My sister and I had dinner in Old Town Stuart last night at a local chain called Mulligans. The place recently (by which I mean within the past 5 years) moved into the location formerly occupied by a well known local restaurant called The Ashley. It was called The Ashley because the building used to be the local bank and was robbed by the Ashley gang back in the 1930s. Old Town Stuart has been reborn as a really quaint dining and shopping destination, and like a lot of similar places, success has raised rents and driven out all the mom and pop shops. In any case, last night was pretty rainy. The rain usually starts around 2:00 in the afternoon here in Florida in August and stops by 5:00, but not last night. First we checked out a really nice looking restaurant in an old house with a great view of the river, which looked expensive, but it was closed (and thank God, too, if you happen to be picking up the check). We then walked in the rain to another riverside restaurant that used to be called Huckleberry's and featured a wonderful Sunday brunch years ago that we used to go to with our parents. The place looked even more expensive than the other and was called The Oyster House or something. My sister hates oysters, so another bullet dodged, and we walked back to Mulligans and had dinner. It was pretty good, too, and my sister actually picked up the check. Wow! Another first! What a pity we couldn't have found a steakhouse.
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