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What Should You Order at Fish Tales? Grilled Grouper

Tourists chased the view and fresh-catch myth while the kitchen pumped out fryer slop.

August 4, 2026 About Fish Tales

Grill the fish or stay home — the baskets were never the point.

The Take

Order the grilled grouper or redfish and nothing else. Everything else at Fish Tales was fried slop designed to stretch cheap oil across a tourist plate.

Beach vacationers bought the fresh-catch story to feel virtuous about their seafood dinner while the kitchen defaulted to seed-oil fryers and ultra-processed sides.

The Verdict

Fish Tales sold the fantasy of waterfront fresh fish and delivered the usual fried tourist trap. The location is now a ghost, so the only real order is the grilled option if it ever returns.

Order grilled grouper or redfish with simple sides and hold the basket.

Common Questions

Is Fish Tales healthy?

No. Long platters and baskets point to ultra-processed sides and default seed-oil frying.

Does Fish Tales use seed oils?

Yes. Default fryers were almost certainly seed-oil city with no tallow option advertised.

Is Fish Tales still open?

No. It closed in 2018 and the location remains a ghost with no reopening announced.

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