The Thirsty Marlin ~ Good To The Gills!: <h4>Menu</h4>

Menu

Appetizers

Cheese Fries - $6.50 - With Monterey Jack Cheese and smoked bacon bits baked and served with ranch dressing for dipping.

Oyster Desire - $10.95 - Aix oysters baked with our garlic butter, blackening seasoning, parmesan cheese and lemon."The best!' Says the wino that I know"

La La Lobster Congo - $10.95 - Fresh slipper tail lobster cut into pieces and baked with our garlic butter and shredded parmesan cheese "La la brings a smile to the Keys every time".

Rasta Mon - $6.89 - Fried onion dreadlocks. Served crispy fried with our bohemian sauce for dipping "Henry Brown west end. Got a story, stick to it!"

Oysters on the half shell - $10.95 - Served cold with cocktail sauce, horseradish, crackers and lemon

Saints Own Spinach Artichoke Dip - $8.69 - Fresh artichokes and spinach in a savory dip stuffed inside a bread round topped with monterey jack cheese and bacon. Served with soda crackers. “Delicious enough for the whole school”.

Smokin’ Fish Spread - $8.99 - Served Key West style with carrots, celery, lemons and soda crackers. “Buffets Favorite”.

Marlin Fried Clams - $7.59 - Real hand battered clam strips fried until golden. A generous portion to satisfy even the pickiest seafood lover.

Oysters Marlin - $10.95 - One dozen hand shucked oysters lightly dusted and fried until golden. Served with lemon wedge and cocktail sauce.

Marlin Rings - $6.59 - Fresh hand cut sweet Spanish onions dipped in Thirsty’s homemade batter, served golden brown in a large basket. “Enough for the whole school!”.

The Scorned Woman - $8.99 - Seven of the hottest, bestest, most delicious buffalo style shrimp off the Gulf of Mexico. Served with yummy yummy sauce and celery sticks.

Barbados Buffalo Chicken - $7.99 - Whole boneless, skinless breast cut into strips, deep fried ‘til golden, rolled in Thirsty’s wing sauce and served with bleu cheese and celery. “For a new SPLASH, try this one with flamingo sauce and ranch dressing”.

Grouper Nuggets - $9.99 - Fried or buffalo style

Jerk Chicken - $8.99 - Tender jerk chicken strips done Shorty’s way. Served with Caribbean sauce for dipping.

Aruba Shrimp Cocktail - $8.99 - Brought from the far south, seven pink shrimp, peeled and deveined, steamed to perfection. Served in a chilled glass with cocktail sauce and lemon. “Sure to make her feel like you’re a big spender!”

Bahama Mama Conch Fritters - $8.79 - This is a must try original recipe brought over from Ma Ruby’s, Harbor Island, Bahamas. Served with a Bahamian dipping sauce. “Yea Mon!”

Lobster Quesadillas - $10.99 - Fresh Bahamian lobster chunks grilled on a flour tortilla with monterey jack cheeses and sweet caramelized onions. “This is why you will come back to Florida soon!”

Fried Green Tomatoes - $8.99 - You said it - lightly breaded and fried, topped with gorgonzola cheese crumbles, chopped vine ripe tomatoes, green onions and Bahamian sauce for dipping.

Cracked Conch - $9.99 - A true Marlin specialty flown in from the Turk & Cacaos Islands. Pounded until tender and gently fried until golden. Served with lemon and lime and a Bahamian sauce for dipping.

Tuna Sashimi - $10.59 - Fresh Ahi tuna served rare crusted with sesame seeds with a center of Asian slaw, pickled ginger, soy and wasabi. “Life on the Outrigger”

Key Largo Calamari - $8.99 - Lightly seasoned and deep fried fresh calamari served with marinara sauce and nicely garnished. “The correlation to the true meaning in life”

Chicken Quesadillas - $10.99 - Homemade breast of chicken grilled in a flour tortilla with our special blend of cheeses. Served with all the fixings, salsa, sour cream, jalapeños, lettuce and tomatoes.

Prime Rib Quesadillas - $9.99 - Fresh thin sliced prime rib grilled in a flour tortilla with sweet caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms and monterey jack cheese. Served with salsa, sour cream, jalapeños, lettuce and tomatoes.

