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We don't go down to Tarpon much but I know I had a good Octopus in one of the restaurants. If anyone knows how to prepare it, it's the Greeks. The sponge docks are so commercial and crowded and there are a lot of tacky little shops so we generally avoid it. There are a lot of Greek dishes I don't like and some in our family don't care for octopus so that's mainly the reason. What I like in Tarpon are a couple of small Italian restaurants we discovered off the beaten path and have eaten several times there....plus a great Greek Deli.
Calamari is always good...grilled or fried....everyone ends up usually ordering fried. Have you tried our Key Lime Pie? When we go into Dunedin we pick up Coconut cake when Stracchens Ice Cream has it....can get a slice or a whole cake...so creamy and rich. But we try not to go out of our way just for desserts.
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@imallears there are many restaurants on the main road(dodecanese boulevard) of the sponge docks. My husband and I have tried many places including Mykonos and Hellas which most people see. I was not impressed. Our favorite is on Anthens St, Costas Restaurant, which is off the main road. I had gone there many times with different friends. I never pushed the grilled calamari or octopus but after they had a taste of mine they loved it! No more negative comments after that. They couldn’t get over how much they enjoyed it. My friends continue to go there. My husband and I don’t like feta cheese so at restaurants we have to be careful when ordering. The Greeks put it on everything, lol. Some of the greek dishes can be rich. We stay away from those. We always try the fried calamari in Italian restaurants wherever we go. We especially liked it at Kafe Kokopelli in Dade City. Not sure if it is still around. The building was an old Ford car factory with interesting history maintained by the restaurant.
We have been at the Dunedin ice cream shop but haven’t tried their key lime pie. We enjoyed the sweet treat during our visit at Key West. We prefer less sugar. After all sugar is addictive, but we love our dark chocolate, 70-90% cacao. Thanks for the recommendations. Time for chocolate😋!