TASTE OF THE TREASURE COAST
The Original Tiki Bar and Restaurant is nestled
right on the Indian River Lagoon. Once the meal is
finished, children enjoy stepping out on the dock
to watch fish swim below.
upscale than the Tiki — more eclectic
with less standard fare. The Bluewater
capitalizes on being close to the beach
with a beach theme.”
Cobb’s Landing features a coconut
shrimp bowl, grilled skirt steak, pork
Milanese or fresh catch. The Tiki offers
selections like drunken mussels in a
white wine sauce, wahoo with a sweet
and spicy coconut glaze and tropical fruit
chutney or chocolate roulade with a peanut
butter mousse. At Bluewater, you can
get a buffalo blue burger, roasted corn
fritters, calamari, tuna nachos and some
of the best wings you have ever tasted.
Colin, 39, and Ian, 38, have brought the
restaurants through the rough part of the
recent economic decline. “The challenging
economy has been a mixed blessing,”
says Colin. “It’s caused us to look
at every aspect of the business and be
conservative where we need to be. We’ve
tightened up the ship, and it’s resulted in
a more profitable situation.”
“Food costs have skyrocketed,” says
Ian. “It’s been difficult to find a middle
ground to offer quality food at good
prices.” Colin says, “We can’t let the
quality go down. It has to remain the
same. We have looked to see how we can
do that in a more cost effective way. We
have reviewed every single item, from
napkins to salt and pepper, to see how
we can economize.”
“Our chefs work hard to bring new
flavors to each restaurant,” says Colin.
“We try new menu items and change
menus regularly to incorporate new and
different tastes. Our chefs are creative
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The Original Tiki Bar
2 Avenue A
Fort Pierce
772.461.0880