14 <strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Moor Than A Restaurant By Tara Ann Neville All restaurants are not created equal in Kinsale. Rather, e Mooring Restaurant is more like the key component of a fullscale, pleasurable experience! With e Mooring Restaurant open all year long, a full-service boat yard, bathhouses and overnight facilities, plus a Ship’s Store, sand volleyball court, picnic areas and bicycles, it’s no wonder the fresh, local seafood and homemade Italian meats and pastas are the cherry on top of a delightful day of fun, sea and sun! Pulling in one of eleven dining slips, boaters can dock and dine while enjoying complete marina services, just as land travelers often settle into e Skip Jack Inn or the Oyster Reef Cottages and relax with a swim in the pool. e Mooring Restaurant with its glass-enclosed main room built around the “Sand Bar” is the ideal casual setting for family and friends—oering panoramic views of the Yeocomico River; whereas, the Virginia W. Room showcases an upscale and romantic atmosphere, aptly named after a classic 105 year-old skipjack moored at Port Kinsale. But, the particularly unique and always popular Lucky Lady Deck has become the Mooring Restaurant’s alfresco dining where a 54 year old Henry Luhrs boat named Lucky Lady is permanently moored and hosts the deck’s unusual bar. Open since 1965, e Mooring Restaurant’s current owners Rod Porter and Georgia Derrico took over the restaurant operations in September 2005 determined to make it “the best Italian/Seafood Restaurant in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula”. To that end, only the freshest local seafood, homemade Italian sausages, breads and pastas are used to create “the freshest and most avorful food around,” says Devon Porter, co-owner of Port Kinsale Marina LLC. “We believe in local food and bringing it into our kitchen fresh, daily.” e delicious dining and daytime activities and evening entertainment keep diners coming back throughout the year. Some locals have been coming to e Mooring Restaurant Make your lawn greener and cleaner... Organic Green Lawn Care, Inc. Organic Lawn Fertilizations, Weed Controls, Lawn Renovations, Aera-vations & Seeding Chris Denton, Owner Oce: 804-758-4585 P.O. Box 46, Toll Free: 800-435-2558 Hallieford, Va 23068 oglcinc@yahoo.com www.organicgreenlawn.com so long that they remember when Miss Nellie was in the kitchen. “Miss Nellie was a cook from the 1960s to the 1990s and was famous for calling watermen on the CB Radio with the daily specials,” Devon shares. “Everyone loved Miss Nellie’s crab cake recipe and her mud pie!” She became known and respected by so many in the community that Rod and Georgia couldn’t wait to invite Miss Nellie back. “She was happy to come back and she knew so many people on sta—often through their parents!” Devon explains. “She brought a hand-written notebook with her special recipes. We sat with Miss Nellie and merged our recipes. We had a big event in her honor later in the day. Hearing about her history and the life she knew through three dierent owners and a challenging time in history, created a big place in our hearts for Miss Nellie.” e Mooring Restaurant strives Spring 2013 to preserve Miss Nellie’s inuence through her dishes and occasional visits throughout the year. In her 90s now, Miss Nellie enjoys the springtime specials today as much as ever before. is season come in to taste the freshest fried green tomatoes, daily caught seafood, and regular sh fry. For weddings, parties and special events, ask for the shrimp scampi, fried ounder or rocksh to accompany mouthwatering pulled pork bbq and freshly-ground hamburger. As the weather warms up, e Mooring Restaurant is open 5-6 days a week for dinner and delights in providing a full family-oriented day away on weekends. “We have a bunch of bikes guests can use. Families can ride, swim, and crab at the water’s edge,” Devon says. “And then relax in any of our dining rooms, just taking in the beauty of the evening.” e Mooring Restaurant is open daily 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Sundays. During prime hours, reservations are suggested by calling 804-472-2044. However, e Mooring Restaurant sta insists all who come will be welcomed and seated as quickly as possible! Call or email dnairn@portkinsale.com with your wedding, party or special event needs. e summer dining schedule includes: Monday- Pizza Night, Tuesday- Closed, Wednesday- Pasta Night, ursday-Miss Nellie Night, Friday- Live Entertainment, Saturday- Live Entertainment, (check for availability), Sunday- Brunch Buet and Raw Bar/ Sandwich Night. Visit e Mooring Restaurant by land at 347 Allen Point Lane in Kinsale or by sea at N 38.01.889 and 076.33.455 W. Check out e Mooring Restaurant on Facebook or at www.portkinsale.com/dining to get more information on the Chef’s Specials and daily activities. Photos Courtesy The Mooring.
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