Flying High Marlin Wings - Soon to be Famous Marlin Wings, Hot, Medium, Mild or Original Flamingo BBQ style. 10 wings or 20 wings Add a Side of bleu cheese - $0.55, Wing sauce - $0.35, Celery or carrot sticks - $0.35

The Green Stuff
SALADS

Sesame Tuna Crusted Asian Salad - $10.99 - Fresh garden greens, cucumbers, tomatoes and red onions in a cucumber wasabi dressing. Topped with sesame seared tuna cooked your way with wasabi and soy on the side.

Thirsty’s Caesar - $5.99 - Fresh romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan and romano cheeses tossed in a homemade caesar dressing. Served in a fresh tortilla bowl. Top it off with chicken or shrimp, blackened or grilled or with seared ahi tuna.

Tarpon Springs Greek Salad - $9.99 - Louie gave us this one. Served traditional with potato salad on the bottom, peppers, kalamata olives, vine ripened tomatoes, green bell peppers, red onion, feta cheese and served with homemade Greek dressing on the side.

The Marlin Cobb Salad - $10.99 - Crisp romaine and iceberg lettuce, with ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, green bell peppers, red onions, shredded carrots, monterey jack cheese, fresh egg and crisp bacon. Topped with warm grilled chicken and croutons. Served with garlic bread. Try it topped with our Marlin crunchy fried chicken!

Homemade Soups

Lobster Bisque - A Marlin favorite! Available in a Bowl or Cup.

Real Bahamian Conch Chowder - Thirsty the Marlin brought this recipe across for us to share. “Blue ribbon winner in the Conch Chowder Cook-Off of 1999.” Availabe in Bowl or Cup.

Shrimp ‘n’ Corn Chowder - Join the party at the end of the world! Available in Bowl or Cup.

Burgers

Thirsty’s Cheeseburger in Paradise - $6.99 - Half pound fresh ground beef chargrilled on our mesquite wood fired grill, placed on a toasted onion roll and topped with 100% real Kraft® American cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion served hot with crispy French fries. Heinz 57 on the table. “A treat for the True Parrot Head” Add bacon - $1.00

Marlin Challenge - The Grand Slam Burger - $12.99 - Two pound version of our famous and most popular “Cheeseburger in Paradise” served with cole slaw and hot crispy fries. A true Big Bob challenge. Eat it all… including side items and your next Grand Slam on your next visit is on Thirsty. Good Luck!!! “No sharing allowed on this one”.

Jill Burger - $6.99 - Fresh ground beef topped with cheddar cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.

Buzz Burger - $7.59 - Fresh ground beef topped with jalapeños, sautéed onions, mushrooms and Swiss cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion. “Mr. Thirsty’s on his 6th drink before the wheels of the plane leave the ground!”

Maytag Sizzler - $8.95 - Half pound of fresh ground beef cooked on our mesquite wood fire, charbroiled and topped with real Maytag bleu cheese crumbles and crisp bacon. Served on an onion roll with lettuce, tomato and onion.

Good To The Gills
All sandwiches are served with lettuce, tomato and onion, chips, slaw and a pickle spear.
Add Thirsty fries and Heinz 57 to any sandwich - 1.75

Megan's Bay Soft Shell Sandwich - $9.95 - Fresh soft shell crab lightly fried in our Japanese bread crumbs. Served on our onion roll with signature bohemian sauce on side.

Grouper Wrap - $10.99 - Grouper with fresh chopped green bell pepper, red onion, vine ripe tomatoes, lettuce leaves and crumbled bacon bitsina garlic herb wrap.

Thirsty’s Grouper Reuben - $12.49 - Original with grilled grouper, thousand island dressing, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese on pumpernickel rye swirl bread.

Turkey Club Twist - $8.29 - Fresh spinach wrap, smoked turkey, crumbled bacon, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, Swiss and American cheese, all wrapped up and served with a low fat ranch dressing.

Lobster Wrap - $9.99 - Garlic herb wrap with a sensational lobster salad recipe from Coral Sand’s Harbor Island Bahamas!

