RIGHT? THIS PLACE LOOKS GREAT.
IT IS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS AWESOME
. MASU OKAY. WHAT DID YOU WHAT
DID THEY DROP OFF FOR US HERE?
OKAY SO JASON REQUESTED THE
SPICY SAUTEED SHRIMP. SO THAT’S
WHAT HE HAS IN FRONT OF HIM. IT
LOOKS LIKE A DELICIOUS SAUCE ALL
OVER THAT IT SMELLED LIKE ONIONS
AND GARLIC AND A LITTLE BIT OF
CAPERS LOVE TOTTI GOT THE STEAK
BITES WHICH ARE RIGHT HERE, AND
SHE’S ALREADY DIVED INTO THEM. I
DID. I HAD TO TASTE ONE AND MAKE
SURE IT WAS SAFE TO EAT AND HOW
SAFE, WAS IT? IT WAS GOOD. IT
WAS OKAY. WE’RE GOOD. WE’RE
GONNA GONNA GO EAT MORE. NOW
THESE ARE CAJUNS SEASON. THEY
HAVE A LOT OF FLAVOR TO THEM
CARAMELIZED ONIONS ON THERE.
JASON WHAT DO YOU THINK SHRIMP
IS REALLY GOOD. THAT’S REALLY,
REALLY GOOD. I THINK HE LIKE WE
TALKED ABOUT SEASONING IS REALLY
WHAT MAKES A PLACE AND I THINK
THIS PLACE ALSO HAS VERY GOOD,
WELL FLAVORED FOOD BROUGHT THE
WALLEYE PICKEREL AS WE DISCUSSED
EARLIER. THAT’S SO LIKE OLDER
FASHION NAME FOR IT OTHER NAME
THEY USE OVER IN CANADA AND I
LOVE MICHIGAN FISH. YOU CAN GET
PERCHED THERE AS WELL. THEY
PERCH AND WALLEYE LOVE THAT, AND
THEN THIS WAS MY FAVORITE THAT I
TRIED. THAT WAS THE MAHI MAHI
TACOS THAT ARE BLACKENED,
DELICIOUS. IT’S JUST REALLY WELL
BALANCED AND EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING IS GOOD. THANK YOU
FOR SEASONED FOOD THAT MEANS SO
MUCH IN THE IN THE STEAK BITES
ARE SUPER TENDER. YES, AND JUST
EVERYTHING. AND THIS IS JUST
SPICY ENOUGH, RIGHT? LIKE OVER,
NOT OVERPOWERING. NO, IT’S JUST
SPICY ENOUGH. IT’S REALLY GOOD.
ALRIGHT, WELL, BESIDES REALLY
GOOD FOOD. DO THEY ALSO HAVE
ENTERTAINMENT? YES THEY DID. SO
WE HAVE A VIDEO OF THIS. THERE’S
ACTUALLY A STAGE THERE. THAT’S
FLOATING KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF
THE DOCKS. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
HERE. PEOPLE PLAY LIVE MUSIC
THERE. HE ONCE HAD A GUY WHO WAS
PLAYING LIKE, UM, LOUISIANA
STYLE MUSIC, AND YOU MADE GUMBO
AS HE’S SINGING. IT’S LIKE A
WHOLE EVENT. THEY ALSO HAVE THIS
LOVELY LAWN AREA WHERE YOU CAN
SIT AND RELAX EITHER BEFORE OR
AFTER YOUR MEAL WHERE THERE’S
FIREPLACES. THEY ALSO HAVE CORN
HOLE OVER THERE SO THAT YOU CAN
PLAY THAT. AND THEN YOU’RE MORE
THAN WELCOME TO BRING YOUR BOAT
THERE. IT’S A NO WAKE ZONE, BUT
YOU CAN PULL UP YOUR BOAT TO THE
DOCK AND VERY NICE. SO WHERE ARE
THEY LOCATED? THEIR LOCATED AT
152 NORTH RIVER ROAD. THAT’S THE
ROAD YOU TAKE WHEN YOU GET OFF
OF I 94 TO GET TO MOUNT CLEMENS,
AND IT’S RIGHT BEFORE YOU HIT
DOWNTOWN. RIGHT ALONG THE
CLINTON RIVER. THAT’S FUNNY. I
LIKE HOW JASON LIKE MOVED HIS
SHRIMP AROUND IT TO COVER THE
LITTLE HOLE. CD I CAN’T SAY IT’S
OKAY. THANKS, MICHELLE. AWESOME.
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