Fish Tales Restaurant

There is no better buffet with fried catfish and barbecue than this place. I've brought folks from Detroit here and they are blown away with the fish. For the price of $12.00, food that includes drink & dessert, it is incredible. One of our favorite places to hop on the motorcycle and ride to.

Not a bad little place, and as you can see in the pic its in a big, metal, shop-like structure.  I saw it on the way to camping and decided I was sooo going there on the way back.  I've never been in a structure like this that wasn't used as someones workshop, so i just imagined pushing wrenches and belt sanders aside and sliding my stool up to some workbench to enjoy my meal.  I was wrong- the place was drywalled, carpeted, and decently decorated with pictures of peoples local catches from the nearby river.  

Its a buffet- mainly southern deep fry style.  I had my first hush-puppies and fried okra here.  Not bad- i really liked the hush puppies.  they had fried catfish, coleslaw (the good kind), and that sorta style of food.  You get Blue Bell ice cream at the end too.  I'm not usually a fan of traditional comfort foods like this, but that could be because the only ones I ever see are chains where everything is mass-produced and someone is strategically finding ways to create the food for less while neglecting the flavor.  This place is just someone who probably likes to cook and wants to make some extra cash on the weekends.  

This is obviously a very local thing and when i was there it was packed.  Its only open Fridays and Saturdays so who knows- this may be the what everyone looks forward to on the weekends.  And with how sparsely populated the area is you know everyone there knows each other.  I felt kinda out of place being a travel-thru.  They're probably still saying  "remember those strangers that came in here months back?  ya, that was weird..."  But seriously, everyone there, customers included, were super polite.  You know how sometimes at buffets its real awkward when someone is there when you're getting food- that same sorta feeling when you're in an elevator with someone you don't know... well this place wasn't like that.  They'd politely offer to let you go first, that sort of thing.

Any, I'd rather go for 3.5* on this one.