Blackened Prime Rib - $9.59 - Fresh Black Angus® prime rib done hot and spicy with au jus on the side for dipping. Smother it with grilled onions, mushrooms and melted provolone cheese for - $1.00 extra

Pressed Cuban Sandwich - $7.29 - “Ybor City’s finest.” Fresh roasted pork and real pit ham sliced thin, stuffed into fresh Cuban bread with pickles, mustard, mayo and Swiss cheese. Pressed until golden and served hot.

Magnificent Mahi Mahi - $8.99 - Fresh Mahi Mahi served your favorite way, blackened, fried, broiled or grilled to perfection. “Try this buffalo or flamingo style”

Palm Harbor Pork - $6.99 - Fresh pork tenderloin pounded until tender, then rolled in crumbs and lightly fried. Served on a toasted onion roll with lettuce, tomato and onion.

Salmon Dill Wrap - $8.99 - Fresh blackened salmon, shredded lettuce and tomatoes, rolled in a dill flour tortilla with skillet dill sauce.

Catfish Sandwich - $8.89 - Fresh farm raised catfish deep fried until golden and served on a fresh toasted onion roll with lettuce, tomato and onion.

Brandi’s French Dip - $8.89 - “French... I don’t think so.” This All American classic stacked high on a toasted hoagie roll with sautéed onions, mushrooms and provolone cheese. Served with au jus for dipping.

Shorty’s Jerk Pork Sandwich - $7.79 - Fresh, slow roasted, hand pulled pork done jerk style with a sweet and spicy taste of the islands. Served on a toasted onion roll with red onion slices. “Try this one flamingo style”

Seared Ahi Sensation - $9.99 - Fresh #1 Sushi Grade tuna seared in sesame seed and served with wasabi and soy on a toasted onion roll. This one can be grilled or blackened. “Can you say wass-aa-bee!”

Triple Decker Grilled Cheese - $6.99 - Stacked high, full of provolone and American cheeses with vine ripened tomatoes and smoked applewood bacon served with chips and a kosher dill pickle.

The Big Choker - $5.99 - 12" of all beef hot dog, seared on our wood fire, charbroiled and placed in a hoagie roll. Mustard, mayo, ketchup relish and diced onion upon request. Add sauerkraut, black beans or cheese -$0.50 each

Cedar Key Portobella Sandwich - $8.59 - Marinated portobella mushroom grilled to perfection. Served with lettuce, tomato, onions and provolone cheese on a toasted hoagie roll with garlic mayonnaise. “Guaranteed to put your head out the sunroof! Your heart in the right place”

Thirsty’s Grouper Sandwich - $11.99 - Truly fresh grouper, hand cut in our kitchen, served blackened, broiled, chargrilled or deep fried, on a toasted onion roll with Thirsty fries.

Chicken Sandwiches

The Cluckin’ Philly Cheese Steak - $8.89 - Fresh boneless, skinless chicken secretly seasoned, cut into strips and grilled with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Topped with bacon and our homemade Swiss, white and American cheese.

Thai Chicken Wrap - $9.99 - Crispy chicken, spicy peanut sauce, Asian slaw, all wrapped up in a peppery Thai wrap. “A real rush... spicy, crunchy and delicious”.

Thirsty’s Original Buffalo Chicken - $8.89 - Fresh, boneless, skinless chicken breast, deep fried until golden then rolled in Thirsty’s wing sauce and served hot, medium or mild. Topped with Swiss cheese on the ever popular onion roll. Side of bleu cheese dressing for dipping. “Try this one in our Flamingo sauce served with ranch dressing for dipping”.

Ultimate Cluckin’ Sandwich - $8.79 - Fresh, boneless, skinless chicken breast served chargrilled, smothered with grilled onions and mushrooms. Topped with bacon strips, provolone cheese on a toasted onion roll. “Another blast from the past, straight from Ozona”.

Tantalizers
The following entrees are accompanied by two side items from our Tackle Box and homemade Bahamian Paradise bread with whipped butter.

Seared Ahi Sensation Entree - $19.99 - Fresh tuna seared on our grill, served moist and delicious with a side of wasabi and soy sauce for dipping. “Can you say Waaassaaabbeee?”

