Diners, Drive-In, and Dives Stop #1

(Outside Culhane's Irish Pub)

                One of my favorite shows on television is Diners, Drive- In, and Dives with Guy Fieri. I love to check out places that he features on the show. When I headed down to Jacksonville, Florida there were 4 places that were featured on the show. I got to check out two places that were featured on there which was awesome. One of the places was Culhane’s Irish Pub in Atlantic Beach, FL.  I always get to see the repeats of this episode a lot. I love that they had a spray painted Guy Fieri face with his signature on the wall. That was pretty awesome to see. I love walking into the place and the feeling that you are really in a pub in Ireland.  They have that wood and oak inside just like an old time pub. There are two separate dining areas. They have a dining room and they have a bar area.

(Kaye's Mac N' Cheese)

(Nana's Sausage Roll)

                The food is definitely an Irish pub menu.  We ordered two appetizers to start off the meal. We got Kaye’s Mac N’ Cheese Pasta and Nana’s Sausage Roll. Kaye’s Mac N’ Cheese Pasta was penne pasta tossed in a garlic cream sauce and topped with a mixture of cheddar jack cheese and goat cheese. I love mac n’ cheese but it has to me made right. This one was definitely made right. I like the sauce to not be like a soup and not too dry where you can’t taste the cheese. The garlic cream sauce was soo rich with flavor. The melted cheeses on top were so crispy and melted to perfection. The serving size was big and definitely sharable between people.  Nana’s Sausage Roll is an Irish sausage with onions and spices rolled in pastry then baked. It’s like the idea of a Beef Wellington.  The pastry on the sausage was so crisp and that’s how it should be. The mustard was the killer for this dish since it was deviled mustard. It was made in house for sure. It has this spicy but sweet kick to it. One of my favorite dishes in the world is Fish N Chips. I am like the Fish N Chips expert. I have tasted Fish N Chips from England to Philly. The Fish N Chips were ok.  They were fried perfectly. The batter was Guinness Beer flavored but you could not taste it in the Fish N Chips. I would liked to have seen that here. It needs to have more of a flavor impact.  For dessert we got the Brownie Ice Cream Pie. It was a layered cake with a cookie crust on the bottom, then a layer of chocolate brownie, then a chocolate mousse layer then a ganache chocolate topping. The great debate for dessert that night was it made in house or bought outside.  Still don’t know the answer.

(Arthur's Fish & Chips)

(Brownie Ice Cream Pie)

Culhane’s Irish Pub

967 Atlantic Blvd.

Atlantic Beach, FL

http://www.culhanesirishpub.com/