07/23/2010 - Breakfast at Paradise

Monday Morning Search for Breakfast on the Water

With the weekend over, a Monday off work,and good friends still in town, we decided to take advantage of the calm water and head out in search of Breakfast on the water. This is an easy feat on the weekend as several waterfront locations serve breakfast on Saturday and Sundays. Not so easy on a Monday, especially when you want to try some place different than our "usual" stops.

So we loaded up the boat with a hungry crew and headed up the lake. Since we start from the 3 Mile Marker on the main channel, very rarely do we go past the 13 Mile Mark, but today we decided to head on up the lake and take advantage of the calm water and lack of boat traffic. We also had no plan or specific location in mind. We just decided to hop our way up the lake until we found a great breakfast spot.

After stopping at several locations, only to learn that they were either closed or didn't serve breakfast on the week days, we landed at Paradise on the 24 MM. We were greeted at the dock by a very helpful dock hand and told that they serve breakfast every day. Good thing, because we were really hungry by then and extremely hot from the excessive heat and humidity taking place this month.

Once the boat was secure, we started our long ascent up several flights of steps to the restaurant. It's a great place with lots of open air decks, complete with a lot of fans to help keep you cool and comfortable. The actual inside seating was a little to stuffy from the heat so we enjoyed the deck and the great view of the lake.

The menu offered a lot of possibilities and there were several options to choose from, but the Crab Cakes Benedict caught my eye. I love crab, but have never been a big fan of crab cakes. However something about the Crab Cakes, Eggs, Hollandaise Sauce all on an English Muffin was just to tempting to pass up. I'm so glad I ordered it...It was fantastic!

Everyone enjoyed their breakfast and the service was great, we all decided that this trip up the lake is definitely worth it and we would be back to check out the lunch and dinner menus as well as the entertainment in the near future.

If you find yourself in the area of Paradise, I highly recommend that you stop off, have a drink and a bite to eat, you won't regret it.