Rumba’s Ribs - $18.79 - Slow cooked and fallin’ from the bone, tastiest piece of heaven on a bone you could ever experience. Served with cole slaw and French fries. “If you’re ready for your fingers to be saucy, your lips to be sticky and your taste buds to be dancin’...You’re ready to rumba!”

Tail Walk Chicken - $15.99 - Grilled chicken breast, tender and moist, topped with sautéed portobella mushrooms, caramelized Vidalia onions, smoked applewood bacon and monterey jack cheese. Served with Baby Ray’s BBQ for dipping. “Can I get an amen for a $100 pickup truck?!!”

Monsoght Mahi Mahi - $16.99 - Fresh hand cut fillet of Mahi Mahi. Served fried, broiled blackened or grilled on our wood charbroiler. A classic Marlin feast for our seafood lovers. Served with a Bahamian sauce for dipping.

Blue Water Fried Shrimp - $16.99 - Eight large shrimp, hand battered, deep fried and served with Bahamian sauce for dipping. “Just the thought of that Bluewater makes you smile”

Crab Legs - $19.99 - One pound of pipin’ hot steamed Alaskan snow crab legs. Served with drawn butter. “Nothing beats a great pair of legs”

Parrot Bay Piccata - $22.99 - Thirsty starts with only the finest hand cut Black Grouper, pan sautéed in a whole butter white wine with lemon caper sauce. “Parrot Bay’s not a place, it’s a style”

Scallops St. Thomas - $15.99 - Thirsty starts with the freshest, sweetest sea scallops. Served fried or blackened. “Trust Thirsty, he won’t skate ya Mon.”

Coconut Fried Shrimp - $16.99 - Eight large Gulf shrimp, hand battered, rolled in coconut and deep fried to perfection. Served with our homemade piña colada sauce for dipping.

Marlin Fried Grouper Cheeks - $15.99 - “Hey mon, check this out!” A half pound of tender cheeks deep fried until golden, served with Bahamian sauce for dipping. “Thirsty says try it blackened” - $0.75 extra

Pascagoula Run - $21.99 - 12 oz. of Buckhead Beef, lightly seasoned New York strip steak, charbroiled to perfection. Topped off with a portobella mushroom. “Honey, come and do-do-do me again!”

Thirsty’s Fish & Chips - $15.99 - Thirsty’s fresh catch, hand battered and deep fried until golden. Served with crispy fries and Bahamian dipping sauce. “I saw a guy roller skate naked through the crosswalk in Santa Monica.” Fruitcakes

Romora Bay Cracked Conch - $19.99 - A true Marlin specialty - fresh conch pounded until tender and served golden fried with Bahamian sauce for dipping. “Thirsty says try this one”

Black and Bleu - $22.99 - 12 oz. of USDA Buckhead Beef, New York strip steak, seared in our homemade blackening spice, then broiled with Maytag bleu cheese crumbles. “Order this one anytime... it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!”

Blackened Grouper - $21.99 - Thirsty’s original hand cut grouper, hot and spicy, tender and delicious.

Thirsty’s Favorites
All Favorites accompanied by a Port Side dinner salad unless otherwise specified.

Thirsty's Fiesta Chicken - $15.95 - Our signature black beans and rice bowl topped with blackened chicken and bubbly monterey jack cheese. Garnished with diced vine ripe tomatoes and chopped green onions with a sour cream garnish. Served with warm flour tortillas.

Caribbean Jambalaya - $16.99 - Five fresh Key West pink shrimp, jerk chicken, Andouille sausage, roasted red peppers and yellow rice in a light and savory Caribbean sauce. A true Marlin original. “Brought back from Romora Bay Club in the West Indies”

Sailfish Scampi - $15.99 - 10 shrimp, freshly peeled and deveined, sautéed in Thirsty’s homemade scampi sauce. Served atop a pelican’s nest of angel hair pasta with a side of garlic bread. “Captain Tony’s favorite”

Shorty’s Reggae Pasta - $16.99 - “Yes Mon.” Our Jamaican friend gave us this recipe, with penne pasta, blackened shrimp, diced vine ripe tomatoes, feta cheese, roasted garlic, white wine and fresh parsley. “Shorty’s name brand dish served with garlic bread make everything alright”

Sizzlin’ Fajita - $13.99 - Tender strips of fajita meat with peppers, onions and Thirsty’s favorite southwest seasoning. Flour tortilla shells and all the fixins that make it right. Served with beans and rice. Your choice of chicken or beef.

