O'Steen's Restaurant, Seafood restaurant in St. Augustine, US
O'Steen's Restaurant is a seafood spot on Anastasia Boulevard in Saint Johns County, Florida, known for fried shrimp, oysters, scallops, and fish filets served alongside Southern side dishes. Homemade corn fritters made from family recipes round out the menu.
Virginia and Robert O'Steen opened the restaurant in 1965, bringing their family recipes straight into the kitchen from the start. The place has stayed in the family ever since, with the same cooking methods passed down to each generation.
O'Steen's uses datil peppers grown in the St. Augustine area, a local ingredient tied to the Minorcan community that settled here centuries ago, and you can taste it in several seafood dishes. The menu is a direct expression of what people in this part of Florida have eaten for generations.
The restaurant only accepts cash, so it is worth stopping at an ATM before you arrive. It tends to fill up quickly, especially on weekends, so arriving early in the service is a good idea.
The breading mix used for the fried seafood is made in-house and has not changed since the restaurant first opened in 1965. The dining room itself has changed very little over the decades and still looks much like it did when it first served customers.
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