Ocean Grill

Not long ago, I found two of my best friends from high school - Diane and Pat. I haven't seen either since then and since I'm semi-retired, you can imagine how many years that has been. One of them lives in Sarasota and the other lives in Columbus, Ohio but recently bought a second home in Deltona Beach. She's going to become what we permanent residents call a snow bird. And that's great. She will be moving into her Florida home early next year so the three of us are going to meet for a day of hanging out and catching up. The place we'll meet at is in Vero Beach called The Ocean Grill. For anyone going to Vero Beach, it's a must. It is a very old, very large restaurant smack dab on the beach - if it were any closer to the ocean, it would be in it. Once at high tide in the bar, the waves were pounding under the pilings and we felt we were on a boat in the ocean. Very cool. All dark woods with lots of nautical stuff everywhere and the best ocean view of about any restaurant I've been to. Food is good too but made better because of the great view - once at your table, you don't want to leave. There is a catch, you must be there when they open their doors to get one of the coveted tables but there are quite a few. Oh and they have a quaint little gift shop too to keep the tourists happy. I can't wait to see Diane and Pat and I know they'll love this spot as well.