Curacao Cedar Plank Salmon - $18.99 - Fresh North Atlantic salmon cooked atop a real cedar plank until moist and medium. Topped with sweet caramelized onions and served smokin’ at your table. “Extra, extra, read all about it - Thirsty Marlin wins first prize at the Taste of Palm Harbor for this fabulous dish in 2001!”

Everyday Celebrations
Everyday Celebrations accompanied by a Port Side dinner salad unless otherwise specified.

Coconut Crusted Ahi Tuna - $21.99 - Served with an orange ginger spiced cream sauce

Blackened Bacon Wrapped Scallops - $18.99 - Beautiful plump sea scallops wrapped in sweet applewood bacon, lightly seasoned and grilled crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the insideserved over rice pilaf, garnished with a sweet Thai chile sauce.

Grouper Atlantis - $22.99 - Fresh hand cut domestic grouper filet topped with blue water large shrimp, succulent sea scallops and hand picked crab, baked with garlic butter and a shaved parmesan crust garnished with a squeeze of hollandaise sauce.

Filet Mignon - $22.99 - 8 oz. Buckhead Beef filet charbroiled to perfection on our wood fired charbroiler topped with a portobella mushroom green peppercorn sauce.

Westend Lobster Tail - $25.99 - 9 oz. warm water Bahamian lobster tail, split and done Caribbean style with lemon and lime butter on a wood fired charbroiler. Served with drawn butter and Bohemian dipping sauce. “This one will tickle your stick.”

Alaskan King Crab - $24.99 - One pound of our beautiful, split for you, King Crab Legs brushed with garlic butter, grilled and served with drawn butter. “Truly meant for a king.”

Steamed Shrimp Ol’ Bay - $16.99 - 40 count Gulf shrimp steamed in beer and rolled in Ol’ Bay seasoning.

Surf & Turf - $29.99 - A fabulous combination of our signature bacon wrapped filet mignon grilled to perfection. Accompanied with a choice of our 9 oz. Caribbean Lobster Tail or 1 pound of our King Crab Legs. “A true coastal confession”

Thirsty’s Tackle Box
SIDES
Additional Side Items.

Port Side Salad - $2.99 - A traditional mix of crisp iceberg lettuce, fresh romaine, vine ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, green bell pepper, pepperoncini, sprinkled with monterey jack cheese and secret marlin skin crunchies and bacon.

Black Beans & Rice - $2.99 - Homemade black beans over yellow rice topped with monterey jack cheese, green and red onions and sour cream.

Sailfish Spud - $2.99 - Loaded with cheeses, scallions, bacon, butter and sour cream.

Rice Pilaf - $2.99

Miss Bliss - $2.99 - Fresh red bliss Idaho potatoes cooked and mixed into the tastiest of salads.

Smugglers Sweet Potatoes - $2.99 - Topped with a marshmallow caramel nut crunch and baked to perfection.

Thirsty Fries - $2.99

Bahamian Paradise Bread - $2.99

Thirsty’s Southern Corn - $2.99 - Deep fried to perfection.

Fruit Cakes
“Our friend ‘Des Demona’ creates most of our desserts by hand in our kitchen with help from our Parrot Head friends.”

J.J. Gandy’s Key West Lime Pie - $4.99 - Fresh from our kitchen and a #1 winner in Tampa Bay.

Chocolate Marlin Explosion - $6.99 - Fresh moist chocolate decadence cake served with two scoops of premium vanilla ice cream. Topped with Hershey’s syrup, whipped cream and cherries.

Heath Bar Explosion - $4.99 - Chocolate fudge chunks, crushed Heath bar and caramel come together to create this wonderful pie.

Marlin Fried Cheesecake - $6.99 - An Oreo cookie crusted cheesecake, quick fried and served with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and a cherry. “You’ll never believe this one... wow, that’s cool”

Peanut Butter Pie - $4.99 - Creamy peanut butter in an Oreo cookie crust with rich fudge topping.

