{"id":204,"date":"2012-09-20T12:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2012-09-20T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:34:00","slug":"osteens-restaurant-st-augustine-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"O’Steen’s Restaurant – St. Augustine, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

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205 Anastasia Boulevard\u00a0\u00a0St.
\nAugustine, FL 32080
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When you’re visiting Florida and you make your way to the nation\u2019s oldest city; St. Augustine, you must stop by my favorite restaurant\u2014O\u2019Steen\u2019s – where you will find the oldest city\u2019s best seafood. This cozy little restaurant just east of the Bridge of Lions and a short drive from the center of historic St. Augustine.<\/p>\n

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When you arrive, it sure doesn\u2019t look like much.\u00a0 But this plain brown building with no view always has a bench full of people outside waiting to get in.\u00a0 So put your name on the list at the walk up window and then take a seat on one of the long benches where you can chat with the locals or you can browse through the antique store that is right next door (don\u2019t worry, you can hear them call your name in the store as well).\u00a0\u00a0 Be warned that the wait at O\u2019Steen\u2019s can take up to two hours during their busy season.\u00a0 A tip for a shorter wait \u2013 consider sitting at the counter if there is only one or two in your party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Once your wait is over you\u2019ll be seated in the close quarters of the diner.\u00a0 This family owned restaurant cooks everything fresh, from the sides (the squash casserole and sweet potato casserole usually go first) to the local Red Minorcan Clam Chowder to the fried chicken (the menu warns that it can take up to 30 minutes to cook the chicken).\u00a0 But their specialty is their shrimp.<\/p>\n

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My family and I drive about an hour and half to visit this place every couple of weeks! O\u2019Steen\u2019s fried shrimp are the best you will ever taste.\u00a0 They are light and fluffy and not like your typical fried shrimp that comes to you greasy.\u00a0 Pair that with their \u201cpink\u201d shrimp sauce and your choice of sides and you\u2019ll be fat and sassy when you\u2019re done.\u00a0 I have heard, even though I\u2019ve never tested, that other things on their menu are just as wonderful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A few more tips\u2026 they only take cash, if they still have a veggie or dessert you want when you\u00a0 put your name on the list, ask them to save you some and, of course, make sure you wear baggie clothes!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 205 Anastasia Boulevard\u00a0\u00a0St. Augustine, FL 32080 (904) 829-6974   When you’re visiting Florida and you make your way to the nation\u2019s oldest city; St. Augustine, you must stop by my favorite restaurant\u2014O\u2019Steen\u2019s – where you will find the oldest Continue reading O’Steen’s Restaurant – St. Augustine, Florida<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[119,125,91,120,124,116,115,123,121,118,117,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}