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Sweet Melissa’s Raw Bar & Grille — Eat well, and feel at home

Visit their website at www.sweetmelissasrawbar.com

Where friends gather - Regular patrons greet newcomers at Sweet Melissa’s to enjoy an upbeat atmosphere and delectable homemade seafood, wings and barbecue.

If you're looking for a relaxing little place to hangout and enjoy some great food and down home hospitality, then this is the place for you!

Come as you are ... from business suits to bathing suits, everyone is welcome here, and the menu is just as diversified! Melissa takes pride in getting to know everyone on a personal level, when she takes a break from the grille.

She opened Sweet Melissa's just two years ago and says she gets by with a little help from her friends! Big Mike, (Melissa's boyfriend) is the master shucker and most times entertainment for the night, when he grabs the megaphone and starts announcing that it's time to do "booger beers" (a favorite amongst the locals & out of towners alike!). If you're expecting some fancy decor and pre-cooked fast food then this is NOT the place for you ... everything is made to order, & the outdoor dining offers fresh air, and "fine dining in the rough" among our wooden spool tables & barstools. The decor is made up of items customers have brought us from all over the states (& Australia too) ... fishing poles, lobster traps, license plates, clam rakes, signs, even a boat that we decided to make into a "dude bar"!!! We offer fresh peel & eat shrimp, big juicy 1/2-pound REAL burgers, large prime select oysters (raw, steamed or fried), cheese steaks, clams, catfish baskets, flounder baskets, gator baskets, cajun crawfish, fried shrimp baskets, live blue crabs, roasted wings (never fried), clam strips, and we roast all of our own chicken, beef & pork on premises for the down home BBQ. The menu just goes on & on. Check out the website ... www.sweetmelissasrawbar.com or myspace. There's a little "sumpfin sumpfin" for everyone! Everyone gets a sample of the fresh homemade clam chowder or crawfish bisque on their first visit, (the New Englanders swear it's the best they've ever had!). We sell it by the cup, bowl, pint, quart or in a fresh baked bread bowl!

In the evening expect an unannounced game of "stump the shucker", name that tune, or some other fun "happening" in order to win a prize. "Come for the food ... stay for the fun", that's what the locals say! If you like the feel of "home", then you're sure to love it here. Friendly happy faces, great food, and good times ... that"s what it's all about!

Go home to Sweet Melissa’s Raw Bar & Grille at the corner of Hill and East New York avenues, DeLand. Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m. Sunday. Call (386) 736-4006.

www.sweetmelissasrawbar.com

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