Sunday, November 30, 2008

Cheeseburger in Paradise

There's rumor that Jimmy Buffet was inspired to write the song "Cheeseburger in Paradise" while visiting the restaurant on Cabbage Key...
Cabbage Key is only accessible by boat, down the ICW a short ways from the hidden cove. The house, now restaurant and Inn, was originally built in 1938. And, yes, they do serve cheeseburgers. They do not however serve chips... They don't serve any fried foods as a matter of fact! So no, you can't get chips and you can't get fries, which are probably sometimes still called chips, with your cheeseburger!
It is still however, a piece of paradise, as those living in southern Florida often refer to our current state of residence.
There is also a tradition at this little ol' Florida spot of taping signed dollar bills to the wall/ceiling. The story goes something along the lines of fishermen taping a dollar to the wall in case the fishing wasn't good and their pockets were empty, they'd still have money for a beer.
I think the beers are a little more than a dollar these days...
Now the story goes that as the dollars fall from their heights, they are collected and donated to charity. Apparently thousands of dollars fall each year...

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