Vanilla Ice Cream - $2.99

Beverages

Coffee - $2.35

Tea - $2.35

Soda - $2.35

SUSHI - AVAILABLE
AFTER 5 PM WED-SUN

Makimono
Sushi Rolls only served Wed-Sun after 5pm. 6 to 8 pieces per roll.

California Roll - $5.50 - Crab “stick”, cucumber and avocado.

Spicy Tuna Roll - $6.95

Tuna Roll - $6.95

Eel Roll - $5.95 - Eel and cucumber.

Philly - $6.95 - Salmon, cream cheese and cucumber.

Arizona - $5.95 - Yellowtail, scallions, cucumber and smelt roe.

Tampa - $6.50 - Fried grouper, onion and mayo.

Spider Roll - $8.75 - Fried soft shell crab and asparagus.

Red Dragon - $8.50 - Spicy tuna, asparagus topped with tuna and garlic sauce.

Dynamite Roll - $8.95 - Tuna, salmon, crab, cream cheese, cucumber, avocado and smelt roe.

Rainbow Roll - $8.95 - Cal Roll topped with tuna, salmon, snapper, avocado and smelt roe.

Crunchy Big Roll - $7.95 - Tempura shrimp, mayo, panko crumbs and red sauce.

Hand Roll - $6.50 - Tuna or salmon.

Volcano Roll - $8.95 - Tuna, salmon, cream cheese, cucumber, scallions and eel sauce.

Mexican Roll - $6.25 - Fried shrimp, avocado and mayo.

Bubba Roll - $8.95 - Ask your server

Thirsty Marlin Roll - $10.95 - Shrimp tempura, vegetables, asparagus, crabmeat topped with crunchy eel sauce and spicy mayo.

Rose Roll - $9.95 - Cream cheese, crabmeat, grouper topped with tuna and avocado, smelt roe, spicy mayo and eel sauce.

Sushi Deluxe - $17.95 - 10 pieces sushi, 1 California roll.

Ragin Cajun Roll - $8.95 - Blackened scallops, tuna, cucumber and spicy mayo sauce.

BLT Roll - $7.95 - Smoked applewood bacon, lil’ avocado, tuna and special sauce.

Key West Roll - $6.50 - Conch, avocado, mayo.

Hawaiian Roll - $7.95 - Spicy tuna with avocado, almond, smelt roe, wasabi sauce.

Vegetable Combo Roll - $5.50

Avocado Roll - $4.50

Cucumber Roll - $4.50

Negiri
Sushi only served Wed-Sun after 5pm. 2 Pieces per order.

Tuna / Maguro - $4.95

Fresh Salmon / Sake - $3.95

Shrimp / Ebi - $4.95

Crab / Kani - $3.95

Yellow Tail / Hsmachi - $4.95

Conch / Horagai - $4.95

Smoked Salmon / Sake - $4.95

Octopus / Tako - $3.95

Fresh Water Eel / Unagi - $3.95

Red Snapper - $4.95

Smelt Roe / Masago - $4.50

Sashimi
Only served Wed-Sun after 5pm.

Tuna (7 pieces) / Maguro - $9.90

Salmon (7 pieces) / Sake - $8.90

Yellowtail (Hamashi) - $9.50

Sashimi Combination - $16.90

Sushi Appetizers
Only served Wed-Sun after 5pm.

Seaweed Salad - $5.50

Calamari - $5.50 - Squid Salad

Edamame - $4.50 - Steamed Soy Beans

Sunomono - $6.50 - Seasoned Cucumber with seafoods.

Sushi Appetizer - $8.50 - Tuna, salmon, ebi shrimp, eel

Tuna Tatagi - $9.50 - Fresh tuna quickly broiled over flame with special sauce.

Spicy Tuna Sashimi - $9.50

Lemon Pepper Snapper - $9.95

Good To The Gills!

Menu

SUSHI - AVAILABLE AFTER 5 PM WED-SUN

Menu

SUSHI - AVAILABLE AFTER 5 PM WED-SUN

SUSHI - AVAILABLE
AFTER 5 PM WED-SUN

SUSHI - AVAILABLE
AFTER 5 PM WED-SUN